Infotainment Inc.: the ascent of a global ideology

The Changing Geopolitics of Global Communication
Thussu, D.K. 2024. The Changing Geopolitics of Global Communication. London Routledge.

The soft power of popular cinema: the case of India
Thussu, D.K. 2016. The soft power of popular cinema: the case of India. Journal of Political Power. 9 (3), pp. 415-429. https://doi.org/10.1080/2158379X.2016.1232288

La voix des pays du Sud? Les informations televisees en Inde (The Voice of the Global South? TV News From India)
Thussu, D.K. 2016. La voix des pays du Sud? Les informations televisees en Inde (The Voice of the Global South? TV News From India). in: Koch, O. and Mattelart, T. (ed.) Geopolitique des televisions transnationales d’information Paris Mare & Martin. pp. 227-246

Where Infotainment Rules: TV News from India
Thussu, D.K. 2016. Where Infotainment Rules: TV News from India. in: Cushion, S. and Sambrook, R. (ed.) The Rise of 24-hour News Television: Global Perspectives New York Peter Lang. pp. 295-306

The Scramble for Asian Soft Power in Africa
Thussu, D.K. 2016. The Scramble for Asian Soft Power in Africa . in: Zhang, X., Wasserman, H. and Mano, W. (ed.) China’s Media and Soft Power in Africa: Promotion and Perceptions Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 33-45

Communicating India’s Soft Power: Buddha to Bollywood
Thussu, D.K. 2016. Communicating India’s Soft Power: Buddha to Bollywood. New Delhi Sage India.

Reinventing ‘Many Voices’: MacBride and a Digital New World Information and Communication Order
Thussu, D.K. 2015. Reinventing ‘Many Voices’: MacBride and a Digital New World Information and Communication Order. Javnost / The Public. 22 (3), pp. 252-263. https://doi.org/10.1080/13183222.2015.1080454

Digital BRICS: Building a NWICO 2.0?
Thussu, D.K. 2015. Digital BRICS: Building a NWICO 2.0? in: Nordenstreng, K. and Thussu, D.K. (ed.) Mapping BRICS Media London Routledge. pp. 242-263

Introduction: Contextualizing the BRICS Media
Thussu, D.K. and Nordenstreng, K. 2015. Introduction: Contextualizing the BRICS Media. in: Nordenstreng, K. and Thussu, D.K. (ed.) Mapping BRICS Media London Routledge. pp. 1-22

De-Americanizing Soft Power Discourse?
Thussu, D.K. 2014. De-Americanizing Soft Power Discourse? CPD Perspectives on Public Diplomacy. 2014 (2), pp. 5-25.

Television news and an Indian infotainment sphere
Thussu, D.K. 2014. Television news and an Indian infotainment sphere. in: Sen, B. and Roy, A. (ed.) Channeling Cultures: Fifty Years of Television in India New Delhi Oxford University Press. pp. 129-141

De-Americanizing media studies and the rise of ‘Chindia’
Thussu, D.K. 2013. De-Americanizing media studies and the rise of ‘Chindia’. Javnost / The Public. 20 (4), pp. 31-44.

Communicating India's soft power: Buddha to Bollywood
Thussu, D.K. 2013. Communicating India's soft power: Buddha to Bollywood. New York Palgrave Macmillan.

A million media now! The rise of India on the global scene
Thussu, D.K. 2012. A million media now! The rise of India on the global scene. The Round Table: the commonwealth journal of international affairs. 101 (5), pp. 435-446. https://doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2012.713234

South Asia and the frontline of the 'War on terror'
Thussu, D.K. 2012. South Asia and the frontline of the 'War on terror'. in: Freedman, D. and Thussu, D.K. (ed.) Media and terrorism: global perspectives Sage. pp. 167-183

India and a new cartography of global communication
Thussu, D.K. 2012. India and a new cartography of global communication. in: Volkmer, I. (ed.) Handbook of global media research Wiley.

The business of 'Bollywoodized' journalism
Thussu, D.K. 2010. The business of 'Bollywoodized' journalism. in: Levy, D. and Nielsen, R. (ed.) The changing business of journalism and its implications for democracy Oxford Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford.

Television news in the era of global infotainment
Thussu, D.K. 2010. Television news in the era of global infotainment. in: Allan, S. (ed.) Routledge companion to news and journalism Abingdon Routledge. pp. 362-373

The 'Bollywoodization' of Indian TV news
Thussu, D.K. 2010. The 'Bollywoodization' of Indian TV news. in: Gripsrud, J. (ed.) Relocating television London Routledge.

Why internationalize media studies and how?
Thussu, D.K. 2009. Why internationalize media studies and how? in: Thussu, D.K. (ed.) Internationalizing media studies Abingdon Routledge. pp. 13-31

Globalization and Bollywood: the hype and the hope
Thussu, D.K. 2008. Globalization and Bollywood: the hype and the hope. in: Kavoori, A.P. and Punathambeker, A. (ed.) Global Bollywood New York New York University Press. pp. 97-116

The 'Murdochization' of news? The case of star TV in India
Thussu, D.K. 2007. The 'Murdochization' of news? The case of star TV in India. Media, Culture & Society. 29 (4), pp. 593-611. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443707076191

News as entertainment: the rise of global infotainment
Thussu, D.K. 2007. News as entertainment: the rise of global infotainment. London, UK Sage.

Mapping global flow and contra-flow
Thussu, D.K. 2006. Mapping global flow and contra-flow. in: Thussu, D.K. (ed.) Media on the move: global flow and contra-flow London, UK Routledge.

Selling neo-imporialism, television and US public democracy
Thussu, D.K. 2005. Selling neo-imporialism, television and US public democracy. in: Curran, J. and Gurevitch, M. (ed.) Mass media and society. 4th edition London, UK Hodder Arnold. pp. 271-284

From MacBride to Murdoch: the marketisation of global communication
Thussu, D.K. 2005. From MacBride to Murdoch: the marketisation of global communication. Javnost / The Public. 12 (3), pp. 47-60.

Live TV and bloodless deaths: war, infotainment and 24/7 news
Thussu, D.K. 2003. Live TV and bloodless deaths: war, infotainment and 24/7 news. in: Thussu, D.K. and Freedman, D. (ed.) War and the media: reporting conflict 24/7 London, UK Sage. pp. 117-132

Managing the media in an era of round-the-clock news: notes from India's first tele-war
Thussu, D.K. 2002. Managing the media in an era of round-the-clock news: notes from India's first tele-war. Journalism Studies. 3 (2), pp. 203-212. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616700220129973

International communication in the era of globalization
Thussu, D.K. 2002. International communication in the era of globalization. Chinese Journal of Media Studies. 1 (1), pp. 67-88.

Privatizing Intelsat: implications for the global south
Thussu, D.K. 2001. Privatizing Intelsat: implications for the global south. in: Raboy, M. (ed.) Global media policy in the new millennium Luton, UK University of Luton Press.