Satellite Television: An Impact on Social Participation

This book presents readers with an overview of the impact of satellite television on social participation. It attempts to draw together in a single volume a wide range of factors that contribute to changes in the daily life of viewers with the presence of round-the-clock TV. The prime focus of the book is to compare viewers and non-viewers of satellite TV in three different socio-economic groups on many dimensions of social participation. The fact that there is a decline in some forms of social participation within and across families has been reflected upon in this book. It also traces the nature and form of social participation of members in the family, ties at the informal level with kinship and neighbours and formal social relationships among urban dwellers.