Authoritative Populism and the Media: Perception Control and Narrative Building in India

The article analyses the interrelationship between authoritarian populism and media in India. It explores core question of political authoritarianism under rule Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) whether it has exercised control on media. two main questions: First, what are dynamics India, if any? Second, played any role polarisation Indian society. employs theoretical framework populism, using content analysis, to explore play recent upsurge right-wing Hindu nationalism. article’s empirical evidence suggest media’s complacent partisan role, favouring populist agenda highlights that bulk works state control, with major newsgroups towing ruling BJP’s line exclusivists ideology. Furthermore, groups which do not comply have faced governmental repression clampdown for independent reporting objective journalism. original contribution rests nationalist health democracy