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Media convergence and communication features in websites of political parties in India

This is the synopsis of my doctoral thesis. I will be uploading my full thesis on my website very soon. Media convergence and communication features in websites of political parties in India Synopsis of the proposed thesis Submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Arts of Department of Communication and Journalism University of Mumbai By Mangesh Manohar Karandikar Under the Supervision of Dr. Kiran Thakur Department of Communication and Journalism University of Mumbai   SYNOPSIS Title: Media convergence and communication features in websites of political parties in India Chapter 1: Introduction Communication technology is evolving at a very fast pace since the last two decades. This researcher has been a witness with a very close view of the rapid changes that have taken place in these two decades. He has also been a part of this change, dabbling with the latest graphic designing software, web designing software, Flash animation, client–server prog

A New Beginning

On Valentine's Day, February 14, 2013, The University of Mumbai declared that I am now a Doctor in Philosophy, a Ph.D. in Communication and Journalism.   So what now? I know many in our profession treat this as the end. For me, who has come back to academics after spending 20 years in the industry and in business, this is just the beginning. Working on a Ph.D. thesis is not a task, its a pleasure. It is also an eye opener. I thought I knew web designing well, until I was humbled by the tremendous amount of work research scholars have done around the world. The quest for Ph.D. degree has opened up so many paths to choose from, so many subjects to study, that I will not be able to travel even a few of them. Though I did get frustrated several times during the study, I am certainly not tired, rather, I feel invigorated. A lot of credit goes to Dr. Sanjay Ranade for introducing research in the department, pursuing it, and then making us all do it. You have to see the way his