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The study enlighten on mediascapes and the state with respect UP Assembly election-2012 with the help of eight issues. Both mediascapes and the state mapped UP as “Heartland” of Indian politics. The political discourse was mapped both negative politics (caste and communal) and positive politics (development and backwardness) as well as to address the dichotomy of centre versus the periphery or national versus regional or development versus backwardness.
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Stahlberg (2013), p. 13.
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Kudisya (2006).
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See in details in news under headline ‘Reservation to poor forward caste people’ on November 13, 2011 on Zee news.
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See in detail in news under the headline ‘Mayawati describes Brahmins as “exploited lot” on November 14, 2011 on The Hindu, [http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/mayawati-describes-brahmins-as-exploited-lot/article2624905.ece, accessed November 11, 2011].
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Moinuddin, S. (2017). Post Script. In: Mediascape and The State. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51932-6_7
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