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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Литературоведение. Журналистика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-9220</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-9247</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">46779</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-9220-2025-30-3-589-597</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">BLFVCR</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>JOURNALISM</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Журналистика</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Political Communications in India: Comparing the era of Nehru and Modi</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Политические коммуникации в Индии: сравнение эпох Неру и Моди</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8349-6774</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Jyotasana</surname><given-names>.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Джотасана</surname><given-names>.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Assistant Professor, Dr, School of Liberal Arts &amp; Humanities</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доцент, PhD, Школа свободных искусств и гуманитарных наук</p></bio><email>jyotasana.verma@woxsen.edu.in</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Woxsen University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Университет Воксена</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2025-10-30" publication-format="electronic"><day>30</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>30</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">New Indiaʼs voice: media, culture, and communication</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Новый голос Индии: медиа, культура и коммуникации</issue-title><fpage>589</fpage><lpage>597</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-10-30"><day>30</day><month>10</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2025, Jyotasana -.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2025, Джотасана -.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Jyotasana -.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Джотасана -.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/46779">https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/46779</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>India has experienced an intricate pattern of political communication in times of popular leaders which has shaped larger political discourses and narratives on nationalism, secularism, caste and class. The increasingly mediatized political communication merits a comparative between the Nehruvian era (1947-1964) and the contemporary times (Modi, 2014 - till now) as both the eras are led by popular leaders. This research attempts to evaluate the contours of mediatised political communication in India, through a qualitative content analysis of the political communication of the two leaders. The research utilises historical speeches and media interactions of the two leaders, using the archival data such as historical records, speeches, writings, newspaper articles and television broadcasts. The political communication between the Nehruvian and contemporary era is crucial in terms of both traditional media and new media. Nehru relied on traditional media for his communication and used a public place to address the masses fundamental issues of the country. Modi’s communication strategies emphasised new sources of media such as social media and online news and is focused on the individual-centric and mediacentric communication shaping the political narrative in contemporary India.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В Индии сформирована сложная модель политических коммуникаций в периоды правления популярных государственных деятелей, при этом образованы многоаспектные политические дискурсы и нарративы о национализме, секуляризме, кастах и классах. Цифровизация и медиатизация политических текстов различного формата создали условия для сравнения двух разделенных временем эпох: Джавахарлала Неру (1947-1964) и Нарендры Моди (2014 - настоящее время). Анализируя контент, исследование очерчивает контуры политических коммуникаций в Индии, в качестве эмпирики используются исторические речи и тексты двух лидеров, архивные данные (записи, сочинения), газетные статьи и телевизионные передачи. Автор заключает, что для Неру и Моди средства массовой информации имели и имеют определяющее значение. Неру полагался на традиционные медиа и использовал публичное пространство для обращения к массам по фундаментальным для страны вопросам. В коммуникационных стратегиях Моди доминируют новые медиа: социальные сети, новостные онлайн-каналы; фокус - на индивидуальной и медийно ориентированной коммуникации, что продуцирует соответствующую политическую риторику.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>media</kwd><kwd>Jawaharlal Nehru</kwd><kwd>Narendra Modi</kwd><kwd>mediatization</kwd><kwd>print media</kwd><kwd>social media</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>медиа</kwd><kwd>Джавахарлал Неру</kwd><kwd>Нарендра Моди</kwd><kwd>медиатизация</kwd><kwd>печатные СМИ</kwd><kwd>социальные медиа</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta><fn-group/></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Deutsch, K.W. (2015). 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