# Modernisation and Creative Communication

- Institution: IIT Kharagpur
- Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher: Prof. Saswat Samay Das Prof. Ananya Roy Pratihar
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109105606)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109105606)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

## Lectures

1. [Lecture 1 | Modernisation: Introduction and Contemporaneity Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/15c122e5fc82) (Video)
2. [Lecture 2 | Modernisation: Introduction and Contemporaneity Part 2](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/c9205bece228) (Video)
3. [Lecture 3 | Modernisation and Creativity](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/e164468278a5) (Video)
4. [Lecture 4 | Modernisation Theory: Evolution, Analysis and Applications](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/8097510d3c57) (Video)
5. [Lecture 5 : Tools of Modernisation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/0c2f0df9de42) (Video)
6. [Lecture 6 | Modernity, Modernism and Modernisation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/62f763e169a0) (Video)
7. [Lecture 7 | Historical Context of Modernisation: Premodern Societies to Enlightenment Phase](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/d664f4c65188) (Video)
8. [Lecture 8 | Socio-Cultural Model of Modernisation: Liberalism and Socialism](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/18a6a260425e) (Video)
9. [Lecture 9 | Modernity as an Unfinished Project](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/15a44d68aed2) (Video)
10. [Lecture 10 | Dematerialisation of Communication](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/f9b805dadf4e) (Video)
11. [Lecture 11 | Critiques of Modernisation](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/49af1091a251) (Video)
12. [Lecture 12 | Altermodernities](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/65e8ff640051) (Video)
13. [Lecture 13 | Modernism, Modernisation and Postcolonial India](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/827cba0e60e6) (Video)
14. [Lecture 14 | Machines, Animals and Aliens: Horizons of Incommunicability](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/04d324ed5ba4) (Video)
15. [Lecture 15 | The New Space of Homo Digitalis](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/2e54fd2d64d2) (Video)
16. [Lecture 16 | Modernisation as a Communicative Practice](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/45a497e9c449) (Video)
17. [Lecture 17 | Shift from Traditional to Modern Communicative Paradigms](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/b6cd22fee0de) (Video)
18. [Lecture 18 | Socio-Cultural Impact of Communication Practices](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/54e5f2c34ea6) (Video)
19. [Lecture 19 | Storytelling as a Tool of Creative Communication](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/95377a8de9c4) (Video)
20. [Lecture 20 | Future Trajectories of Modernisation Through Innovative Communicative Practices](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/2f8e9db0bcdd) (Video)
21. [Lecture 21 | Speaking into the Air - Part 1](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/7f2e2d2d6670) (Video)
22. [Lecture 22 | From Matter to Mind](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/ada27bb38d58) (Video)
23. [Lecture 23 | Communication with the Dead](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/fb6e8c59cd92) (Video)
24. [Lecture 24 | Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard: Self, Communication and Society](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/ab4f79a00573) (Video)
25. [Lecture 25 | Dead Letters](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/90ca2510ee43) (Video)
26. [Lecture 26 | The Telephonic Uncanny: Communication, Identity and Disconnection](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/c6d46c0477fa) (Video)
27. [Lecture 27 | Radio Broadcasting and Communication](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/68e72593161a) (Video)
28. [Lecture 28 | The Communication Gap: Fragments, Misunderstanding, and Dialogic Challenges](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/62de84cc38ce) (Video)
29. [Lecture 29 | The Dark Side of Communication](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/7d71d7a3d8ea) (Video)
30. [Lecture 30 | Relevance of Speaking into the Air](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/43cb2f2b440b) (Video)
31. [Lecture 31 | Media, Market and Creative Communication](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/d6ea864f8769) (Video)
32. [Lecture 32 | Shifts from the Print to the Digital](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/43f808f8c44a) (Video)
33. [Lecture 33 | Marketizing Media or Mediatizing Market?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/53d28edd10f7) (Video)
34. [Lecture 34 | Creative Communication in the Digital Age](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/91e3880f0254) (Video)
35. [Lecture 35 | Trends and the Future of Creative Communication](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/8095b6ac412c) (Video)
36. [Lecture 36 | Dominion of Communication Barriers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/e1401c6adfb9) (Video)
37. [Lecture 37 | Decolonising Communication](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/7d1ab97f5db8) (Video)
38. [Lecture 38 | Ethical and Sustainable Communicative Practices](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/10b22a41f822) (Video)
39. [Lecture 39 | Translation and World-Making](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/ddd50b8e04f4) (Video)
40. [Lecture 40 | Reimagining Communication: One Planet, Many Worlds](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/df96a4910d91) (Video)
41. [Live Session 07-04-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/15c122e5fc82-2) (Video)
42. [Live Session 15-04-2025](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109105606/c9205bece228-2) (Video)