The Game of Votes: Visual Media Politics and Elections in the Digital Era [1] is a 2019 non-fiction book[2] by Farhat Basir Khan,[3] an Indian photographer and a faculty member at the AJK Mass Communication and Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia.

The Game of Votes
AuthorFarhat Basir Khan
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
SubjectIndian Politics
PublisherSAGE Publishing
Publication date
5 August 2019
Pages264
ISBN978-93-5328-692-7

The book has a foreword by former President of India Pranab Mukherjee,[1][4] which The Times of India called "incisive".[4]

The Game of Votes is centred on the changing trends in elections[1] and examines what Khan sees as the paradigm shift in political campaigning most evident in the campaigns of Barack Obama, Donald Trump[5] and Narendra Modi.[2]

The book was published by SAGE in August 2019.[6]

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  1. ^ a b c "Book traces evolution of campaigning in Indian elections". PTI News. Press Trust of India. 22 September 2019. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Non-fiction Books by Indian Authors". The Curious Reader. 23 August 2019. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Create more space in your bookshelf". Millennium Post. 29 September 2019. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b Suman, Saket (25 September 2019). "Former President Pranab Mukherjee Hails Indian Constitution As Supreme Scripture Of Democracy". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Book traces evolution of campaigning in Indian elections". Deccan Herald. 22 September 2019. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019. The book also looks back at former US president Barack Obama's and incumbent Donald Trump's elections where social media, particularly Facebook, played a major role in the campaigns.
  6. ^ "The Game of Votes". SAGE Publishing. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.