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A media educator who is a student of developments in the world of transnational television and its impact on the audience, I am intrigued by digitalization and love following the emerging world of new media. Drawn to journalism education by a strong urge to write and express ideas about happenings in the society, a writer is lurking somewhere within me. I have a blog of my own. Please visit the blog and engage in a conversation with me. I promise I will respond to all your comments. I love constructive criticism of my ideas. Yes, I appear on a news channel also at times to discuss journalism and social issues and contribute articles to news portals. I am a learner trying to impact lives through my learning. Let us communicate to change !

  • City: Kolkata, India

Skills

I am presently working as Assistant Professor and In-Charge, Department of Journalism & Mass Communication, Loreto College, Kolkata. I am also one of the Placement Officers of the College. My journey with media teaching started with Khudiram Bose Central College, Kolkata and Muralidhar Girls College, Kolkata. After a brief stint in these two places, I joined the Ph.D. programme at the Department of Mass Communication, The University of Burdwan as a UGC NET Junior Research Fellow. I was pursuing my Senior Research Fellowship when I got an opportunity to join as Assistant Professor (Guest Faculty) at the Department of Mass Communication, Central University of Jharkhand. After spending a year of memorable teaching experience among some eager knowledge seekers in the picturesque campus at Brambe, a 25 km drive from the Ranchi city, I returned to Kolkata to join as Assistant Professor and In-Charge, Department of Journalism & Mass Communication at Loreto College, Kolkata. The first male faculty in a substantive government post in a women’s college was another experience! Working amidst helpful colleagues it has been a worthwhile journey. Apart from my academic assignments in the college I have been engaged in some administrative roles. I took up the responsibility of the Placement Officer from 2015 and have been trying to facilitate the placement of the students of the college.

Interests

My passion for writing and interest in current affairs drew me to a course in Journalism. I completed my Master degree and Ph.D. from the Department of Mass Communication, The University of Burdwan. During my days of Post Graduation, I developed an interest in Transnational Television and its impact on the audience of developing countries. When I enrolled for my Ph.D. programme under the supervision of Prof Saswati Gangopadhyay, who specializes in television studies, I expressed my interest to work on Satellite Television and its impact on the audience in West Bengal. I also started developing interest in New Media driven by my initial days of working as a content writer. I can recall those days when we had to write thirteen to fourteen articles a day. I learnt about SEO and the role played by keywords and metadata. I started contributing articles to different journals exploring the developments happening in the world of transnational television and new media. In the coming days hopefully, I will be able to continue contributing to academic research in these areas! I was fortunate to publish some papers in national and international journals and contribute chapters in edited books. I got the opportunity to contribute to e-PG modules in Media and Communication Studies for the E-PG Pathshala Programme, MHRD-GOI, UGC and INFLIBNET and contribute online learning material for Open Universities. It was also a different experience to appear on television to talk on media and social issues. Mr Bhaskar Dhar of R Plus News Channel one fine morning felt that I should come to their studio to talk on media freedom. The journey started from there and I would occasionally receive a call from the channel to talk on issues. A vibrant team of young journalists and television technicians and an ever accommodative Bhaskar Dhar (Bhaskar Da) made things easier for me. I also got the opportunity to meet Mr Sujoy Dhar, group editor of India Blooms news service who imbued me to contribute articles for their news portal. He would always remind me that a journalism educator should never delink himself or herself from the actual practice. I have continued with my blog theviewsspectrum which intends to simplify news and add a spectrum of views on issues happening across the globe. Miles to go before I sleep !

Work Details

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PUBLICATIONS IN JOURNALS

Community Radio : Revenue Structure and Possibilities in India

Published in Global Media Journal Indian Edition, University of Calcutta, 2010.

Television and Popular Culture in West Bengal vis-à-vis Globalization

Co-authored with Professor Saswati Gangopadhyay, Published in Samaj-Tattva, Vol:16, Issue: 2, 2010.

Social Responsibility Of Media And Indian Democracy

published in Global Media Journal Indian Edition, University of Calcutta, 2011.

Portrayal of Women in Internet Advertising

Co-authored with Professor Saswati Gangopadhyay, published in Media Watch, Vol:2, Number:2, 2011.

Transnational Media and Globalisation

Co-authored with Professor Saswati Gangopadhyay, published in The Burdwan Journal of Political Science, Vol:4, 2011.

Modern Day Indian Audience and Transnational Television

Published in Samaj-Tattva, Vol:17, Issue: 1, 2011.

Putting Environment in Focus: The Role of Satellite Television in India

Co-authored with Professor Saswati Gangopadhyay, published in Journal of Geo-Environment Observer, Vol:1, Number:2, 2012.

Online Journalism and E-papers: A new age

Published in Communication Today. Vol: 15, 2013.

Surrogate Advertising On Satellite Television: Indian Experience

Co-authored with Professor Saswati Gangopadhyay, published in Journal of Business Management, Commerce & Research, Vol-4 ,No.-12, 2015.

Digital Journalism: Theorizing on Present Times

Co-authored with Professor Saswati Gangopadhyay, published in Media Watch, Vol-10 ,No.-2, 2019.

Globalised Indian Cinema: Question of Universal Appeal

Published in BHU Journal of Communication Studies, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Banaras Hindu University, Vol:5, Issue:1, 2015.

CHAPTERS IN EDITED BOOKS

Representation of Disability on Television: The Way Forward.

Chapter published in the edited book titled Perception and Portrayal of Women with Disabilities: Remapping their Identity. Published by Authorspress, 2017.

Web Writing for Journalists-A New Form, A New Challenge

Chapter published in the edited book titled Structure and Dimensions of Screen Writing: An Initiative of ODL. Published by Netaji Subhas Open University, School of Humanities, 2016.

News Blogs in India: Exciting Form with New Challenges.

Chapter co-authored with Rishi Gopal Mondal published in the edited book titled Issues of Media Content Market And Technology. Published by Kanishka Publishers, 2012.

Digital Media and Journalism in India: Question of Credibility.

Chapter co-authored with Professor Saswati Gangopadhyay published in the edited book titled Issues of Journalistic Ethics and Freedom in the Contemporary Age of Digital Media. Published by University of Calcutta, 2012.

Gender and Stereotypes: Media as Catalyst of Change

Chapter published in Communication 2.0, Communication for Development (the published proceedings of the Second National Media Conclave 2018 held from 21st to 23rd November, 2018).

Fake News in Digital Age: A Social Threat

Chapter published in Communication 4.0, Communication in a Digital Age (the published proceedings of the Third National Media Conclave 2019 held from 21st to 23rd November, 2019).

Internet Advertising: Exploring Social Media

Chapter published in the edited book titled Media Usage in Promotional Communication. Published by The University of Burdwan, 2016.

NEWS PORTAL ARTICLES

Fake News in the times of Corona: Fighting the ‘Infodemic’ .

Published in indiablooms news portal on 23rd April, 2020.

The Disabled during COVID-19: Missing in the National Discourse

Published in indiablooms news portal on 19th May, 2020.

Musings in the time of Corona: Positive vibes amidst the clutter

Published in indiablooms news portal on 1st August, 2020.

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Office Address

Department of Journalism & Mass Communication,
Loreto College
7, Sir William Jones Sarani (formerly Middleton Row)
Kolkata - 700 071
West Bengal,India

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soumyadutta.dutta@gmail.com

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