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Archana Kumari

Archana Kumari

Archana Kumari
Archana Kumari
Associate Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Centre for Media Studies
School of Social Sciences
Residence
9419026595
Email
archanakumari@mail.jnu.ac.in, archanaiimc@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

PhD, MPhil, MMC

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Media Economy, Media Sociology, Development Communication, Media and Information Literacy

Experience

31st March, 2014 – 5th April 2023: Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication and New Media, Central University of Jammu, Jammu, J & K, India.
1st August, 2012 – 29th March, 2014: Assistant Professor, Department of Convergent Journalism, Central University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J & K, India.

18th July 2011 – 20th July 2012: Assistant Professor (Contract), Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Central University of Bihar, Patna, India.

22nd August, 2006 – 17th July 2010: Academic Associate (Contract), Department of English Journalism, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, India.

Awards & Honours

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International Collaboration/Consultancy

Principal Lead, India for an international comparative study on newsrooms and beats.
Principal Lead, South Asia for the Journalism Education and Trauma Research Group (JETREG) project. https://jetreg.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/
Participated in Global Media Monitoring Project, 2020 (GMMP, 2020). https://whomakesthenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/India-GMMP-Report.pdf (page no. 50)
Consultant (short-term) with Internews for the Chambal Media/Khabar Lahariya verification training program.
Trainer for Media Literacy programme BBC Young Reporter

 

Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  1. Kumari, A. (2023). Adolescents and Social Media: Attraction, Addiction, Image Creation and Necessity. In Raman, Usha and Kasturi, Sumana (Ed.), Childscape, Mediascape Children and Media in India (209 – 232). Orient Blackswan Private Limited, Hyderabad.
  2. Kumari, A. (2023). The Complexity of Ownership of Media in India and Emerging Trends. In Rabindranath et al (Ed.), The Role of Media in Contemporary Scenario (64 – 91). Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi.
  3. Kumari, A. (2021). Pandemic-A raison d'etre for 'Infodemic' and Media Literacy- 'solus solutio'. In Tripathi, Durgesh (Ed.), Rethinking Media and Socio-Cultural Change: India and The Globe in the Times of Pandemic (238-256). HP Hamilton Ltd., United Kingdom
  4. Kumari, A. & Sugandha (2020). Representation of Voices of Women in Media: A Jammu Centric Study. In Katoch, Archana (Ed.), Women Empowerment: Issues and Challenges (pp.46-77). Anamika Publishers. New Delhi.
  5. Kumari, A. (2016). Political Delineation of News Media in Kashmir Valley and its Consequences. In Bhattacharya, Mausumi (Ed.), Crony Journalism: An Overview (pp. 72-89). Santiniketan, India: Santiniketan Press.
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  1. Shilpa, K., Kumari, A., Das, M.M., Sharma, T., Biswal, S.K. (2023). Exploring Trauma Literacy Quotient Among Indian Journalists and a Way Forward in Post-Pandemic Era: A Case Study of India, Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 78(2), pp. 267–288
  2. Kumari, A. (2022). The Routledge companion to journalism ethics, Ethical Space, The International Journal of Communication Ethics Vol.19 No.2, 53-54, ISSN 1742-0105. http://www.abramis.co.uk/ethical-space/journal/v19n2/v19n2.pdf
  3. Kumari, A. (2022). Positioning of Women in Advertisements: Economics of Transformation. ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, 3(1), 114-125. DOI: 10.29121/shodhkosh.v3.i1.2022.74 https://www.granthaalayahpublication.org/Arts-Journal/index.php/ShodhKosh/article/view/74
  4. Archana Kumari (2019) Young People and the Future of News: Social Media and the Rise of Connective Journalism, Mass Communication and Society, DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2019.1697566
  5. Kumari, A. December 2017. “Media Narratives of Kashmir Unrest in July 2016: A Comparative Analysis of Regional Newspapers”. Journal of Content, Community and Communication. Vol. 6 Year 3. Amity University. Madhya Pradesh. ISSN: 2395-7514 (Print), ISSN: 2456-9011 (Online)

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.