Associate Professor | Media and Communication | #Masculinities #Technoculture #NeoliberalMedia
Kolkata, India
Joined September 2010
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“The real problem is that social media companies not only control researchers’ access to data, but can also manipulate their systems in a way that affects the findings of the studies they fund.” theconversation.com/is-big-t…
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We are excited to officially announce that the JUP will be publishing a translation of Stanisław Lem's classic work of science fiction, #Solaris in Bengali translation from the original Polish by Kamil Siedczyński. #SFF #BookTwitter #announcement #translation
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#DigitalJournalism volume 10, issue 2 is out!
It includes a conceptual article, seven research articles and a commentary. See thread below!
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"If you want to keep a secret, you must also hide it from yourself," the Supreme Court verdict quoted from Orwell's #1984 in the beginning of the 46-page-long judgement on #Pegasus #spyware criticising the Indian government’s refusal to divulge any info
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The more #journalism is reserved to an elite, the less representative it is of the country we live in — and the easier it is for everyone else not to #trust.
It’s time to create an alternative path into a #journalismcareer niemanlab.org/2021/10/its-ti…
Facebook apparently is only able to crack down on 3-5% of #HateSpeech and 0.2% of ‘violence and inciting’ content on the platform. @FrancesHaugen #Whistleblower #Facebook
US receives 87% of whatever resources are available in terms of proactive monitoring of misinformation on #Facebook while the rest of the world receives just 13%. It's remarkable cos US & Canada together make up only 10% of Facebook's daily active users. #Haugen #Whistleblower
Waiting for this! @Phaidon One of the most expansive volumes of its kind, #AfricanArtists: From 1882 to Now compiles a broad sampling of works from more than 300 modern and contemporary artists born or living on the continent. #artbook thisiscolossal.com/2021/10/a…
India is planning to make #scholarly literature available for everyone under its latest science, technology & innovation policy. But for some, it may go against the spirit of making knowledge available under an #openaccess mechanism. theconversation.com/indias-p… #paywall #OpenScience
Very insightful article by @DALupton How to experiment with creative #digital methods to capture different voices and perspectives for #socialresearch in #COVID19 times? nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
20% of Americans are considering freelancing, between June and July of 2021. More than 50% of those surveyed who planned to quit said they would consider freelancing.Why #journalists are leaving their full-time #mediajobs to go #freelance poynter.org/business-work/20…
This could mean that right-leaning posts on #Twitter successfully spark more outrage, resulting in amplification. Twitter’s research shows that its #algorithm favors conservative views theverge.com/2021/10/22/2274… via @Verge
Studies have shown that the ‘top’ journals are heavily dominated by #research produced in and about a small number of ‘core’ countries, mostly the US and the UK, and thus reproduce existing global power imbalances within and beyond #academia.
science.thewire.in/the-scien…
The number of people who are poor in India (with incomes of $2 or less a day) is estimated to have increased by 75 million because of the #COVID-19 #recession. Findings from @pewresearch pewresearch.org/fact-tank/20…
A program known as #Xcheck has given millions of celebrities, politicians and other high-profile #Facebook users special treatment, a privilege many abuse wsj.com/articles/facebook-fi…
#ICA22 CFP
It is that time of year! #ICA22 paper submission website is open at 12:00 Noon ICA Office Time (EDT). Check your email for more details: buff.ly/38ojSq0 #ICAcommunity
#China bans 'sissy men' from TV to encourage more #masculinity in young men usatoday.com/story/entertain…
For @umanchanda
Can I please get 2 followers to copy and re-post this tweet? I'm trying to demonstrate that someone is always listening.
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Just two. Any two. Copy, not retweet.
“As I look around, I see the crumbling ruins of a proud civilisation strewn like a vast heap of futility” #Afghanistan #AfganistanBurning
My heart shatters to see and talk to Afghan artists who have started destroying their own art out of fear. #Afghanistan is becoming black and white again. It’s losing its beauty, diversity and colors. I am afraid the world will let this happen again!
