Overview
Availability
- Associate Professor Pradip Thomas is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework), University of Leicester
- Postgraduate Diploma, University of Leicester
Works
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2024
Other Outputs
Communications, media and internet concentration in India, 2019-2021
Athique, Adrian, Ilavarasan, Vigneswara, Parthasarathi, Vibodh, Sharma, Tamanna, Thomas, Pradip and Vyshakh, M. (2024). Communications, media and internet concentration in India, 2019-2021. Ottawa, ON, Canada: Carleton University. doi: 10.22215/gmicp/2024.8
2024
Book
The gig economy in India: start-ups, infrastructure and resistance
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2024). The gig economy in India: start-ups, infrastructure and resistance. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003491705
2023
Journal Article
The Handbook on Religion and Communication, Global Handbooks in Media and Communication Research
Thomas, Pradip (2023). The Handbook on Religion and Communication, Global Handbooks in Media and Communication Research. Journal of Religion Media and Digital Culture, 12 (2-3), 374-376. doi: 10.1163/21659214-bja10114
2023
Journal Article
Populism, Religion and the Media in India
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2023). Populism, Religion and the Media in India. International Journal of Communication, 17, 2925-2938.
2023
Book
Platform regulation: exemplars, approaches and solutions
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2023). Platform regulation: exemplars, approaches and solutions. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780192887962.001.0001
2022
Book
Information infrastructures in India: the long view
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2022). Information infrastructures in India: the long view. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780192857736.001.0001
2021
Journal Article
Freire, communications and tolerance in India
Thomas, Pradip (2021). Freire, communications and tolerance in India. Matrizes, 15 (3), 1-20. doi: 10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v15i3p203-222
2021
Journal Article
Freire, comunicação e tolerância na Índia
Thomas, Pradip (2021). Freire, comunicação e tolerância na Índia. MATRIZes, 15 (3), 1-20b. doi: 10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v15i3p1-20b
2021
Journal Article
Freire, comunicação e tolerância na Índia
Thomas, Pradip (2021). Freire, comunicação e tolerância na Índia. MATRIZes, 15 (3), 203-222. doi: 10.11606/issn.1982-8160.v15i3p203-222
2021
Book Chapter
Religion, Media and Culture in India: Hindutva and Hinduism
Thomas, Pradip (2021). Religion, Media and Culture in India: Hindutva and Hinduism. Media and Religion. (pp. 205-218) edited by Stewart M. Hoover and Nabil Echchaibi. Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter. doi: 10.1515/9783110497878-012
2021
Book Chapter
Access to communication as resistance and struggle in the 21st century
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2021). Access to communication as resistance and struggle in the 21st century. Arts, culture and community development. (pp. 131-150) edited by Rosie R. Meade and Mae Shaw. Bristol, United Kingdom: Policy Press. doi: 10.1332/policypress/9781447340508.003.0008
2021
Journal Article
Sanjay Asthana, India’s State-Run Media: Broadcasting, Power, and Narrative, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2019, 210 pp
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2021). Sanjay Asthana, India’s State-Run Media: Broadcasting, Power, and Narrative, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2019, 210 pp. International Journal of Communication, 3857-3859.
2020
Book Chapter
Journalism and the rise of Hindu extremism: Reporting religion in a post-truth era
Thomas, Pradip (2020). Journalism and the rise of Hindu extremism: Reporting religion in a post-truth era. The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Journalism. (pp. 232-244) edited by Kerstin Radde-Antweiler and Xenia Zeiler. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203731420-20
2020
Book Chapter
Conflict and community radio in India: solutions possible and impossible
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2020). Conflict and community radio in India: solutions possible and impossible. Community radio in South Asia: reclaiming the airwaves. (pp. 201-214) edited by Kanchan K. Malik and Vinod Pavarala. London, United Kingdom: Routledge . doi: 10.4324/9781003056232-15
2020
Book Chapter
Notes on the platformization of mainstream Hinduism
Thomas, Pradip (2020). Notes on the platformization of mainstream Hinduism. Platform Capitalism in India. (pp. 281-298) edited by Adrian Athique and Vibodh Parthasarathi. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-44563-8_14
2019
Journal Article
The imperialism of categories: Concepts and contexts in communication for social change
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2019). The imperialism of categories: Concepts and contexts in communication for social change. Communication Theory, 30 (4), 388-406. doi: 10.1093/ct/qtz026
2019
Book Chapter
Infrastructure and platform anxieties in India
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2019). Infrastructure and platform anxieties in India. Digital transactions in Asia: economic, informational, and social exchanges. (pp. 44-62) edited by Adrian Athique and Emma Baulch. New York, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429425110-3
2019
Book
Empire and post-Empire telecommunications in India: a history
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2019). Empire and post-Empire telecommunications in India: a history. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
2019
Book
Communication for social change: context, social movements and the digital
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2019). Communication for social change: context, social movements and the digital. New Delhi, India: Sage. doi: 10.4135/9789353287658
2019
Book
The politics of digital India: between local compulsions and external pressures
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2019). The politics of digital India: between local compulsions and external pressures. New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780199494620.001.0001
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
ICT and the Promotion of Gender Justice in India
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Regulating the Platform Economy in India and Australia
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Effects of Media portrayals of Drag Performances on Public Perceptions of Gender Norms
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Lemi Baruh
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Doctor Philosophy
Rumour in Social Media: A study on Bangladesh Cases
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nicholas Carah
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Doctor Philosophy
Language rights and minority language publishing in Australia.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paul Harpur, Dr Samantha Disbray
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Doctor Philosophy
Diffusion of New Media and Public Service Broadcasting: Is New Media a Lifeline for Public Radio Broadcasting in Bangladesh?
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alex Bevan
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Doctor Philosophy
A Critical Realist Case Study of Women¿s Empowerment through ICT4D in the Indian Context
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Rural women's online self-representation and identity construction on Chinese short-video sharing apps Douyin and Kuaishou
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nicholas Carah
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Doctor Philosophy
Prabhat Trajectory of Cinema in Bombay Presidency 1920s-50s: Imperialism, Infrastructure, Institutions, and Industry
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Adrian Athique
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Doctor Philosophy
Trajectories of Cinema in Bombay Presidency 1920s-50s
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Adrian Athique
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Diffusion of New Media and Public Service Broadcasting: Is New Media a Lifeline for Public Radio Broadcasting in Bangladesh?
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alex Bevan
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Affective partisanship within the polarised discursive practices of opinion websites during the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nicholas Carah
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Empowering Communities in Rural Bangladesh: The role of Union Information and Service Centre connectivity
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nicholas Carah
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Gender violence in Italy: A critical study of discourses and counter-discourses
Principal Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Navigating the Undercurrents: An Analysis of Pacific Island Regional ICT Policy
Principal Advisor
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
ICTs and Participation for Empowerment in Indonesia: An Actor-Network Theory Perspective
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Elske van de Fliert
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Dialogue as communication: Challenges and prospects for Christian-Muslim relationship in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nicholas Carah
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Field, guanxi, and hidden transcripts: A study of the work practices of Taiwanese TV producers in China
Principal Advisor
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2007
Master Philosophy
A study of the portrayal of the 2003 war in Iraq in selected newspapers published in Bangladesh
Principal Advisor
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Community Radio and the Empowerment of Women in Informal Settlements in Kenya
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Elske van de Fliert
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Nitaqat: An Investigation of a Developmental Policy in Saudi Arabia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Levi Obijiofor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
WIRELESS AND EMPIRE AMBITION. Wireless telegraphy/telephony and radio broadcasting in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, South-West Pacific (1914-1947): political, social and developmental perspectives.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Levi Obijiofor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Understandings and Practices of Freedom of Expression and Press Freedom in Pakistan: Ethnography of Karachi Journalistic Environment
Associate Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Rethinking journalism for supporting social cohesion and democracy: Case study of media performance in Fiji
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Levi Obijiofor
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Participation and Disciplinary Power: Governmentality in the Agricultural Sector in Contemporary Indonesia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Elske van de Fliert
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Talanoa Radio: Exploring the Interface of Development, Culture and Community Radio in the South Pacific
Associate Advisor
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Corporate Social Marketing, Petronas Festival Advertisements: Nation Building, Brand Building and Identity
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Nicholas Carah
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
An Analysis of Islamic Conceptualisations of Press Freedom in Malaysia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Levi Obijiofor
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
Making War Real: The discourse of professional journalism and the Iraq War, 2003
Associate Advisor
Media
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