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Associate Professor Pradip Thomas
Associate Professor

Pradip Thomas

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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

Search Professor Pradip Thomas’s works on UQ eSpace

146 works between 1993 and 2024

1 - 20 of 146 works

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

Communications, media and internet concentration in India, 2019-2021

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

The gig economy in India: start-ups, infrastructure and resistance

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

The Handbook on Religion and Communication, Global Handbooks in Media and Communication Research

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.

Populism, Religion and the Media in India

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

Platform regulation: exemplars, approaches and solutions

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

Information infrastructures in India: the long view

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

Freire, communications and tolerance in India

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

Freire, comunicação e tolerância na Índia

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

Freire, comunicação e tolerância na Índia

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

Religion, Media and Culture in India: Hindutva and Hinduism

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

Access to communication as resistance and struggle in the 21st century

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.

Sanjay Asthana, India’s State-Run Media: Broadcasting, Power, and Narrative, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2019, 210 pp

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

Journalism and the rise of Hindu extremism: Reporting religion in a post-truth era

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

Conflict and community radio in India: solutions possible and impossible

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

Notes on the platformization of mainstream Hinduism

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

The imperialism of categories: Concepts and contexts in communication for social change

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

Infrastructure and platform anxieties in India

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.

Empire and post-Empire telecommunications in India: a history

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

Communication for social change: context, social movements and the digital

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

The politics of digital India: between local compulsions and external pressures

Funding

Past funding

  • 2010
    QU Travel Awards Category 1, William Bruce Girard
    UQ Travel Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2008
    Scoping study to identify agricultural R&D needs and opportunities of rural upland communities in north-western Vietnam
    Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
    Open grant
  • 2007
    Targeting crop protection research and development (R&D) towards social change amongst ethnic minority communities in Central Vietnam
    Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2006
    Religion, Media and Social Change: A Comparative Study of Conservative Christian groups and their use of the Media in Australia and India
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Associate Professor Pradip Thomas is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    ICT and the Promotion of Gender Justice in India

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Regulating the Platform Economy in India and Australia

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Effects of Media portrayals of Drag Performances on Public Perceptions of Gender Norms

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Lemi Baruh

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Rumour in Social Media: A study on Bangladesh Cases

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Nicholas Carah

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Language rights and minority language publishing in Australia.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Paul Harpur, Dr Samantha Disbray

  • 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

  • Doctor Philosophy

    A Critical Realist Case Study of Women¿s Empowerment through ICT4D in the Indian Context

    Principal Advisor

  • 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

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Prabhat Trajectory of Cinema in Bombay Presidency 1920s-50s: Imperialism, Infrastructure, Institutions, and Industry

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Adrian Athique

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Trajectories of Cinema in Bombay Presidency 1920s-50s

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Adrian Athique

Completed supervision

Media

Enquiries

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  • Communication and social change
  • Communication rights
  • Political economy of communications
  • Religion and media

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