Academics

Bio

Rajeesh Kumar T V completed his PhD in the Department of Electronic Media and Mass Communication at Pondicherry University, India, where he was awarded the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) Junior/Senior Research Fellowship. Prior to pursuing his PhD, he worked as a Project Fellow for a UGC Major Research Project titled “Social Media and Ethics: A Socio-Technical Approach to the Making of Ethics among Children and Youth of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry” for two years. He also holds a post-graduate degree in Mass Communication from Mangalore University, Karnataka, where he ranked first in his university. His research interests include journalism studies, critical media studies, new media/digital media studies, and the political economy of media.

Research Areas

Journalism studies, critical media studies, new media/ digital media studies, and the political economy of media.

Publications

T V, Rajeesh Kumar., MP, Faheem Muhammed., & JC, Thejaswini. (2023). Cultural Politics of Moral Panic and Creating Social Other: A Critical Analysis of Social Media Discourses on Migrant Labour Population in Kerala, India. In T. E. Filibeli & M. Ö. Özbek (Eds.), Mapping Lies in the Global Media Sphere. essay, Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003403203-9

Ali, A., J C, Thejaswini., & T V, Rajeesh Kumar. (2024). Revitalising public libraries through digital technologies and social networking sites: The case of rural libraries of Kerala, India during covid pandemic. Public Library Quarterly, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/01616846.2023.2301272

Rajeesh Kumar, T. V., & Vethanayagam, S. A.L (2023). Freedom of expression, Dissent & Unionism among journalists in a regional language television industry in India. Journalism Practice, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2023.2197416

T V, R. K., & Vethanayagam, S. A. L. (2022). University Scrutiny, Working Conditions, and Skill Development: A Critical Analysis of Unpaid Student Internships in Indian Media Industries. Global Media Journal, 20(52). https://doi.org/10.36648/1550-7521.20.52.310

T V, R. K., & Vethanayagam, S. A. L. (2019). Challenging the Mainstream with Free Labour: A Study on Independent News Websites in Kerala. Communication and Media Studies, 8(2), 19–34.

T V, R.K., & Vetanayagam, S. (2018). Online Misogyny and Cyber Attacks: An Analysis of Social Media Discourses in Kerala. Amity Journal of Media & Communication Studies,8(1), 36-41.

Kalorth, N., & TV, R. K (2017). Photojournalism for Environmental Activism: Analysing the Works of Madhuraj."

Google Scholar link : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=57jmXXMAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1

ORCID link :https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5051-7468