UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM & UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT MASS COMMUNICATION ACCREDITED WITH NAAC A GRADE 4th NATIONAL MASS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE 20 MARCH 21 22 2018 10 KEY E M S Seminar Complex SPEAKERS University of Calicut 60 RESEARCH PAPERS 25 UNIVERSITIES 06 TECHNICAL SESSIONS UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION A S Panneerselvan Readers' Editor of The Hindu and a regular columnist. Apart from INDIAN MEDIA IN being an adjunct faculty of Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, he also serves as executive director of Panos South Asia since 2004, TRANSITION vice-chair and the steering committee member of the Global Forum MAPPING THE MAJOR TRENDS for Media Development, and an advisory panel member of the Knight International Journalism Fellowship programme. He was a fellow of Reuters Journalism Fellowship programme at University of Oxford. INAUGURATION 10 AM, 20032018 R K Radhakrishnan Associate Editor, Frontline magazine, one of India’s most respected media institutions. He was a key resource in the political bureau of The Hindu and an editorial writer, till he moved to Frontline in 2014. A trained war correspondent, Radhakrishnan was posted as Foreign Correspondent to Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2010. He is a recipient of KEY Mumbai Press Club’s RedInk Media Award 2017. SPEAKERS 4th Dr. Kanchan K. Malik NATIONAL MASS Professor and Head, Department of Communication, University of COMMUNICATION Hyderabad. She has been teaching postgraduate Journalism and Mass Communication courses for nearly 20 years now. Co-authored with Prof. Vinod Pavarala, the widely cited book Other Voices: the Struggle RESEARCH for Community Radio in India published by Sage. She is a Faculty Fellow with the UNESCO Chair on Community Media and Editor of the newsletter – CR News brought out by the Chair in partnership with CONFERENCE UNESCO and CEMCA. UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT Actress, television personality, DEPARTMENT OF writer, anchor, PR professional and social activist. Acted in more than JOURNALISM & 50 films including Neelathamara, MASS COMMUNICATION Leela, Munnariyippu and Take Off. Associated with ‘Abhinaya’, a theatre group in Thiruvanathapu- ram. Penned lines for movies Sreeprasadam and Megamalhar. Parvathi T INDIAN MEDIA IN TRANSITION MAPPING THE MAJOR TRENDS Popular short story writer in malayalam. Famous for her works Agniyum Kadhakalum, Veshappa- OPEN FORUM karcha, Edam and Nruthasala. MEDIA & THE BODY Sithara S 2 PM, 21032018 Malayalam actress, poet and lyricist. Better known by her pet name Gilu Angela. Known for her works on Adam Joan, Thrissivaperoor Kliptham and Ottamuri Velicham. Modelled for many magazines and KEY Television advertisements. SPEAKERS Gilu Joseph 4th NATIONAL MASS Social activist. Columnist in popular malayalam magazines. COMMUNICATION Currently working as Assistant Professor, Dept. of Russian and Comparative Literature, RESEARCH University of Calicut. CONFERENCE Sreekala Mullassery UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION C S Venkiteswaran INDIAN MEDIA IN Well known writer and film critic. Received National Film Award for TRANSITION Best Film Critic. Active presence in Film Society Movement from the MAPPING THE MAJOR TRENDS mid seventies. He has to his credit books titled Samanthara Yathrakal and A Door to Adoor. OPEN FORUM FILM & CENSORSHIP Sanalkumar Sasidharan 10 AM, 22032018 Renowned Indian film director. Known for making critically acclaimed movies across multiple genres like Oraalppokkam, Ozhivudivasathe Kali and S Durga . Winner of the Hivos Tiger Award in the Internation- KEY al Film Festival Rotterdam, Golden Apricot at Armenia's Yerevan International Film Festival and Kerala State Film Awards. Formed a SPEAKERS film society, Kazhcha Chalachithra Vedi, for making independent movies through crowd funding. 4th Ramdas P S NATIONAL MASS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH Founder member, Clone Cinema Alternative, Delhi - one of the forefront organisations for Indie, parallel and socially relevent films. CONFERENCE Former journalist in AIR and Malayala Manorama. UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT Established in 1968, University of Calicut (UoC) is the largest University in Kerala UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT with 200 plus academic programmes and ACCREDITED WITH NAAC A GRADE 450 affiliated colleges and 3.5 lakh students enrolled every year. On its main campus, the University runs 35 teaching and research departments and a number of externally funded advanced centers for research and studies. DEPARTMENT OF JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Calicut was started in 1978. The Department offers Masters, MPhil and PhD programmes in Mass Communication th and Journalism. The curriculum covers 4 theoretical and practical dimensions of NATIONAL print, broadcast and online media MASS integrating latest trends in communica- COMMUNICATION tion. The Department is equipped with advanced multimedia production RESEARCH facilities, digitized library and networked CONFERENCE knowledge repositories. Tie ups of the department with industry majors ensure professional training and placement for DEPARTMENT OF students. JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT CONTACT Chairperson - Dr. Muhammadali N Convenor - Ms. Sikha N 4th National Mass Communication Research Conference Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Calicut - 673635, Kerala, India Mobile : 9747939559, Office : 04942407385 Email: [email protected], Website: www.universityofcalicut.info .