Scholar Author Educator

Paromita Pain

Associate Professor of Global Media Studies

Exploring journalism, gender, and digital activism across the globe.

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Research

Research across borders

My work examines how media, technology, gender and sexuality intersect with questions of power, participation and social change in a global context.

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Digital feminist activism

I explore how digital media enables feminist, queer and marginalised communities to organise, resist and imagine more just futures across different cultural contexts.

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Global journalism

I study the evolving practices, ethics and politics of journalism in a digital, networked world, with particular attention to voices from the Global South.

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Media and social change

I examine how media and communication technologies shape social movements, democratic participation and struggles for gender and sexual justice globally.

Selected books

My books explore the intersections of media, gender, sexuality and activism in a global and digitally connected world.

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