CANCELLED--Community Radio in South Asia: Reclaiming the Airwaves

THIS EVENT IS CANCELLED DUE TO WINTER STORM AND CAMPUS CLOSURE

Join International & Global Studies and the Institute for Asian Studies for a talk with UNESCO Chair on Community Radio, Dr. Kanchan Malik!

Community radio is a significant independent media movement that began about two decades ago in South Asia rendering the media ecology in the region more pluralistic and diverse. Join us to learn about the role community radio plays in an increasingly globalized media environment, and how various countries in South Asia formulate policies that enabled the emergence of this third sector of broadcasting.

About the Speaker:

Dr. Kanchan K. Malik is a Professor in the Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad, (India) and has been teaching post-graduate Journalism and Mass Communication courses for nearly 15 years. She obtained her Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Hyderabad. Her doctoral work has been published by Sage as a much-reviewed book, Other Voices: the Struggle for Community Radio in India co-authored with Prof. Vinod Pavarala. Her recent co-edited book is titled Community Radio in South Asia: Reclaiming the Airwaves. With a dual Master's in Economics and Mass Communication, she worked as a journalist with The Economic Times, New Delhi for two years before settling for a career in academics. She has worked on several research projects and published research papers on media interventions by non-governmental organizations for empowerment at the grassroots level. Her work has also contributed to policy advocacy efforts for Community radio in India. She is a UNESCO Chair on Community Media and Associate Editor of the e-newsletter CR News brought out by her department in partnership with UNESCO. She serves as the Vice-Chair of the Ethics of Society & Ethics of Communication Working Group at the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). She is currently a Fulbright Visiting Faculty Fellow at the School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication, University of Texas at Austin.