Sushmita Pandit, PhD

Lecturer / Researcher Media Studies; #TVstudies ; #digitalhumanities ; #IndianMedia ; #mediapolicy

[Sushmita Pandit, PhD @SushmitaPandit]

"The point of #scifi — like all #fiction — is not to predict the #future, but to teach us what it really means to be human in a changing world. And that’s a lesson today’s #innovators are yet to learn." #AI #tedchiang #facebook #meta
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[Digital Journalism @djeditorialteam]

TOP CITED ARTICLES: Announcing the top cited articles in #DigitalJournalism for 2020 and 2021! Click on this link to find the 2020 articles spanning topics like #fakenews, algorithmic newswork, audience-related research, and #journalist identities: https://t.co/4N3vnbYcOl

[Saayan Chattopadhyay @saayanc]

Thanks to @ozlemarda34 @ConstanzaMujica and Pınar Aslan for including us in this wonderful edited collection. #TurkishTelevisionSeries

[Saayan Chattopadhyay @saayanc]

Happy to announce that our chapter (with @SushmitaPandit) #TurkishTelevisionSeries in India: Tracing the Alternative Circuits of #TransnationalMedia Flow has been published in the book edited by @ozlemarda34, Pınar Aslan, @ConstanzaMujica https://t.co/Wb2OLHMjiJ

[The Wire @thewire_in]

Rock said he learnt about this development only upon leaving for India from Dubai in October 2020, and is clueless why this action was taken against him particularly.

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[IAMCR @IAMCRtweets]

#IAMCR2021 starts today at 12:00 UTC with a keynote by Dr Tawana Kupe (U of Pretoria), "We need to disrupt ourselves and reimagine media and communication studies in a changing world" https://t.co/Ti9hNVlOeD

[Florian Schneider @schneiderfa77]

Another reading tip from our #Asiascape: #DigitalAsia special issue on #livestreaming: @jyg_gu's research on how 'obscenity' is regulated on #China's livestreaming platforms (spoiler alert: the answer has much to do with #Foucault and self-regulation...):
https://t.co/0Z6mOXziGP

[Amanda Lotz @DrTVLotz]

For scholars, a key question is whether this is cultural policy or sector support & to not assume the latter guarantees the former. Supporting the prod sector doesn’t guarantee storytelling w cultural specificity. The heightened int'lization of biz has increased the challenges

[Amanda Lotz @DrTVLotz]

Pleased to share first of new project exploring 21c industry dynamics on TV drama production w @ksanson & @Annapotters now avail from @tvnewmedia We’ve assembled a database of AU drama production 1999-2019 & are just getting our heads around what has..1/2 https://t.co/gKHB9S0Gjq

[Digital Journalism @djeditorialteam]

🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨

We are delighted to announce that the article by @KarinWahlJ "An Emotional Turn in Journalism Studies?," published in #DigitalJournalism, is the recipient of the 2021 Wolfgang Donsbach Outstanding Journal Article of the Year Award, granted by @Journalism_ICA🥳

[Saayan Chattopadhyay @saayanc]

Our article (with @SushmitaPandit) Freedom,Distribution and #WorkfromHome: Rereading #Engels inthe Time of the #COVID-19 Pandemic is published in the Special Issue of the journal tripleC: Engels@200 edited by @fuchschristian
https://t.co/rTqRbriTi0

[Sushmita Pandit, PhD @SushmitaPandit]

"we have to make sure every rural community in every underserved community has access to broadband"-Satya Nadella #digitalindia #access #AI
https://t.co/M2eLvuAIzt

[Sushmita Pandit, PhD @SushmitaPandit]

"A crowded sporting calendar and a multitude of #networks providing content suggests #TV #packages may no longer be delivering value to #viewers."- Stefan Hall
#sports #digital #Covid_19
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[Sushmita Pandit, PhD @SushmitaPandit]

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[Sushmita Pandit, PhD @SushmitaPandit]

Omdia's report titled '2021 Trends to Watch: Indian #PayTV & Online #Video Market' noted that the huge investment in #online video is indicative of the shift from #traditional to online, despite massive efforts to upgrade the #cableTV #network, which has reached digitization

[Sushmita Pandit, PhD @SushmitaPandit]

"Meanwhile, access to #sports is a key reason #consumers have yet to cut the #cord, and a key reason so many people did cancel their #cable service this year" #TV #OTT #streaming
https://t.co/1q1IpMC2LM

[Sushmita Pandit, PhD @SushmitaPandit]

"It’s high time to switch gears and focus on #editorial #content ....#broadcasting responsibly should be their guiding principle from here on out; if news organisations serve the viewers, they will come to the #channels of their own volition." #TV #India
https://t.co/Ey87Eor8S1

[Sushmita Pandit, PhD @SushmitaPandit]

This study shows that viewers place increasing value on #TV content. They are less inclined to have the #television as distraction, but are using it to fulfil emotionally charged needs. However, a new found love for #OnDemand #content could alter the audience’s engagement with TV

[International Journal of Cultural Studies @IJCS_journal]

Online First: Dr. Lotz analyzes the global dimensions of Netflix and their technical and production-related affordances that blur the boundary of national and global in "In between the global and the local: Mapping the geographies of Netflix as a multinational service." @DrTVLotz

[Sushmita Pandit, PhD @SushmitaPandit]

"If we do not find alternatives sources to finance a free and independent press, our democracy itself is at stake."- Nikki Usher
#Google and #Facebook's contradictory behaviour towards #journalism
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