Dr. Ramaswami Harindranath

Biography

Ramaswami Harindranath (Hari) earned his PhD in Mass Communications from the University of Leicester, UK. He has taught at universities in the UK, India, Malaysia, and Australia, and has held visiting fellowships at institutions including Helsinki, Oxford, London (SOAS), and Brown. His lectures have reached audiences in China, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Belgium, Australia, Singapore, the UK, and the United States. Hari's primary research interests focus on global media and the cultural economy, covering topics such as postcoloniality and decoloniality, online documentaries and their audiences, South Asian media cultures, and the impact of digital technologies on socio-cultural change. He has worked on numerous projects funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (UK), the Australian Research Council, and Marsden (New Zealand). Among his notable publications are 'Approaches to Audiences' (1998), 'Crash Controversy' (2001), 'Perspectives on Global Cultures' (2006), 'Transnational Lives & Media' (2007), 'Audience-Citizens' (2009), and 'Studying Digital Media Audiences' (2017). Currently, he is completing a manuscript entitled 'Southern Discomfort,' which re-assesses the politics of the Global South. He serves as an editor for the journal 'Postcolonial Studies' and is on the Advisory Board for 'Nordicom Review' and the Anthem book series on Citizenship and National Identities. Hari has a proven track record of successfully supervising local and international PhD candidates as well as Masters and Honours students across a wide range of topics in media and cultural studies.

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