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Saayan Chattopadhyay

Jadavpur University, University of Calcutta

ORCID iD 0000-0002-9321-9516
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Dr. Saayan Chattopadhyay is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at Baruipur College, affiliated with the University of Calcutta. His academic training is interdisciplinary, spanning media culture and gender studies. He has published research in leading peer-reviewed journals such as Journalism Practice, Media Asia, South Asia Research, Studies in South Asian Film and Media, Media Watch, tripleC, and the Journal of Boyhood Studies. In addition, he has contributed chapters to edited volumes on media, digital culture, and gender published by major academic presses, including Oxford University Press, Palgrave Macmillan, Sage, Wiley-Blackwell, Springer, Routledge, Lexington Books, and Sussex Academic Press.
Chattopadhyay is the recipient of several research grants and fellowships, including the UGC Minor Research Project in Humanities and Social Sciences (2013), the IAMCR K. E. Eapen Fellowship for Early Career Researchers (2014), and the ICA Divisional Grant and Travel Grant (2016). He has served on the editorial boards of notable journals such as The Journal of Men’s Studies (Sage) and Digital Journalism (Routledge).
He has also contributed extensively to academic content development, including the creation of MOOC materials on media and culture, and the authorship of study materials for various open and distance learning universities, thereby advancing access to quality scholarship in media and cultural studies. Chattopadhyay has presented his research at numerous international and national academic forums, including ICA Fukuoka (Japan), IAMCR, the University of Kelaniya (Colombo), Jahangirnagar University (Dhaka), IIT Bombay, Jamia Millia Islamia, South Asian University, Nalanda University, the OKD Institute of Social Change and Development (Guwahati), and Visva-Bharati University, among others.
His research interests encompass neoliberal media, aesthetic theory, masculinity studies, critical AI studies, and techno-culture in the Global South.

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Education

  • Jadavpur University MPhil
  • Jadavpur University PhD
  • University of Calcutta MA

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