dr. uma shankar pandey
Media Educator researcher
I am an Associate Professor in Journalism and Mass Communication based in Kolkata, India.
Before I joined academics in 2002, I was a journalist with a National Daily.
My present research areas include Data Journalism, Media Credibility Studies, Risk Communication and News Framing. I am also a Ph.D. Supervisor.
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Though I have named this site Dr. Uma Shankar Pandey, I hope not to limit this to just a personal website, but to make this site a useful resource for media and communication students and scholars. I will share updated resources in the field of media and communication studies as frequently as I can. Useful free and open resources are shared here on fields ranging from Data Journalism to free online plagiarism checkers. I will continue adding to this list.
This site provides a searchable database of Faculty members in media and communication studies from different parts of India. I will update this database regularly. My lectures on Media Research, Journalism Studies and Media theory is shared in a convenient gallery layout in the Video Lectures section. The Downloads, Free Internet Resources, Readings and Data Visualization sections are updated regularly. Updated national news is also provided here.
Please write to me at the Contact me section for your suggestions. I will try and bring out more sections in the future. You may try out the USP Quiz — on Media and Communication — here.
LATEST POSTS on this website
Women in Media
Women are less likely to be quoted as experts or commentators. News websites (23%) and newspapers (24%) had the lowest percentage of experts in the news who are women. The sixth Global Media Monitoring Report released in July 2021 has...
Read MoreClimate Change Performance
India maintains its strong performance in the Climate Change Performance Index, retaining its 10th place. India’s performance was rated high in the GHG Emissions, Energy Use, and Climate Policy categories, and medium in Renewable Energy. India is already on track...
Read MoreJournalist attacks
There were 674 instances of attacks on journalists in India from January 2016 to July 2021 according to the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED). These attacks were spread across 273 districts in the country. The attacked journalists...
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Eiffel Tower Under Lights Uploaded this evening. https://youtu.be/OIKhGjNu14E
Using Pivot Tables for Story Ideas Data Journalism in 13 minutes. I use NFHS5 dataset to demonstrate the use of Pivot Tables. Uploaded Saturday, May 21st. Looking forward to your...
Click Bait Explained Uploaded Sunday, May 15th. Looking forward to your feedback. 🔗 https://youtu.be/WqD3IBDVHlE
Adobe InDesign with USP — Working with Styles Uploaded Friday May 6th. https://youtu.be/Wi3r-tnz3f8
Adobe InDesign with USP — Layout This is the third Demo Video on Adobe InDesign. Uploaded this evening. Looking forward to your comments. https://youtu.be/fziuKIlZwNw
Adobe InDesign with USP —How to Format Text. Uploaded this evening. Looking forward to your comments. https://youtu.be/Hd2yBMRjnZM