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Political Economy of Media & Technology and Media

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Political Economy of Media & Technology and Media
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<strong>CENTRE FOR MEDIA STUDIES SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY</strong> a two-day workshop on <strong>Political Economy of Media&nbsp; &amp; Technology and Media</strong> by <strong>Paranjoy Guha Thakurta</strong> (Visiting Professor, Centre for Media Studies, JNU and Editor, Economic and Political Weekly) DATE:<strong>&nbsp;4th and 5th November 2016</strong> PARANJOY GUHA THAKURTA is currently Editor of the Economic and Political Weekly. His work experience, spanning nearly four decades, cuts across different media: print, radio, television and documentary cinema. He is a writer, speaker, anchor, interviewer, teacher and commentator in three languages: English, Bangla and Hindi. His main areas of interest are the working of the political economy and the media in India and the world, on which he has authored/co-authored books and directed/produced documentary films. He teaches and speaks on these subjects. He participates frequently in, and organises, seminars and conferences. He is a regular contributor to publications and websites and frequently appears on the radio and on television channels as an anchor as well as an analyst.