'It is better to travel than to arrive' - Buddha
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PhD in Journalism, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

MA in International Relations & Democratic Politics, University of Westminster, London, UK            MA in Television Journalism, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK 

BA in Journalism and Mass Communication, Shobhit University, India

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Short Courses:

International development: Understanding contemporary issues, University of Cambridge, UK

Digital Humanities in Practice, Harvard University, USA

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Professional Membership:

Vice Chair (elected)

International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) (2024-2028)

International Communication Section | IAMCR

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Reviews Editor

Global Media and Communication​

Global Media and Communication: Sage Journals

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Editorial Board

Global Perspectives in Communication | Oxford Academic

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Book

Wong, V. P., & Kumar, A. (in press). Global financial media and China’s Greater Bay Area: Digital dilemmas. Routledge. Global Financial Media and China's Greater Bay Area: Digital Dilemmas

Journal articles

Kumar, A., & Thussu, D. K. (2026). Mediated multipolarity: RT’s discursive construction of India before and after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Media International Australia. https://doi.org/10.1177/1329878X261454391

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Dwivedy, A. K., Joynes, J., & Kumar, A. (2026). NWICO 2.0: A decolonial framework for rethinking global digital communication. Annals of the International Communication Association. https://doi.org/10.1093/anncom/wlag025

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​Kumar, A. (2025). Monologues as epistemic sites of nationalist narrative construction: A case study of India’s Republic TV. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/17513057.2025.2550284

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Kumar, A., & Bhat, P. (2025). Reluctant journalism: How Indian journalists navigate the role conception-performance gap in a polarized media landscape. Journalism Practice, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2025.2545438

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Kumar, A., & Bhat, P. (2025). Investigating the investigation: Media capture and investigative journalism in India. Journalism Practice, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/17512786.2025.2517116

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Kumar, A., & Thussu, D. K. (2024). Primetime narratives on Russia–Ukraine conflict on India’s Republic TV. International Communication Gazette, 86(1), 73–88. https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485231220143

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Kumar, A., & Thussu, D. (2023). Media, digital sovereignty and geopolitics: The case of the TikTok ban in India. Media, Culture & Society, 45(8), 1583–1599. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437231174351

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Kumar, A. (2023). Primetime nationalism: Analysing monologues on India’s Republic TV and Times Now during Indo-China border conflict. Journalism Studies, 24(12), 1518–1538. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2023.2230306

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Kumar, A. (2023). “Virus Jihad”: The (mis)representation of Muslims during Covid-19 outbreak in Indian media. Howard Journal of Communications, 34(5), 538–558. https://doi.org/10.1080/10646175.2023.2213181

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Kumar, A. (2023). State nationalism or popular nationalism? Analysing media coverage of TikTok ban on mainstream Indian TV news channels. Media Asia, 50(4), 616–632. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2023.2212507

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​Book chapters

​Kumar, A. (2025). ‘Biased facts’: Exploring fact-checking and ideological contestation in India. In C. Y. Song, D. K. Thussu, & D. Margolin (Eds.), Checking the fact-checkers: A global perspective. Routledge.

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Kumar, A., & Nguyen, M. (2025). Manufacturing anger: Exploring discursive construction of cancel culture on X in India. In P. Kerrigan, E. Farries, & E. Siapera (Eds.), Platforming cancel culture. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003442172-7

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Kumar, A. (2025). New global communication order. In A. Nai, M. Grömping, & D. Wirz (Eds.), Elgar encyclopedia of political communication (Vol. 3, pp. 55–58). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035301447.vol3.00017

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Thussu, D. K., & Kumar, A. (2023). India: Mapping journalism in the world’s largest democracy. In S. Bebawi & O. Onilov (Eds.), Different global journalisms. Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18992-0_6