'It is better to travel than to arrive' - Buddha
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For the record: ​

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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Grant/Award/Scholarship/Recognition:

Award: Outstanding Contributions to Research, BNBU, 2025

Grant: Start-up Research, UIC, 2024-2027 RMB 60000

Award: Academic Achievement Award, HKBU, 2023

Award: Second Prize. Best student research paper. Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), 2023, USA 

Award: Outstanding Performance, Third Year PhD Student, HKBU, 2023

Award: HKSAR Reaching Out Award 2022-23, Hong Kong

Award: Outstanding Performance, Second Year PhD student, HKBU, 2022

Winner: 3 Minute Thesis Speech Competition, 2021, HKBU

Award: Outstanding Performance, First Year PhD student, HKBU, 2021

Recipient: RGC Hong Kong PhD Fellowship, 2020

Winner: Broadcast Journalism and Training Council Group Award, 2017, UK

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Publications: 

Kumar, A. (in press), New Global Communication Order. In Nai, A., Grömping, M., & Wirz, D. (Eds). Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Edward Elgar Publishing. Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication

Kumar, A. (in press). Biased facts? Exploring the rise of anti-fact-checking populism in India. In Song, C., Thussu, D. & Margolin, D. (Eds). Checking the Factcheckers. A Global Perspective. Routledge.  Checking the Fact-Checkers: A Global Perspective - 1st Edition - Celin

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

​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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thussu, D.K., Kumar, A. (2023). India: Mapping Journalism in the World’s Largest Democracy. In: Bebawi, S., Onilov, O. (eds) Different Global Journalisms. Palgrave Studies in Journalism and the Global South. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-18992-0_6

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