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Wee Kim Wee
School of Communication and Information
31 Nanyang Link
Singapore 637718
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| Assistant Professor Kavita Karan |
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Assistant Professor |
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Division of Public and Promotional Communication
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information |
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Nanyang Technological University
31 Nanyang Link
Singapore 637718 |
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Office: Room 03-10, SCI |
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Phone: (65) 6790 4570 |
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Fax: (65) 6790 4329 |
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| Qualifications |
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PhD (LSE) |
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MPhil |
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MCJ |
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BC. (Osmania) |
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| Research, Teaching and Professional Experience |
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Dr. Karan joined NTU in July 2001. A recipient
of the prestigious Nehru Centenary British Fellowship,
she was both an Associate Professor and the Head of Department
of Communication and Journalism, Osmania University, Hyderabad,
India. She has been teaching postgraduate students of
communication and journalism for the past 15 years. |
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In addition, she has trained officials, media personnel
and executives from various government organisations,
media institutes and corporate bodies in India. She has
presented papers at various national and international
conferences and seminars in many countries. |
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| Areas of Specialisation |
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Political Communication |
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Advertising and Market Research |
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International Communication |
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Media and Children |
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Health Communication |
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| Selected Works |
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Faculty at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and
Information publish and present their work in many areas
of communication and information studies. The publications
and presentations range from communication law and policy,
media effects, public relations, organisational communication
and culture, advertising, gender studies to information
technology and knowledge management.
Books
Katherine Frith and Kavita Karan (eds.) (2008) Commercializing Women: Images of Asian Women in the Media : New Jersey. Hampton Press Inc
Kavita Karan (ed.) (2004) Cyber Communities in Rural Asia: A study of seven countries. Marshall Cavendish, Academic Singapore
Book Chapters
Karan, Kavita (2008): Das Mediensystem Indiens. In: Hans-Bredow- Institut (Hrsg.), Internationales Handbuch Medien, (International Media Handbook) Baden-Baden: Nomos. (Translated from English to German)
Weser, Koch Susan, Kavita Karan & K. Viswanath: (2008) Social Capital and Health Communication in The International Encyclopedia of Communication by Wolfgang Donsbach (ed). Volume 5. Wiley-Blackwell (Oxford, UK and Malden, MA).
Kavita Karan (2008) Chapter on 'Advertising and the visual portrayal of the women: Modern Indian stereotypes. In Commercializing Women: Images of Asian Women in the Media: Katherine Frith and Kavita Karan (eds). Hampton Press.UK
Kavita Karan: Introduction to Cyber Communities (2006). In Cyber Communities in Rural Asia: A study of seven countries. Kavita Karan. (ed) Marshall Cavendish, Singapore.
Kavita Karan (2006). What's News in India? In 'News around the World: Content, Practitioners and the Public'. Pamela Shoemaker & Akiba
Cohen (eds). Routledge, New York
Kavita Karan & Rohit R. Mathur: (2003) 'India' in the Asian Communication Handbook Annura Goonasekera, Dr. Lee Chun Wah, S.Venkatraman (eds) AMIC, Singapore.
Kavita Karan Cultural Rights and International Law. (2003). In 'Cultural Rights in a Global World': Goonasekera, Anura, Cees Hamelink and Venkat Iyer (eds). Singapore (AMIC).
Kavita Karan & K.Viswanath, (2000) Maldives. In the 'Handbook of the Media in Asia" edited by Shelton Gunaratne.Sage Publications.
K.Viswanath & Kavita Karan: (2000) India. In 'Handbook of the Media in Asia" Shelton Gunaratne (ed). New Delhi Sage Publications.
Journals
Kavita Karan June 2008. Obsessions with the Fair Skin: Color Discourses in Indian Advertising: Manuscript revised for publication in the journal Advertising and Society Review. Vol, 9 Issue 2. Advertising Educational Foundation. Johns Hopkins University Press.
Kavita Karan (2008). 'Impact of Health Communication Campaigns on Health Behaviors in Singapore'. Social Marketing Quarterly. Volume 14 Issue 3 September, 2008. Pp85-108. Taylor and Francis.
Kavita Karan and Katherine T. Frith: (Spring, 2007) Commercializing Asian Women: Images in Media. Media Report to Women Vol 35 No 2.
Khoo Cheng Hoon Michele & Kavita Karan (2007).The Macho or the Metrosexual: The Branding of Masculinity in FHM Magazine in Singapore. Intercultural Communication Studies Vol VXI -1
Nanditha Raman & Kavita Karan (2006). Cultural Influences on Public Relations Practices in Multicultural Societies: China Media Research Journal. Vol 12 No1/January 2006
Kavita Karan (2001). Journalism Education in India. Journalism Studies No 2 Volume
Kavita Karan (2000)'Western Media Influences and the Cultural impact on Indian Youth' Published on a CD Rom. SUMMIT 2000' Children Youth and the Media beyond the millennium
Kavita Karan (1999) "Car Wars: Corporate Marketing and Advertising Strategies". Public Relations Voice. Journal of Indian Public Relations Industry. Volume II.No 3.
Kavita Karan (1998). Political Communication in India - A purview of progress ", Public Relations Voice, Journal of the Indian Public Relations Industry, Volume 1 No. 3.
Kavita Karan, Eddie Kuo Ms Lee Shu Hui- 'The Media and the 2001 Singapore General Elections. Research Report. (2003) presented to Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. (Research Report)
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