Paula Chakravartty, Associate Professor

Communication
305 Machmer Hall
(413) 545-6346
pchakrav@comm.umass.edu
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Education: Ph.D. in Mass Communications: University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1999

Research Interests: global political economy; inequality and information societies; media and social movements

Paula Chakravartty has research interests related to information and communication technologies (ICTs) and inequality, with a focus on India, Brazil and the U.S. Her articles have appeared in numerous journals, including the International Journal of Communication, Media Culture & Society, and Social Semiotics. She is also the co-author of Media Policy and Globalization and co-editor of Global Communications: Toward a Transcultural Political Economy. She is currently working on a book about the political culture of exclusion, access and citizenship in India’s fractured information society. Her research has been supported by competitive grants from such funders as the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council.

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