Gurvinder Aujla-Sidhu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3496513 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gurvinder Aujla-Sidhu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gurvinder |
| FAMILY NAME | Aujla-Sidhu |
| SIGNATURE | AUJLA-SIDHU G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Derby |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4647-6146 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Placing the diaspora in the frame: A case study of Zee TV's Raj Britannia documentary series
This study examines the archives of current affairs programme Raj Britannia, produced by British journalists for transnational satellite broadcaster Zee TV, to better understand historic television journalism practice in the United Kingdom. The article evaluates the role journalists at Zee TV played in advocating, empowering and educating the British Asian diaspora in the run up to the General Election in 1997. The analysis reveals that while Zee…
The use of the term Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic in The Voice and Eastern Eye newspapers, a discourse analysis of Covid news stories in the UK press
This study finds that during the pandemic the UK mainstream press presented a blame narrative in their news stories when discussing BAME communities in relation to Covid-19. Articles from The Voice and Eastern Eye newspapers aimed at diasporic readers were contrasted with stories from UK mainstream press, published during the first lockdown in the UK. An intersectional approach was taken to examine news articles published between March and July 2…
The Power of Podcasting: Telling Stories through Sound, Siobhan Mchugh (2022)
Review of: The Power of Podcasting: Telling Stories through Sound , Siobhan Mchugh (2022) New York: Columbia University Press, 300 pp., ISBN 978-1-74223-702-2, p/bk, £28
Decolonizing Journalism Education to Create Civic and Responsible Journalists in the West
This paper sets out a case to decolonize journalism curricula to produce civic-minded journalists who are better prepared to report on multicultural societies. Through the examination of reading lists and module descriptions on UK accredited journalism degrees it is revealed, that the subject is dominated by journalism experiences grounded in western nations and that non-white perspectives are largely neglected. There is a discussion of what deco…
The BBC Asian Network: The Cultural Production of Diversity
Producing diversity in BBC radio
The voices of minority ethnic staff working in radio are very rarely heard. In fact, the UK radio industry has been singled out, by the government approved regulatory body, as continuing to fail to reflect the diversity of British communities – both on-air and in terms of employment. This article illustrates the perspectives of minority ethnic workers employed at the BBC on the Asian Network, a specialist ethnic radio station, and examines how th…
How to serve British Asian communities? The dilemmas facing the BBC
This article examines the BBC Asian Network digital radio station, which is tasked specifically to serve the ‘hard to reach’ British Asian diaspora. The station was established as a national digital service in 2002, expanded in 2006 and saved from closure in 2011. In 2016 the BBC’s Royal Charter included diversity as a key public goal, which requires the BBC to better reflect minority ethnic communities in the United Kingdom on-screen and behind …
Decolonizing Journalism Education to Create Civic and Responsible Journalists in the West
This paper sets out a case to decolonize journalism curricula to produce civic-minded journalists who are better prepared to report on multicultural societies. Through the examination of reading lists and module descriptions on UK accredited journalism degrees it is revealed, that the subject is dominated by journalism experiences grounded in western nations and that non-white perspectives are largely neglected. There is a discussion of what deco…
The use of the term Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic in The Voice and Eastern Eye newspapers, a discourse analysis of Covid news stories in the UK press
This study finds that during the pandemic the UK mainstream press presented a blame narrative in their news stories when discussing BAME communities in relation to Covid-19. Articles from The Voice and Eastern Eye newspapers aimed at diasporic readers were contrasted with stories from UK mainstream press, published during the first lockdown in the UK. An intersectional approach was taken to examine news articles published between March and July 2…
The BBC Asian Network: The Cultural Production of Diversity
How to serve British Asian communities? The dilemmas facing the BBC
This article examines the BBC Asian Network digital radio station, which is tasked specifically to serve the ‘hard to reach’ British Asian diaspora. The station was established as a national digital service in 2002, expanded in 2006 and saved from closure in 2011. In 2016 the BBC’s Royal Charter included diversity as a key public goal, which requires the BBC to better reflect minority ethnic communities in the United Kingdom on-screen and behind …
Producing diversity in BBC radio
The voices of minority ethnic staff working in radio are very rarely heard. In fact, the UK radio industry has been singled out, by the government approved regulatory body, as continuing to fail to reflect the diversity of British communities – both on-air and in terms of employment. This article illustrates the perspectives of minority ethnic workers employed at the BBC on the Asian Network, a specialist ethnic radio station, and examines how th…
The BBC Asian Network: The Cultural Production of Diversity
Decolonizing Journalism Education to Create Civic and Responsible Journalists in the West
This paper sets out a case to decolonize journalism curricula to produce civic-minded journalists who are better prepared to report on multicultural societies. Through the examination of reading lists and module descriptions on UK accredited journalism degrees it is revealed, that the subject is dominated by journalism experiences grounded in western nations and that non-white perspectives are largely neglected. There is a discussion of what deco…
The Power of Podcasting: Telling Stories through Sound, Siobhan Mchugh (2022)
Review of: The Power of Podcasting: Telling Stories through Sound , Siobhan Mchugh (2022) New York: Columbia University Press, 300 pp., ISBN 978-1-74223-702-2, p/bk, £28
The use of the term Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic in The Voice and Eastern Eye newspapers, a discourse analysis of Covid news stories in the UK press
This study finds that during the pandemic the UK mainstream press presented a blame narrative in their news stories when discussing BAME communities in relation to Covid-19. Articles from The Voice and Eastern Eye newspapers aimed at diasporic readers were contrasted with stories from UK mainstream press, published during the first lockdown in the UK. An intersectional approach was taken to examine news articles published between March and July 2…
Placing the diaspora in the frame: A case study of Zee TV's Raj Britannia documentary series
This study examines the archives of current affairs programme Raj Britannia, produced by British journalists for transnational satellite broadcaster Zee TV, to better understand historic television journalism practice in the United Kingdom. The article evaluates the role journalists at Zee TV played in advocating, empowering and educating the British Asian diaspora in the run up to the General Election in 1997. The analysis reveals that while Zee…
Media studies (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Ethnic group (4 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Diaspora (2 works) · Diversity (politics (2 works)