Suruchi Mazumdar
Biographic Data
| ID | 3650659 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Suruchi Mazumdar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Suruchi |
| FAMILY NAME | Mazumdar |
| SIGNATURE | MAZUMDAR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | O. P. Jindal Global University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0995-5455 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Introduction
This introduction to the special issue “Rethinking Data Colonialism: Local Negotiations with Data, Postcoloniality, and Power” examines the emergence of the term data colonialism, and its relationship to other key ideas like digital colonialism and AI colonialism. It opens by examining how the term “data colonialism” has been used primarily to designate the asymmetric, unequal, and extractive relationship of Big Tech with countries in the Global …
Wiki warriors
The volunteerism of Wikipedia editors has been conceptualised as an altruistic form of social production and a form of social activism. However, notions of linguistic activism and cultural identity as motivators, and the ways in which editors representing the Global South have sought to counter knowledge inequities online, have not been addressed. Drawing on theoretical frameworks of digital colonialism and social justice; a grounded theory appro…
Our data, ourselves
Scholars have used the term data colonialism to designate the extractive, asymmetrical relationship between Big Tech corporations and countries in the global South. However, there is scant attention paid to how data colonialism might be reconfigured in the everyday life of postcolonial states. This paper explores how civil society actors and digital rights activists in India challenge data colonialism by articulating new meanings of data sovereig…
Politics As Fun
Through a study of mimetic political videos produced by civil society groups and mainstream political parties during state-level elections in the east Indian West Bengal in 2021, this paper explores how diverse actors evoked politics of fun as a strategy to resist and extend digital nationalism. Fun has been theorized as “a political matter”; and as an agent to undermine hegemony. Fun also remained an indelible feature of right wing mobilization …
Loving the enemy app
This article addresses how the Chinese short video-sharing platform TikTok, a key actor of global platform economy and its disconnect or subsequent ban influenced and changed ideas of creativity in India. Through qualitative interviews and content analysis of TikTok videos (available on YouTube), YouTube interviews of content creators and newspaper articles of the app ban, this paper suggests that TikTok, as a ‘memetic text’ and a site of ‘vernac…
Profit Versus Partisan Causes in Diverse Ownership Models
The extant scholarship of media ownership, largely drawn from Anglo-Saxon studies, focuses on how corporate excesses translate to abuses of the public interest goal of journalism, paying less attention to ‘political instrumentalism’. This research aims to study how the complex interplay of business and political instrumentalism influences editorial policies in diversely owned, regional and national news media through a case study of commercially …
Navigating conflicts of interest
While research into non-Western media systems and professional norms are growth areas in journalism studies, little is known about the policies of news organisations beyond a few celebrated global brands. This exploratory study is situated in that gap. It examines 12 reputable media organisations in seven territories – China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines and Taiwan. Through interviews with top-level editors and executives, th…
Politics As Fun
Through a study of mimetic political videos produced by civil society groups and mainstream political parties during state-level elections in the east Indian West Bengal in 2021, this paper explores how diverse actors evoked politics of fun as a strategy to resist and extend digital nationalism. Fun has been theorized as “a political matter”; and as an agent to undermine hegemony. Fun also remained an indelible feature of right wing mobilization …
Navigating conflicts of interest
While research into non-Western media systems and professional norms are growth areas in journalism studies, little is known about the policies of news organisations beyond a few celebrated global brands. This exploratory study is situated in that gap. It examines 12 reputable media organisations in seven territories – China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines and Taiwan. Through interviews with top-level editors and executives, th…
Profit Versus Partisan Causes in Diverse Ownership Models
The extant scholarship of media ownership, largely drawn from Anglo-Saxon studies, focuses on how corporate excesses translate to abuses of the public interest goal of journalism, paying less attention to ‘political instrumentalism’. This research aims to study how the complex interplay of business and political instrumentalism influences editorial policies in diversely owned, regional and national news media through a case study of commercially …
Navigating conflicts of interest
While research into non-Western media systems and professional norms are growth areas in journalism studies, little is known about the policies of news organisations beyond a few celebrated global brands. This exploratory study is situated in that gap. It examines 12 reputable media organisations in seven territories – China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines and Taiwan. Through interviews with top-level editors and executives, th…
Profit Versus Partisan Causes in Diverse Ownership Models
The extant scholarship of media ownership, largely drawn from Anglo-Saxon studies, focuses on how corporate excesses translate to abuses of the public interest goal of journalism, paying less attention to ‘political instrumentalism’. This research aims to study how the complex interplay of business and political instrumentalism influences editorial policies in diversely owned, regional and national news media through a case study of commercially …
Loving the enemy app
This article addresses how the Chinese short video-sharing platform TikTok, a key actor of global platform economy and its disconnect or subsequent ban influenced and changed ideas of creativity in India. Through qualitative interviews and content analysis of TikTok videos (available on YouTube), YouTube interviews of content creators and newspaper articles of the app ban, this paper suggests that TikTok, as a ‘memetic text’ and a site of ‘vernac…
Politics As Fun
Through a study of mimetic political videos produced by civil society groups and mainstream political parties during state-level elections in the east Indian West Bengal in 2021, this paper explores how diverse actors evoked politics of fun as a strategy to resist and extend digital nationalism. Fun has been theorized as “a political matter”; and as an agent to undermine hegemony. Fun also remained an indelible feature of right wing mobilization …
Wiki warriors
The volunteerism of Wikipedia editors has been conceptualised as an altruistic form of social production and a form of social activism. However, notions of linguistic activism and cultural identity as motivators, and the ways in which editors representing the Global South have sought to counter knowledge inequities online, have not been addressed. Drawing on theoretical frameworks of digital colonialism and social justice; a grounded theory appro…
Our data, ourselves
Scholars have used the term data colonialism to designate the extractive, asymmetrical relationship between Big Tech corporations and countries in the global South. However, there is scant attention paid to how data colonialism might be reconfigured in the everyday life of postcolonial states. This paper explores how civil society actors and digital rights activists in India challenge data colonialism by articulating new meanings of data sovereig…
Introduction
This introduction to the special issue “Rethinking Data Colonialism: Local Negotiations with Data, Postcoloniality, and Power” examines the emergence of the term data colonialism, and its relationship to other key ideas like digital colonialism and AI colonialism. It opens by examining how the term “data colonialism” has been used primarily to designate the asymmetric, unequal, and extractive relationship of Big Tech with countries in the Global …
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Journalism (2 works) · Media Studies and Communication (2 works) · Political economy (2 works)