Shweta Kushal
Biographic Data
| ID | 908074 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shweta Kushal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shweta |
| FAMILY NAME | Kushal |
| SIGNATURE | KUSHAL S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Communication, Indian Institute of Management Indore Indore India |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3287-1508 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From Theorizing Othering to Othering Theorizing: Reflections From the GWO 2025 Keynote Panel
The authors have nothing to report
Hybrid habitats: Remediating leisure, space and youth through Pokémon Go in India
This paper is set within the context of a rapidly urbanizing India with shrinking avenues of physical play and social engagement. The loss of traditional play spaces has redefined leisure activities for youth beyond offline sites into online spaces. These newer leisure engagements including gaming, binge-watching and social media interactions are predominantly virtual and sedentary. This shift, and the restrictions in their physical movements, re…
Young adults and their digitally extended selves: Assessing the impact of gender
This paper explored the concept of the extended self in the context of virtual realities and spaces, and through the prism of gender. It demonstrated the manner in which selves are constructed and presented on social media platforms. Through this enquiry, the study showed that both genders engage in self‐construction in diverse ways, with different impacts in terms of the tools used for self‐presentation. The study can be useful in terms of asses…
(Dis)honourable paradigms: A critical reading of Provoked , Shame and Daughters of Shame
The construction of an ethnic identity is based on the confluence of self and culture. Ethnic groups in the diaspora preserve ethnic identity by expecting adherence to communal and social codes and the Punjabi community in the UK is no exception. The construction of women as the repository of honour or izzat is the most important construct used to establish cultural order. This equates women with collective honour resulting in extreme psychologic…
Hybrid habitats: Remediating leisure, space and youth through Pokémon Go in India
This paper is set within the context of a rapidly urbanizing India with shrinking avenues of physical play and social engagement. The loss of traditional play spaces has redefined leisure activities for youth beyond offline sites into online spaces. These newer leisure engagements including gaming, binge-watching and social media interactions are predominantly virtual and sedentary. This shift, and the restrictions in their physical movements, re…
Young adults and their digitally extended selves: Assessing the impact of gender
This paper explored the concept of the extended self in the context of virtual realities and spaces, and through the prism of gender. It demonstrated the manner in which selves are constructed and presented on social media platforms. Through this enquiry, the study showed that both genders engage in self‐construction in diverse ways, with different impacts in terms of the tools used for self‐presentation. The study can be useful in terms of asses…
(Dis)honourable paradigms: A critical reading of Provoked , Shame and Daughters of Shame
The construction of an ethnic identity is based on the confluence of self and culture. Ethnic groups in the diaspora preserve ethnic identity by expecting adherence to communal and social codes and the Punjabi community in the UK is no exception. The construction of women as the repository of honour or izzat is the most important construct used to establish cultural order. This equates women with collective honour resulting in extreme psychologic…
Young adults and their digitally extended selves: Assessing the impact of gender
This paper explored the concept of the extended self in the context of virtual realities and spaces, and through the prism of gender. It demonstrated the manner in which selves are constructed and presented on social media platforms. Through this enquiry, the study showed that both genders engage in self‐construction in diverse ways, with different impacts in terms of the tools used for self‐presentation. The study can be useful in terms of asses…
Hybrid habitats: Remediating leisure, space and youth through Pokémon Go in India
This paper is set within the context of a rapidly urbanizing India with shrinking avenues of physical play and social engagement. The loss of traditional play spaces has redefined leisure activities for youth beyond offline sites into online spaces. These newer leisure engagements including gaming, binge-watching and social media interactions are predominantly virtual and sedentary. This shift, and the restrictions in their physical movements, re…
From Theorizing Othering to Othering Theorizing: Reflections From the GWO 2025 Keynote Panel
The authors have nothing to report
Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social media (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · World Wide Web (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works)