Name	Rianka Roy
Designation	Assistant Professor
Qualification	M.A, M Phil, pursuing PhD
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Date of Joining in this Institute	August 2015

Research Experience

MPhil dissertation on ‘Culture of Conflict: User Identities and Administrative Control on Social Networking Websites’ (Jadavpur University, Department of English, 2011)

Research Project

Doctoral Researcher at School of Media, Communication and Culture, Jadavpur University, Kolkata (October 2013 –)
(Title of thesis: ‘Digital Capitalism and Surveillance on Social Networking Sites: A Study of Digital Labour, Security and Privacy’ Supervisor: Prof. Nilanjana Gupta)

Research Arean

Social media, surveillance, privacy, security, digital humanities.

A) Published Papers in Journals

SL NO	Title	Journal/Book Title	ISSN/ISBN No.	Volumn/ Issue Publisher	Year of Publication
1	Digital Capitalism and Surveillance on Social Networking Sites: A Study of Digital Labour, Security and Privacy for Social Media Users	Digital India: Reflection and Practice Edited by Arpan Kar, Shuchi Sinha, M.P. Gupta (IIT Delhi and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt of India) (edited volume)	ISBN- 978-3-319-78377-2	Springer	2018
2	The Faulty Sentimental in Sheridan’s The Rivals	The Rivals Critical Edition, edited by Anirban Bhattacharya (edited volume)	ISBN- 978-93-83265-18-3	Book Valley	April, 2018
3	Networks of Identities: Gender, Patriarchy and Facebook	SEW: South Kolkata Society for Empowerment of Women (refereed journal)	ISSN-2347-2898	SEW Bulletin 6-7	December 2016
4	Redefining Community: A Comparative Study of Wikipedia and Social Media	Journal of Higher Education and Research Society (refereed journal)	ISSN-2349-0209	Vol. 3:2 (2016	October, 2016
5	Information for All and Privacy for None: The Dominance of Surveillance and the Status of Privacy on Social Networking Sites	Contemporary Discourses (refereed journal)	ISSN: 0976-3686	Vol. 7:1 (2016)	February, 2016
6	“Infinite Ways to Make Profit: Digital Labour and Surveillance on Social Networking Sites” Pp 179-181	Rupkatha (Digital Humanities Special Issue) (refereed journal)	ISSN: 0975-2935	Vol 7: 1 (2015)	March, 2015

 

(ii). Papers presented

SL NO	Title of Paper presented	Event Title	Venue	Organizer	Date	Status
1	Method in Madness: Hackers, Subversion, and Counter-Surveillance on Digital Networks	The Future of Humanities: Challenges and Prospects	Benaras Hindu University	Department of English, BHU	March 30-31, 2018	International
2	Digital Capitalism and Surveillance on Social Networking Sites: A Study of Digital Labour, Security and Privacy (publication underway from Springer)	Doctoral Colloquium on Digital Government Research (Global Conference on Cyber Security)	IIT Delhi	Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Govt of India, and IIT Delhi	November 25, 2017	International
3	Reading Memes as Social Texts: The Scope of Digital Ephemera and Mass Empowerment	Decentering Interdisciplinary Studies within the Space of Digital Humanities	St Xavier’s College, Jaipur	Department of English, St Xavier’s College, Jaipur	23-24 November, 2017
4	The Obscure Digital Natives: Representation of Subalternity and Marginality on Social Medias	The Politics of Difference: Relocating Marginality/Subalternity	Assam University,Diphu Campus	Department of History, Assam University, Diphu and MAKAIAS	22-23 September, 2017	International
5	Social Media as Facilitator of Peace: Evaluation of Online Activism and Mass Reclamation of the Networks	Literature, Culture and World Peace	DMI, Pune	Higher Education and Research Society	September, 2016	International
6	From Gertrude to Ghazala: Gender and Power in Haider, an Adaptation of Hamlet	Revisiting Shakespeare in the 21st Century	IIT Patna	Department of Humanities, IIT Patna	September, 2016	National
7	Networking for News-making: The Status of News on Social Networking Sites	News Literacy	Surendranath College for Women, Kolkata	Department of Journalism, Surendranath College for Women and IAMCR	January, 2016	International
8	Community in Communication: A Study of Wikipedia in Contrast with Social Networking Sites	Wikipedia	Jadavpur University	Wikimedia Foundation, and School of Languages and Linguistics, Jadavpur University	January, 2015	International
9	The Profit Network Economy: Digital Capitalism, Surveillance and the Status of Users in Social Networking Sites	IAMCR (India)	IAMCR, Hyderabad	IAMCR	July, 2014	International
10	#FBRape Campaign, Digital Capitalism and the Status of Women in Social Networking Sites	Building Bridges	Central University of Hyderabad	Centre for Gender Studies	March, 2014	International
11	Gender, Misogyny and Censorship in Social Networking Sites	KonRaasta ta Safe (Which road is safe?) (bilingual seminar)	Jadavpur University	EbongAlap and Jadavpur University	September, 2013	International
12	Opportunities for Privacy and Surveillance in Social Networking Sites	Opportunities of New Media	RabindraBharati University	Department of Communication	March, 2013	National
13	New Globalisation: Changing Faces of Economy through Social Networking Websites	Technology, Innovation and Social Change	Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai	School of Social Entrepreneurship, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai	January, 2013	International
14	Technological Confinement of Digital Citizens versus Liberation of the Machine: Reading Alan Turing in Social Networking Sites	Beyond the Obvious: Conference to Commemorate the Birth Centenary of Alan Turing	Jadavpur University, Kolkata	School of Behavioural Sciences, School of Media Communication and Culture, Jadavpur University	December, 2012	National

(v). Recent academic activities

• Completed a Refresher Course in English, Indian and Foreign Languages at University Grants Commission, Mumbai University in February-March 2017, with A+ grade.

• Completed a workshop funded by MHRD GIAN (Global Initiatives Academic Networks) at School of Media, Communication and Culture, Jadavpur University, on Contemporary Cultural Studies, conducted by Professor John Hutnyk in December, 2016, with ‘Excellent’ grade.