PhD, MPhil, MMC
Media Economy, Media Sociology, Development Communication, Media and Information Literacy
31st March, 2014 – 5th April 2023: Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication and New Media, Central University of Jammu, Jammu, J & K, India.
1st August, 2012 – 29th March, 2014: Assistant Professor, Department of Convergent Journalism, Central University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J & K, India.
18th July 2011 – 20th July 2012: Assistant Professor (Contract), Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Central University of Bihar, Patna, India.
22nd August, 2006 – 17th July 2010: Academic Associate (Contract), Department of English Journalism, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, India.
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Principal Lead, India for an international comparative study on newsrooms and beats.
Principal Lead, South Asia for the Journalism Education and Trauma Research Group (JETREG) project. https://jetreg.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/
Participated in Global Media Monitoring Project, 2020 (GMMP, 2020). https://whomakesthenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/India-GMMP-Report.pdf (page no. 50)
Consultant (short-term) with Internews for the Chambal Media/Khabar Lahariya verification training program.
Trainer for Media Literacy programme BBC Young Reporter
- Kumari, A. (2023). Adolescents and Social Media: Attraction, Addiction, Image Creation and Necessity. In Raman, Usha and Kasturi, Sumana (Ed.), Childscape, Mediascape Children and Media in India (209 – 232). Orient Blackswan Private Limited, Hyderabad.
- Kumari, A. (2023). The Complexity of Ownership of Media in India and Emerging Trends. In Rabindranath et al (Ed.), The Role of Media in Contemporary Scenario (64 – 91). Kanishka Publishers, New Delhi.
- Kumari, A. (2021). Pandemic-A raison d'etre for 'Infodemic' and Media Literacy- 'solus solutio'. In Tripathi, Durgesh (Ed.), Rethinking Media and Socio-Cultural Change: India and The Globe in the Times of Pandemic (238-256). HP Hamilton Ltd., United Kingdom
- Kumari, A. & Sugandha (2020). Representation of Voices of Women in Media: A Jammu Centric Study. In Katoch, Archana (Ed.), Women Empowerment: Issues and Challenges (pp.46-77). Anamika Publishers. New Delhi.
- Kumari, A. (2016). Political Delineation of News Media in Kashmir Valley and its Consequences. In Bhattacharya, Mausumi (Ed.), Crony Journalism: An Overview (pp. 72-89). Santiniketan, India: Santiniketan Press.
- Shilpa, K., Kumari, A., Das, M.M., Sharma, T., Biswal, S.K. (2023). Exploring Trauma Literacy Quotient Among Indian Journalists and a Way Forward in Post-Pandemic Era: A Case Study of India, Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 78(2), pp. 267–288
- Kumari, A. (2022). The Routledge companion to journalism ethics, Ethical Space, The International Journal of Communication Ethics Vol.19 No.2, 53-54, ISSN 1742-0105. http://www.abramis.co.uk/ethical-space/journal/v19n2/v19n2.pdf
- Kumari, A. (2022). Positioning of Women in Advertisements: Economics of Transformation. ShodhKosh: Journal of Visual and Performing Arts, 3(1), 114-125. DOI: 10.29121/shodhkosh.v3.i1.2022.74 https://www.granthaalayahpublication.org/Arts-Journal/index.php/ShodhKosh/article/view/74
- Archana Kumari (2019) Young People and the Future of News: Social Media and the Rise of Connective Journalism, Mass Communication and Society, DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2019.1697566
- Kumari, A. December 2017. “Media Narratives of Kashmir Unrest in July 2016: A Comparative Analysis of Regional Newspapers”. Journal of Content, Community and Communication. Vol. 6 Year 3. Amity University. Madhya Pradesh. ISSN: 2395-7514 (Print), ISSN: 2456-9011 (Online)