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Dr NARESH RAO H

Speciliazation : Communication

Qualification : MS(Comm), PhD

Department : SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

Campus : BANGALORE CAMPUS

Dr. Naresh Rao H is a Professor in the Department of Media Studies at CHRIST (Deemed to be University). He holds a PhD in Communication and an MS in Communication from Bangalore University. Dr. Rao began his academic career in 1993 as a lecturer in Journalism at Christ College. His research interests include social media, political communication, branding, media ethics, and film studies. He has authored thirteen research papers, two book chapters, and two books on journalism and media laws. Currently, Dr. Rao is completing a Major Research Project on the role of social media in the 2024 Indian General Election. He is also working as a section editor for the book project "New Populism and Responses in the 21st Century". Dr. Rao is passionate about politics and films, frequently sharing his thoughts through blogs. His hobbies include collecting stamps, postcards, matchbox covers, and newspapers from across the globe.

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Articles in Periodicals

Articles in Journels

2020

Name of Journal: Journal of Critical Reviews

Date Of Publication: 28-Jul-2020

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 07/11/3727 - 3738

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): SUPARNA NARESH,NARESH RAO H

URL: http://jcreview.com/

Indexing Agency: Scopus

Blog

URL: mylifeislikethatonly.blogspot.com

Subject: Films

Month Year:

URL: www.viewsaremine.blogspot.in

Subject: Politics

Month Year:

URL: http://writetospeakout.blogspot.in/

Subject: current affairs

Month Year: 2012

URL: http://iamlikethisonlyno.blogspot.in/

Subject: media laws

Month Year: 2012 onwards

Invited Talks

2019

Name of the Program: South Asia Conclave

Date: 2019-07-11 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Oxford University Press

2014

Name of the Program: Law Seminar

Date: 2014-03-01 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: Law School, Christ University

Films / Videos / Documentaries

MPhil/PhD Guided/Adjudicated

2018

Name of Student: AASITA BALI

Institutions: Christ University

Month & Year: May 2018

2022

Name of Student: SABEELA RASHEED

Institutions: Christ University

Month & Year: July 2022

2021

Name of Student: NEEREJ DEV

Institutions: Christ University

Month & Year: July 2021

2019

Name of Student: Darshana Choudhury

Institutions: Christ University

Month & Year: April 2019

Research Project

1

Investigator(s):

Sponsors: Christ University

Internal

Investigator(s): NARESH RAO H

Sponsors:

Internal

Workshop / FDP / Training Programme

2024

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Freedom of Expression, Artifical Intelligence and Elections

Name of the Organiser: Knight Centre for Journalism in Americas

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2024-04-02

2022

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: e-content development

Name of the Organiser: HRDC

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2022-12-10

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Curriculum Design and Revision

Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2022-12-05

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Malicious use of AI: Legal & Ethical implications

Name of the Organiser: AMIC

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2022-10-28

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Information & Election in the Digital Era

Name of the Organiser: UNESCO

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2022-09-19

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Master Data Analysis & Visualisations using R

Name of the Organiser: Wiley

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2022-08-31

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Webinar on National Education Policy 2020

Name of the Organiser: CEDBEC

Level: Regional

Role: Participant

Date: 2022-01-27

2021

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Understanding Politics

Name of the Organiser: FutureLearn

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2021-11-15

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: 30M Training on Ouriginal

Name of the Organiser: Media Studies & IT Services in Association with TLEC

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2021-06-21

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Hybrid Teaching

Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College

Level:

Role: Participant

Date: 2021-03-02

2020

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: 30M Training- Microsoft Teams

Name of the Organiser: Department of Media Studies

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2020-07-18

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Future of Indian Media Industry

Name of the Organiser: Department of Communication

Level: National

Role: Participant

Date: 2020-06-22

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: QIP on Online Teaching

Name of the Organiser: Academic Staff College

Level:

Role: Participant

Date: 2020-04-22

2018

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Thinking through Interdisciplinarity

Name of the Organiser: Academic Staff College

Level:

Role: Participant

Date: 2018-05-17

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: PhD Supervisor's Training

Name of the Organiser: Centre for Research, CHRIST

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2018-01-16

2017

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: QIP

Name of the Organiser: CU-Academic Staff College

Level:

Role: Participant & Presenter

Date: 2017-11-07

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Workshop on International Communication

Name of the Organiser: Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, Mysore University

Level: National

Role: Participant

Date: 2017-11-02

2016

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: FDP2-OBT

Name of the Organiser: Christ University

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant & Presenter

Date: 2016-11-18

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: QIP

Name of the Organiser: CU -Academic Staff College

Level:

Role: Participant

Date: 2016-09-30

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Research Initiatives and Concerns

Name of the Organiser: CU -Academic Staff College

Level:

Role: Participant & Presenter

Date: 2016-09-24

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: FDP 1

Name of the Organiser: Christ University

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant & Presenter

Date: 2016-05-27

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: QIP

Name of the Organiser: CU- Academic Staff College

Level:

Role: Organiser & Participant

Date: 2016-03-22

2015

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Service Learning

Name of the Organiser: CSA, Christ University

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant & Presenter

Date: 2015-11-23

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: FDP 2

Name of the Organiser: Christ University

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2015-11-20

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: QIP on Curriculum Development

Name of the Organiser: Department of Media Studies and ASC

Level:

Role: Organiser & Participant

Date: 2015-09-25

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Digital Media Tools for News Gathering and Distribution

Name of the Organiser: International Center for Journalists

Level: National

Role: Participant

Date: 2015-08-23

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: QIP- Communication Research

Name of the Organiser: Christ University

Level:

Role: Participant

Date: 2015-04-07

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Community Journalism: Digital and Social Media

Name of the Organiser: MOOC-Cardiff University

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2015-03-09

2013

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Workshop on Research wrting and publishing

Name of the Organiser: Center for Research and CEDBEC

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2013-07-08

2012

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Contemporary Trends and Transitions in Humanities and Social Sciences

Name of the Organiser: CU -Academic Staff College

Level:

Role: Organiser & Participant

Date: 2012-04-25

2011

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Workshop on Reserach Methodology in Social Sciences

Name of the Organiser: Tezpur University

Level: National

Role: Participant

Date: 2011-12-03

Awards / Achievements /Others

2015

Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: MOOC course

Description: Communication in the 21st Century Workplace

Organisation: University of California, Irving

Month/Year: November 2015

Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: MOOC course

Description: Leadership: Identity, Influence and Power

Organisation: MacGuire Graduate School of Management

Month/Year: May 2015

Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: MOOC course

Description: Understanding the UK's 2015 General Elections

Organisation: University of Edinburgh

Month/Year: May 2015

2016

Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: MOOC course

Description: Making sense of the Data in the Media

Organisation: University of Sheffield

Month/Year: February 2016

2014

Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Certificate of Achievement

Description: Becoming Human: Anthropology

Organisation: Open2Study, MacQuarie University, Australia

Month/Year: February 2014

2013

Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Certificate of Achievement

Description: Online Advertising

Organisation: Open2Study

Month/Year: December 2013

Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Certificate of Achievement

Description: Writing for the Web

Organisation: Open2Study

Month/Year: December 2013

2018

Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Certificate of Achievement

Description: Developing your research project

Organisation: University of Southhampton

Month/Year: 10 February 2018

2017

Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Course Certificate

Description: Framework for Data Collection and Analysis

Organisation: University of Maryland

Month/Year: 04 August 2017

Name of the Awards/Achievements/Others: Khadri Achyuthan Memorial Samvahana Award 2017

Description: for contribution to the field of education

Organisation: PRCI

Month/Year: 03 November 2017

Books

Book Chapters

Case Study

Patents

Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium

2025

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: The Role of YouTube Influencers in Enabling Greater Political Participation and Democracy


Date: 2025-02-02


Organising Institution: Symbiosis Centre for Media & Communication


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Moderator/Chair


Title:


Date: 2025-01-24


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: The Effect of AI on Democratic Politics


Date: 2025-01-12


Organising Institution: Advanced Research Society for Science and Sociology


Level: International


2024

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Can WhatsApp?s Megaphone be the new medium for political communication?


Date: 2024-01-23


Organising Institution: St. Joseph's University


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Moderator/Chair


Title:


Date: 2024-01-23


Organising Institution: St. Joseph's University


Level: International


2023

Type of the Program: Symposium


Role: Organizer


Title:


Date: 2023-09-26


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Rebuilding brand authenticity through the performance of Bharat Jodo Yatra


Date: 2023-05-26


Organising Institution: MIC, MAHE


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Moderator/Chair


Title:


Date: 2023-05-26


Organising Institution: MIC, MAHE


Level: International


Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Moderator/Chair


Title:


Date: 2023-03-30


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: National


2022

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Panelist


Title:


Date: 2022-04-11


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Social Media Enabled New and Democratic Public Sphere.


Date: 2022-03-21


Organising Institution: SRMIST, TN


Level: International


2021

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Co-presenter


Title:


Date: 2021-10-14


Organising Institution: THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Convenor


Title:


Date: 2021-09-24


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: International


Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Organizer


Title:


Date: 2021-02-16


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: Institutional


Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2021-01-21


Organising Institution: Jain University


Level: National


2020

Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2020-10-23


Organising Institution: TEDxGateway


Level: International


Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2020-09-19


Organising Institution: TEDxGateway


Level: International


Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2020-08-30


Organising Institution: TEDxGateway


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Misinformation and disinformation are privacy firewalls


Date: 2020-08-27


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Thou shall not...:Journalistic ethics in the times of Covid19


Date: 2020-07-31


Organising Institution: International Association for Social Sciences and Humanities


Level: International


Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2020-07-18


Organising Institution: Jain University


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Media Narratives and the Resultant Public Perception: Brand Modi


Date: 2020-06-14


Organising Institution: Society for Education


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Organizer


Title:


Date: 2020-02-19


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Citizen Journalism: Digital Media Enabled Participatory Journalism as Activist Journalism


Date: 2020-02-13


Organising Institution: St. Joseph's College (Autonomous)


Level: International


Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Moderator/Chair


Title:


Date: 2020-02-13


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: International


Type of the Program: Symposium


Role: Moderator/Chair


Title:


Date: 2020-01-16


Organising Institution: Jyoti Nivas College (Autonomous)


Level: Institutional


2019

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: The Role of new media on political campaign: A study of social media campaign in Karnataka


Date: 2019-03-19


Organising Institution: SRM, Chennai


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Co-presenter


Title:


Date: 2019-03-15


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: National


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Blogs as digital memory carriers of a city


Date: 2019-02-14


Organising Institution: St. Joseph's College


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Co-presenter


Title:


Date: 2019-01-29


Organising Institution: Rajagiri Business School


Level: National


2018

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: What is with the Millennials - They want to be socially private rather than just social


Date: 2018-06-07


Organising Institution: School of Communication, MAHE


Level: International


Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Moderator/Chair


Title:


Date: 2018-02-12


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: National


Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Presenter


Title: Need for an ethical media to function as the fourth estate of democracy


Date: 2018-01-30


Organising Institution: Rajagiri Business School


Level: National


2017

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2017-03-03


Organising Institution: Public Relations Council of India


Level: National


Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Panelist


Title:


Date: 2017-02-15


Organising Institution: Other


Level: Regional


2016

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Moderator/Chair


Title:


Date: 2016-11-25


Organising Institution: Other


Level: National


2015

Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2015-02-09


Organising Institution: Commits


Level: National


2014

Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Presenter


Title: SocialMedia- Bane or Boon for Teenagers


Date: 2014-03-07


Organising Institution: S. D. M. College, Ujire


Level: National


2013

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2013-04-10


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: Institutional


2012

Type of the Program: Symposium


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2012-12-22


Organising Institution: National Law School of India University


Level: National


2010

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Panelist


Title:


Date: 2010-02-05


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: National


Type of the Program:


Role: Participant


Title:


Date:


Organising Institution: PII


Level: National


Type of the Program:


Role: Participant


Title:


Date:


Organising Institution: SDM College, Ujire


Level: Regional


Type of the Program:


Role: Participant


Title:


Date:


Organising Institution: St. Aloysious College


Level: Regional


Type of the Program:


Role: Participant


Title:


Date:


Organising Institution: Department of Communication, BU


Level: Regional


Type of the Program:


Role: Participant


Title:


Date:


Organising Institution: Commits


Level: National


Type of the Program:


Role: Participant


Title:


Date:


Organising Institution: Taylor & Francis India


Level: Institutional


Type of the Program:


Role: Participant


Title:


Date:


Organising Institution: Global Communication Conference Association


Level: International


Type of the Program: Seminar


Role: Presenter


Title: Net Credibility: How the Young Increasingly Trust News Online


Date:


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: Institutional


Type of the Program:


Role: Participant


Title:


Date:


Organising Institution: Karnataka State Journalism and Communication Teachers Association


Level: Regional


Own MPhil / PhD Thesis

1970

Guide Name: Dr. B.K. Ravi

Institution: Bangalore University

Month Year: January 1970

Guide Name: Dr. B. K. Ravi

Institution: Other

Month Year: January 1970

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