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Publications

BOOKS & EDITED VOLUMES

  1. Jena, A., & Belavadi, V. (2026). The Cultural Praxis of Community Radio in India: Community, Culture, and Communication. Palgrave Macmillan. https://link.springer.com/book/9783032351654

  2. Pavarala, V., Malik, K. K., Belavadi, V., Jena, A., John, T. R., & Pothuru, V. K. (2026). Indigenous Languages and Community Radio in India: A Handbook. UNESCO. UNESCO Digital Library

  3. Amplifying the Margins: Community Communication and Grassroots Expression in India, Routledge (Under Contract, Forthcoming in 2027) (Co-edited book with Vinod Pavarala)

  4. Dialogues from the Margins: Studies in Community Communication in India, Routledge (Under Contract, Forthcoming in 2027) (Co-edited book with Vinod Pavarala)

ARTICLES, ESSAYS, & COMMENTARIES

Peer Reviewed

  1. Jena, A., & Raman, U. (2026). Shortcuts and scholarship: A cross-generational reflection on AI and academic formation. Media, Culture & Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437261472373

  2. Jena, A., Backhaus, B., Pavarala, V., & Belavadi, V. (2026). Challenging hegemony in the Global South: Radio Dhimsa’s cultural and knowledge interventions. Third World Quarterly, 47(7), 1458–1478. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2026.2625980

  3. Jena, A., & Hayward, M. (2026). Turning (and tuning in) to rural media: Exploring the role of identity, place, and participation in locating community radio. Media, Culture & Society, 48(2), 265–281. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437251375361

  4. Behara, R. R., Jena, A., & Rath, C. S. (2024). Byaase sunucha: A cinematic lament amid the decline of Odia language. Economic & Political Weekly, 59(22), 71–72.

  5. Behara, R. R., Jena, A., & Rath, C. S. (2024). From blonde bimbo to bad ‘bitch’: Barbie’s image transformation through songs. Economic & Political Weekly, 59(6), 63–64.

  6. Jena, A., Roy, R. K., & Garai, S. (2023). Mapping the meanings of Squid Game in South Asia. Economic & Political Weekly, 58(25–26), 92–93.

  7. Sahoo, D., & Jena, A. (2023). Panchayat: Casteism and mockery in the name of humour. Economic & Political Weekly, 58(17), 65–66.

  8. Yadav, R. A., & Jena, A. (2022). ‘Spiral of silence’ in Indian media? Economic & Political Weekly, 57(43), 64–65.

  9. Jena, A. (2021). Not just a ‘bio’ bubble: Cricket in times of life and death. Economic & Political Weekly, 56(20), 79–80.

  10. Pavarala, V., & Jena, A. (2020). Expanding discursive spaces: Community radio during COVID-19 and beyond. Economic & Political Weekly, 55(49), 69–78.

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Non-Peer Reviewed

  1. Jena, A. (2026). The syllabus and the state: journalism education in India under executive scrutiny. Media Asia, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2026.2721293

  2. Jena, A. (2026). Keeping the air alive: Community radio, cultural integrity, and alternative voices in India. Media Development. https://waccglobal.org/keeping-the-air-alive-community-radio-cultural-integrity-and-alternative-voices-in-india/

  3. Jena, A. (2026). WSIS+20, COP30 and a just digital climate transition. Media Development. https://waccglobal.org/wsis20-cop30-and-a-just-digital-climate-transition/

  4. Jena, A., & Sahoo, S. (2025). Digital justice after WSIS+20: What the Global Digital Compact means for India’s marginalised. Media Development. https://waccglobal.org/digital-justice-after-wsis20-what-the-global-digital-compact-means-for-indias-marginalised/

  5. Jena, A. (2025, December). Beyond the signal: Community radio and disaster resilience in Indian Himalayan region(Issue Brief No. 23). Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, Shiv Nadar University. https://snu.edu.in/centres/centre-of-excellence-for-himalayan-studies/research/beyond-the-signal-community-radio-and-disaster-resilience-in-indian-himalayan-region/

  6. Jena, A., Deka, C., Mohapatra, J. P., Sahu, A., & Panda, R. K. (2022). The politics of media coverage of natural disasters in Odisha and Assam. Media Asia, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2022.2136869

  7. Nanda, R., & Jena, A. (2022). Gender disparity in India’s COVID-19 vaccine communication program. Media Asia, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2022.2066836

  8. Jena, A. (2022, February 8). Home truths: The hyper-local radio bringing trustworthy news to India’s rural listeners. The Sociological Review Magazine. https://doi.org/10.51428/tsr.qibt1089

  9. Jena, A. (Ed.). (2021, August 10). Virtual issue: Development & social change. Communication Theory. https://academic.oup.com/ct/pages/virtual-issue-development-and-social-change

  10. Kanjilal, M. K., Jena, A., & Yadav, R. A. (2021). Media and marginalized communities during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Media Asia, 49(1), 70–75. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1980674

  11. Jena, A. (2021). Communities of judges, protection of tribal cultures, and the principle of ‘complete justice.’ South Asia Research, 41(3), 415–422. https://doi.org/10.1177/02627280211034864

  12. Jena, A., Yadav, R. A., & Rambarki, R. (2021). Demonizing the others: Vendetta coverage of Tablighi Jamaat and Kumbh Mela during the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Media Asia, 48(4), 346–351. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1946282

 
BUSINESS CASES

  1. Sharma, S., & Jena, A. (2025). Agzistence: Bridging theory & practice in India’s agricultural education. Ivey W44813. London, ON: Ivey Publishing. (Ivey Business Case)

  2. Jena, A., & Sharma, S. (2025). Dot: How Can Experimentation With Better Journalism Scale In India? Ivey W47083. London, ON: Ivey Publishing. (Ivey Business Case)

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BOOK CHAPTERS (Peer Reviewed)
 

  1. Jena, A., & Yadav, R. A. (2026). Narmada Bachao Andolan. In R. A. List, H. K. Anheier, & S. Toepler (Eds.), International encyclopedia of civil society. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99675-2_9773-1

  2. Jena, A., & Pavarala, V. (2025). Radio. In A. Nai, M. Grömping, & D. Wirz (Eds.), Elgar encyclopedia of political communication. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035301447.vol3.00100

  3. Jena, A., Pavarala, V., & Belavadi, V. (2023). Constructing community and building identity through indigenous community media: The case of Radio Swayamshakti in Odisha, India. In A. Salawu, T. B. Molale, E. Uribe-Jongbloed, & M. S. Ullah (Eds.), Indigenous language for social change communication in the Global South (pp. 179–198). Rowman & Littlefield.

  4. Belavadi, V., & Jena, A. (2022). Reinforcing Desia culture through community radio: A cultural analysis of Radio Dhimsa in Koraput, Odisha. In A. Kaushik & A. Suchiang (Eds.), Communication, culture and change in Asia: Narratives and new voices from India. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2496-5

  5. Pavarala, V., Malik, K. K., & Jena, A. (2022). Community radio as development radio: A critical analysis of third-sector radio in South Asia. In J. Loviglio & M. Lindgren (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Radio Studies. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003002185

  6. Jena, A. (2021). Safeguarding ethnic-cultural identities through ethnic media: The case of Radio Dhimsa in Odisha, India. In A. Gladkova & S. Jamil (Eds.), Ethnic Journalism in the Global South (1st ed., pp. 141–154). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76163-9_8

 
BOOK REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS

  1. Jena, A. (2026). Communication, power, and praxis in health: Examining the critical turn in health communication scholarship. Health & New Media Research, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.22720/hnmr.2026.00108

  2. Jena, A. (2026). Book review: Fighting polarisation: Shared communicative spaces in divided democracies. Global Media and Communication. https://doi.org/10.1177/17427665261458903

  3. Jena, A. (2026). Book review: People powered radio: Fifty years of Australian community radio station 4ZZZ by Anderson, H., and Community radio in South Asia: Mapping the alternative mediascape in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh by Rampersaud-Skorka, T. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/08997640261435465

  4. Jena, A. (2025). Book review: Stringers and the journalistic field: Marginalities and precarious news labour in small-town India, by Nimmagadda Bhargav. South Asia Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/02627280251371791

  5. Jena, A. (2024). Book review: Indigenous media activism in Argentina, by Francesca Belotti. International Journal of Communication. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/23773/4784

  6. Jena, A. (2022). Book review: Community radio in South Asia: Reclaiming the airwaves, by Kanchan K. Malik and Vinod Pavarala (Eds.). Journal of South Asian Development, 17(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/09731741221102013

  7. Jena, A. (2021). Book review & interview: Caste, communication and power, by Biswajit Das and Debendra Prasad Majhi (Eds.). Asia Pacific Media Educator, 31(2), 303–309. https://doi.org/10.1177/1326365X211056700

  8. Jena, A. (2021). Book review & interview: Community radio policies in South Asia: A deliberative policy ecology approach, by Preeti Raghunath. Asia Pacific Media Educator, 31(1), 161–166. https://doi.org/10.1177/1326365X211002363

  9. Jena, A. (2020). Book review & interview: Gandhian thought and communication: Rethinking the Mahatma in the media age, by Biswajit Das (Ed.). Asia Pacific Media Educator, 30(1), 126–131. https://doi.org/10.1177/1326365X20924858

  10. Jena, A. (2020). Book review: Communication in international development: Doing good or looking good, by Florencia Enghel and Jessica Noske-Turner (Eds.). Community Development Journal, 55(3), 539–541. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdj/bsz038

  11. Jena, A. (2020). Book review: Emotions, media and politics, by Karin Wahl-Jorgensen. Mass Communication and Society, 23(1), 151–153. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2019.1649927

  12. Jena, A. (2019). Book review: Community-based media pedagogies: Relational practices of listening in the commons, by Bronwen Low, Chloë Brushwood Rose, and Paula M. Salvio. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 96(4), 1200–1201. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077699019867990

  13. Jena, A. (2019). Book review: Underserved communities and digital discourse: Getting voices heard, by Victoria L. LaPoe, Candi S. Carter Olson, and Benjamin R. LaPoe II (Eds.). Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, 75(1), 152–153. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077695819864779

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