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Publications

BOOKS & EDITED VOLUMES

  1. The Cultural Praxis of Community Radio in India – Community, Culture, and Communication, Palgrave Macmillan (Under Contract, Forthcoming in 2026) (Co-authored Book with Vasuki Belavadi)

  2. Indigenous Languages and Community Radio in India, UNESCO (Under Contract, Forthcoming in 2026) (Co-authored with Vinod Pavarala, Kanchan K. Malik, Vasuki Belavadi, Treesa Reena John and Vamsi Krishna Pothuru)

  3. Amplifying the Margins: Community Communication and Grassroots Expression in India, Routledge (Under Contract, Forthcoming in 2026) (Co-edited book with Vinod Pavarala)

  4. Dialogues from the Margins: Studies in Community Communication in India, Routledge (Under Contract, Forthcoming in 2026) (Co-edited book with Vinod Pavarala)

ARTICLES, ESSAYS, & COMMENTARIES

Peer Reviewed

  1. Jena, A., Backhuas, B., Pavarala, V., & Belavadi, V. (2025). Challenging Hegemony in the Global South: Radio Dhimsa’s Cultural and Knowledge Interventions. Third World Quarterly. (Under Review)

  2. Jena, A & Sahoo, S. (2025). Digital Justice After WSIS+20: What the Global Digital Compact Means for India’s Marginalised. Media Development. 

  3. Jena, A & Hayward, M. (2025), Turning (and tuning in) to Rural Media: Exploring the role of Identity, Place and Participation in locating Community Radio. Media Culture &Society. 

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

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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. 

  8. Sahoo, D., & Jena, A. (2023, April 29). Panchayat: Casteism and Mockery in the Name of Humour. Economic and Political Weekly. 58 (17), 65-66. 

  9. Yadav, R. A., & Jena, A. (2022, October 22). ‘Spiral of Silence’ in Indian Media? Economic & Political Weekly, 57(43), 64–65.

  10. Jena, A (2021). Not Just a ‘Bio’ Bubble: Cricket in Times of Life and Death, Economic & Political Weekly, Vol 56 (20), 79- 80. 

  11. P, Vinod., and Jena, A., (2020): Expanding Discursive Spaces: Community Radio during COVID-19 and Beyond, Economic & Political Weekly, Vol 55, No 49, 12 Dec.

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Non-Peer Reviewed

  1. Jena, A. 2025. ‘Beyond the Signal: Community Radio and Disaster Resilience in Indian Himalayan Region’. Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR. Issue Brief. No. 23. December. https://snu.edu.in/centres/centre-of-excellence-for-himalayan-studies/research/beyond-the-signal-community-radio-and-disaster-resilience-in-indian-himalayan-region/

  2. 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

  3. 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

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

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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

 
BOOK CHAPTERS (Peer Reviewed)
 

  1. Jena, A., & Pavarala, V. (2025), Radio. In Nai, A., Grömping, M., & Wirz, D. (Eds). Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035301447.vol3.00100

  2. 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.

  3. Belavadi, V., and Jena, A., (2022). “Reinforcing Desia Culture Through Community Radio: A Cultural Analysis of Radio Dhimsa in Koraput, Odisha,” In Kaushik, A. and Suchiang, A. (Eds) in Communication, Culture and Change in Asia: Narratives and New Voices from India, Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2496-5

  4. Pavarala, V., Malik, K. K., and Jena, A., (2022). “Community Radio as Development Radio: A Critical Analysis of Third-Sector Radio in South Asia,” In Loviglio, J. and Lindgren, M (Eds) in Routledge Companion to Radio Studies, London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003002185

  5. 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: Ethnic Journalism in the Global South (1st ed, pp. 141–154). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76163-9_8

 
BOOK REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS

  1. Jena, A. (2025). Book Review: Nimmagadda Bhargav. 2023. Stringers and the Journalistic Field: Marginalities and Precarious News Labour in Small-Town India, South Asia Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/02627280251371791

  2. Jena, A. (2024). Book Review: Francesca Belotti. 2022. Indigenous Media Activism in Argentina, International Journal of Communication, https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/23773/4784

  3. Jena, A. (2022). Book Review: Kanchan K. Malik and Vinod Pavarala (Eds.). 2021. Community Radio in South Asia: Reclaiming the Airwaves. Journal of South Asian Development, 097317412211020. https://doi.org/10.1177/09731741221102013

  4. Jena, A. (2021). Book Review& Interview: Biswajit Das and Debendra Prasad Majhi (Eds). Caste, Communication and Power. Asia Pacific Media Educator, 31(2), 303–309. https://doi.org/10.1177/1326365x211056700

  5. Jena, A. (2021). Book Review & Interview: Preeti Raghunath. Community Radio Policies in South Asia: A Deliberative Policy Ecology Approach. Asia Pacific Media Educator, 31(1), 161–166. https://doi.org/10.1177/1326365x211002363

  6. Jena, A. (2020). Book Review& Interview: Biswajit Das (ed). Gandhian Thought and Communication: Rethinking the Mahatma in the Media Age. Asia Pacific Media Educator, 30(1), 126–131. https://doi.org/10.1177/1326365x20924858

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Jena, A. (2019). 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

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