ALIAH UNIVERSITY

Dr Kaifia Ancer Laskar Assistant Professor / JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION

Email : kaifiaancer@aliah.ac.in

Address : Department of Journalism and Mass Communication Aliah University, Park Circus Campus 17, Gorachand Road, Beniapukur, Kolkata, West Bengal 700014

Kaifia Ancer Laskar is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Aliah University. She has done her PhD from Assam University and specialises in Development Communication and Behavior Change Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Communication and Media Research.

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Education

Serial Number	Degree	Course Name	Thesis/Dissertation	Institution/University	Year
1	PhD	Mass Communication	Mediated Mythical Discourses	Assam University	2014
2	MA	Mass Communication	N A	Assam University	2009
3	BA	Economics	NA	Guru Charan College, Silchar(affiliated to Assam University)	2007

Teaching Experience

Total Experience (in January 2023): 9 Yrs

Nature of work (Guest/Contractual/Regular)	University	Year (From-To)
Regular	Aliah University, Kolkata	17/06/2016 to Present
Guest Faculty	Tripura Central University, Tripura	7/10/2013 to 31/05/2016

Industrial Experience

Designation	Company	Year (From-To)
District Media Expert	National Health Mission, Assam	19/10/2010 to 31/04/2011
Research Associate	Nanda Talukdar Foundation, Guwahati, Assam	01/01/2009 to 30/11/2009

Field of Specialization

Development Communication
Behavior Change Communication
Cultural and Media Studies
Communication and Media Research

Courses Taught/Teaching

1.Principles of Communication,

2. Advertising,

3. Media Management,

4. Development Communication,

5. Communication Research,

6. Intercultural Communication

Research Area

Development Communication
Cultural and Media Studies

Conference Papers Published

Serial No.	Title	Name of the Journal	National/International	ISSN / ISBN
1	Folk Media in the Development of Rural Health in Assam	Folk Media and Sustainable Development in The North East	National	ISBN: 978-81-924027-1-2

Journal Papers Published

Laskar, Kaifia Ancer, and Reyaz, Mohammad (2022). The Vulnerable, Victim and Subjugated: Politics of Representing the Muslim (Wo)Men in Hindi TV Soaps. Quarterly Review of Film and Video. https://doi.org/10.1080/10509208.2022.2162328

Biswas, I., & Laskar, Kaifia Ancer (2021). Preference of Fantasy Soap Operas among Female Audiences: Motivations and Perceptions.

Laskar, Kaifia Ancer ,& Amir, S. (2022). The Underrepresented ‘Other’: Portrayal of Religious Minorities in Hindi Language Cartoon Shows. Journal of Creative Communications, 09732586221103953. https://doi.org/10.1177/09732586221103953

Laskar, Kaifia Ancer. (2021). Mediated facets: a review of Many Voices, Many Worlds edited by Faiz Ullah et al. Media Asia. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1997527

Laskar, Kaifia Ancer. (2021). Desi- fication of Sex and the City: A postfeminist reading of sismance and sexuality in Four More Shots Please! Journal of Media and Communication, Central University of Tamil Nadu UGC- CARE listed. eISSN: 2581-513X.

Laskar, Kaifia Ancer. (2021).Gender-sensitive portrayal in cartoon shows for pre- schoolers: A Critical Analysis of Masha and the Bear. Asia Pacific Media Educator, Sage. SCOPUS Indexed International. 2321-5410, 1326-365X. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1326365X211048587

Laskar, Kaifia Ancer and Bhattacharyya, Biswadeep.(2021). Community radio stations’ production responses to COVID-19 pandemic in India. Media Asia, 48(4), 243-257. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01296612.2021.1970421

Laskar, Kaifia Ancer & Reyaz, Mohammad. (2021). Mapping the fake news infodemic amidst the COVID-19 pandemic: A study of Indian fact-checking websites. Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, Volume 14, Number 1. SCOPUS Indexed International. ISSN 1751-9411 (Print); ISSN 1751- 942X (Online). https://doi.org/10.1386/jammr_00026_1

Laskar, Kaifia Ancer. (2020). Impact of Covid-19 on Indian Media Industry: Challenges and Prospects. Communication Today. ISSN 0975-217X. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QVRo5PMEgAHntlOQ7duc5rq3vU_THoft/view?usp=sharing

Laskar, Kaifia Ancer & Sarkar, Sunita. (2016). Portrayal of the Elderly on Indian TV Soap Operas. Communication Today. ISSN 0975-217X.

Laskar, Kaifia Ancer. (2015). Recognizing the Politics of Visual Imagery through Transplanted Traditions in Indian Television Soap Operas. Media Watch. ISSN:0976-0911. http://dx.doi.org/10.15655/mw/2015/v6i2/65664

Laskar, Kaifia Ancer. (2015). Tracking Subjugated Bodies of Female Characters in Indian Soap Operas. Scholar's View- International Journal of Media and Management. ISSN:2319-121X.

Laskar, Kaifia Ancer. (2015). Creating Fictional Contrasts of Female Characters in Indian Hindi Films. Intellection: Bi-annual Interdisciplinary Research Journal. ISSN:2319-8192.

Laskar, Kaifia Ancer. (2014). Tracking Partition Discourses in The Films of Ritwik Ghatak International Organisation of Scientific Research- Journal of Humanities and Social Science. ISSN:2279-0845 eISSN:2279-0837.

Laskar, Kaifia Ancer & Guha, Silajit. (2012). Reading the Mediated Ethnicity: Religious Discourses in Indian Television Soap Operas. Assam University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol- VII no-1.ISSN: 0973-4821.

Books Published

1. Reyaz, Mohammad, Laskar, Kaifia Ancer, and Ameen, Furquan (2023). “Muslims between Citizenship and Media Bias: Insights from Anti-CAA Protest Sites,” in Gorky Chakraborty (ed.) Citizenship in Contemporary Times: The Indian Context, 183-200. New Delhi: Routledge.

2. Laskar, Kaifia Ancer & Biswas, Ishita. (2020). A Critical Analysis of Digital Media Literacy of Parents: The Cases of Two Select Online Games. Emerging Trends in Education , ABS Books, New Delhi.National. (ISBN No: 978-93-87229-12-9).

3. Laskar, Kaifia Ancer (2012). Folk Media in the Development of Rural Health in Assam. Folk Media and Sustainable Development in the North East. 1 (1), 91, 107.

Awards

UGC NET-JRF (June 2009) Mass Communication and Journalism.

Seminar/Conference/Workshop

Sl. No	No of Days	Seminar/Conference /Workshop	PresentationTitle	National/ International	Dates	Organised by
1	1	A National Symposium on Role of Ethics in Media: Menace of Yellow Journalism	Particpatied	National	24^th April, 2009	Deptt of Mass Communication in collaboration with Public Relations & Publication Cell Assam University Silchar
2	2	A National Seminar on Folk Media and Sustainable Development in The North East	Folk Media in the Development of Rural Health in Assam: A critique of the role played by street plays implemented by National Rural Health Mission in improving the status of Family Planning and Routine Immunisation performance in the low performing sub-centre areas of Kokrajhar district of Assam during the period November- December, 2010.	National	17-18 February, 2011	Deptt of Mass Communication, Assam University Supported by Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Smriti New Delhi and Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore Foundation, New Delhi
3	3	An International Seminar on Partition of Bengal, Diaspora Rehabilitation: Quest For New World View in Literature & Culture of North East India	Tracking Partition Discourses in the Films of Ritwik Ghatak.	International	22-24 March, 2012.	Deptt of Bengali, Assam University Sponsored by ICHR, New Delhi and MAKAIAS, Kolkata
4	3	An International Seminar on Gender Education and Female Child Labour: A Sociological Perspective	Tracking Subjugated bodies in female characters in Indian Soap operas.	International	23-25^th April, 2013	Organised by the Deptt of Bengali Assam University Sponsored by National Commission for Women, New Delhi

Other Notable Activities

Serial No	Attended/ Participated in Training Programmes	Organised by
1	Two Week Training Program in the Public Relations Department of NF Railway, Guwahati, Assam	NF Railway, Guwahati, Assam
2	Two Week Training Program in Basic Techniques of Television Production at DDK, Guwahati, Assam	Doordarshan Kendra Guwahati, Assam
3	A Three Days Training Programme on Gender Sensitisation for Human Development	State Institute of Rural Development, Assam, 7^th – 9^th July 2009
4	A Two days Capacity Building Workshop on Monitoring & Evaluation of BCC Activities	NRHM Assam and UNICEF Guwahati, 17^th 18^th December, 2010
5	A Two days Capacity Building Workshop on IYCN & BFHI	NRHM Assam and UNICEF Guwahati, 14^th & 15^th February, 2011
6	A Two Days Training and Orientation in Media and Accessibility	AYJNIHH, Mumbai in collaboration with Deptt of Mass Communication, Assam University, 18^th & 19^th February, 2013.
7	A One Day Sentitisation Programme on Stigma, Discrimination and Mainstreaming on HIV/AIDS: Role of Media	Tripura State AIDS Control Society in collaboration with the ICA Department, Govt of Tripura and the Agartala Press Club, 20^th January, 2014.

Department of JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION