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Critical Theory, Literature of the English Revolution, Digital Humanities, Media Studies, Social Media Studies, Surveillance Studies, Labour Relations, Organizations, Social Movements

Critical Theory, Media Studies, Social Media Studies, Surveillance Studies, Labour Relations, Organizations, Social Movements

Critical Theory, Literature of the English Revolution, Digital Humanities, Media Studies, Social Media Studies, Surveillance Studies, Labour Relations, Organizations, Social Movements

In edited books

Roy, Rianka. ‘Social Media mei Nijata, Suraksha aur Nigarani’ (‘Privacy, Security and Surveillance on Social Media’), Social Media ki Rajneeti (Politics of Social Media), Edited by Sarvesh Kumar Maruya and Anand Pandey, New Delhi, Swaraj Publication. Forthcoming. pp. 52-62 (Hindi publication)

Roy, Rianka. ‘Digital Dialogues in India: Nation and Nationalism on Twitter’, Globalization and India’s Transformation, Edited by Anwesha Chatterjee and Tanaya Majumder, New Delhi, Crescent, 2018. pp. 33-49. (ISBN 978-93-87537-25-5)

Roy, Rianka, and Dr. Nilanjana Gupta, ‘Digital Capitalism and Surveillance on Social Networking Sites: A Study of Digital Labour, Security and Privacy for Social Media Users’, Digital India: Reflections and Practice, Edited by Arpan Kumar Kar, Shuchi Sinha and MP Gupta, Springer, 2018. pp. 67-81 (ISBN 978-3-319-78378-9)

Roy, Rianka. ‘The Digital Crusade of Young Adults: Hackers as Heroes in Contemporary Culture’. Reflections of the Growing Mind: Young Adult Literature and Culture, Edited by Papia Mitra, Barun Naha, Rianka Roy, and Debayan Basu. Kolkata: Avenel Press, 2018, pp. 92-100 (ISBN 978-93-80736-88-4)

Roy, Rianka. ‘The Faulty Sentimental in Sheridan’s The Rivals: A Commentary on Julia and Faulkland’, The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Edited by Anirban Bhattacharya, Kolkata: Book Valley, 2018, pp. 215-221 (978-93-83265-18-3)

In academic journals (peer-reviewed, refereed)

Roy, Rianka. ‘Digital Dissent on WikiLeaks: Anonymous Whistleblowers in the Shadow of Julian Assange’. Glimpse, Society for Phenomenology and Media, Vol. 20, Spring/Summer 2019 (Forthcoming) (ISSN 1544-0052)

Roy, Rianka. ‘Networks of Identities: Gender, Patriarchy and Facebook’. SEW: South Kolkata Society for Empowerment of Women. Bulletin 6-7. December, 2016 (ISSN 2347-2898)

Roy, Rianka. ‘Redefining Community: A Comparative Study of Wikipedia and Social Media’, Journal of Higher Education and Research Society, Vol. 3:2, October, 2016 (ISSN 2349-0209)

Roy, Rianka. ‘Information for All and Privacy for None: The Dominance of Surveillance and the Status of Privacy on Social Networking Sites’. Contemporary Discourses, Vol. 7:1, February, 2016. (ISSN 0976-3686) (won the Best Paper Award)

Roy, Rianka. ‘Infinite Ways to Make Profit: Digital Labour and Surveillance on Social Networking Sites’. Rupkatha (Digital Humanities Special Issue), Vol 7: 1, March, 2015 (ISSN 0975-2935)

On research blogs and newspapers

Roy, Rianka. ‘Information Offline: Labour, Surveillance and Activism in the Indian IT&ITES Industry’. Research paper series on the theme ‘Offline’. Centre for Internet and Society, Researchers at Work (R@W blog), January 2019. (https://medium.com/rawblog/information-offline-labour-surveillance-and-activism-in-the-indian-it-ites-industry-903c71567d1a)

Roy, Rianka. ‘Amar Apnar Tathya Bechei Lal Hochen Social Media Malikra’ [Translated title from Bengali ‘How Social Media Authorities Make Money by Selling our Data] (Editorial), Anandabazar Patrika (Bengali newspaper), December 21, 2018.

INVITED LECTURES

Roy, Rianka. ‘Jane Austen’s Digital Afterlife: The Author in Memes and Fan-fiction’, at Seminar to commemorate Jane Austen’s bicentenary, Jadavpur University Department of English, February 27 2019

Roy, Rianka. ‘Social Media as Facilitator of Peace: Evaluation of Online Activism and Mass Reclamation of the Networks’, at Literature, Culture and World Peace, organized by Higher Education and Research Society (Pune), in September, 2017 (International)

Roy, Rianka. ‘Gender, Misogyny and Censorship in Social Networking Sites’, at Kon Rasta ta Safe? (Which Road is Safe?), organized by Ebong Alap, and School of Media, Communication and Culture, Jadavpur University, in September, 2013. (National)

Roy, Rianka. ‘Postcolonial Reading of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park’—two lectures delivered to postgraduate (MA) students of the Department of English, Jadavpur University, in August, 2013.

Roy, Rianka. ‘Opportunities for Privacy and Surveillance in Social Networking Sites’, at Opportunities of New Media, organized by the Department of Mass Communication,          Rabindra Bharati University, in March, 2013. (National)

Roy, Rianka. ‘Technological Confinement of Digital Citizens versus Liberation of the Machine: Reading Alan Turing in Social Networking Sites’, at Beyond the Obvious: Conference to Commemorate the Birth Centenary of Alan Turing, organized by the School of Behavioral Sciences and School of Media, Communication and Culture, Jadavpur University, in December, 2012. (National)

SEMINAR/CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

Roy, Rianka. ‘Weaving Words on Social Media: How the Language of Politics is constructed in Digital India’, Panel: Linguistics and Social Media II, organized by Modern Language Association, Chicago, in January, 2019. (International)

Roy, Rianka. ‘The Mimic Men on Twitter: Postcolonial Dialogues in Digital India’, Panel: #twitterati, organized by Modern Language Association, Chicago, in January, 2019. (International)

Roy, Rianka. ‘Social Media for Social Change: Sustainability and Political Economy of Social Networking Sites’ at Reimagining Sustainability (Political Economy Working Group), organized by International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), University of Oregon, in June, 2018 (International)

Roy, Rianka. ‘Method in Madness: Hackers, Subversion and Counter-surveillance on Digital Networks’ at The Future of Humanities: Challenges and Prospects, organized by Department of English, Benaras Hindu University, in March, 2018 (International)

Roy, Rianka. ‘Digital Capitalism and Surveillance on Social Networking Sites: A Study of Digital Labour, Security and Privacy’ at Doctoral Colloquium on Digital Government Research, Global Conference on Cyber Security, organized by IIT Delhi and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, in November, 2017 (International)

Roy, Rianka. ‘Reading Memes as Social Texts: The Scope of Digital Ephemera and Mass Empowerment’, at Decentering Interdisciplinary Studies within the Space of Digital Humanities, organized by the Department of English and the Department of Computer Science, St. Xavier’s College, Jaipur, in November, 2017 (International) (won the Best Paper Award)

Roy, Rianka. ‘The Obscure Digital Natives: Representation of Subalternity and Marginality on Social Media’, at The Politics of Difference: Relocating Marginality/Subalternity, organized by the Department of History, Assam University (Diphu Campus) and MAKAIAS, in September, 2017 (International)

Roy, Rianka. ‘From Gertrude to Ghazala: Gender and Power in Haider, an Adaptation of Hamlet’, at Revisiting Shakespeare in the 21^st Century, organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Patna, in September, 2016. (International)

Roy, Rianka. ‘Networking for News-Making: The Status of News on Social Networking Sites’, at News Literacy, organized by the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, Surendranath College for Women and supported by IAMCR, in January, 2016. (International)

Roy, Rianka. ‘Community in Communication: A Study of Wikipedia in Contrast with Social Networking Sites’, at Tenth Anniversary of Bengali Wikipedia, organized by Wikimedia Foundation, and School of Languages and Linguistics, Jadavpur University, in January, 2015. (International)

Roy, Rianka. ‘The Profit Network Economy: Digital Capitalism, Surveillance and the Status of Users in Social Networking Sites’, at IAMCR, Hyderabad, organized by IAMCR, in July, 2014. (International)

Roy, Rianka. ‘#FBRape Campaign, Digital Capitalism and the Status of Women in Social Networking Sites’, at Building Bridges, organized by the Centre for Gender Studies, Central University of Hyderabad, in March, 2014. (National)

Submitted Doctoral Thesis at School of Media, Communication and Culture, Jadavpur University, Kolkata (October 2013 --  October, 2018)

 Title of thesis: Social Media Surveillance in Digital Capitalism and the Rise of Networked States: A Study of Digital Labour, Privacy, Security and Identity

Completed an Orientation Programme (Humanities) for Assistant Professors at University Grants Commission, Human Resource Development Centre, Jadavpur University in July-August, 2018, with A grade.

Completed a Refresher Course in English, Indian and Foreign Languages at University Grants Commission, Human Resource Development Centre, Mumbai University in February-March 2017, with A grade.

Completed a workshop funded by MHRD GIAN (Global Initiatives Academic Networks) at School of Media, Communication and Culture, Jadavpur University, on Contemporary Cultural Studies, conducted by Professor John Hutnyk in December, 2016, with ‘Excellent’ grade.

Conducted a workshop for underprivileged children and teenagers on cyber security on behalf of Community Radio, Jadavpur University as part of the UNICEF Youth Radio Reporter Project in June, 2018.

Translated a Nepali short story and a poem in Call of the Hills, Vols 1 & 2, Jadavpur University, Centre for Translation of Indian Languages, 2012. (ISBN 978-93-83660-06-3 and 978-93-83660-05-6)

Wrote the subtitle for a National Award winning film Bakita Byaktigato (Dir. Pradipta Bhattacharya, 2013)

Travel Grant:

Won the Graduate Student Travel Grant to attend and present two papers at the Modern Language Association (MLA) Annual Conference, Chicago, US, January 3-6, 2019.

Best Paper Awards:

Roy, Rianka. ‘Reading Memes as Social Texts: The Scope of Digital Ephemera and Mass Empowerment’, at Decentering Interdisciplinary Studies within the Space of Digital Humanities, organized by the Department of English and the Department of Computer Science, St. Xavier’s College, Jaipur, in November, 2017. (International)

Roy, Rianka. ‘Information for All and Privacy for None: The Dominance of Surveillance and the Status of Privacy on Social Networking Sites’. Contemporary Discourses, Vol. 7:1, February, 2016. (ISSN 0976-3686)