Reynolds School of Journalism

Paromita Pain’s research focuses on alternate media and global journalism practices from feminist perspectives. Before receiving her Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin, she was a journalist with The Hindu Newspaper, India’s most respected broadsheet. She has also written for The Guardian and Al Jazeera. Interested in epistemological concerns raised by emerging forms of media that are hybrids between old and new forms, between citizen and professional news practices, she has published various book chapters on the intersection of gender and social media besides looking into areas of online commenting and uncivil behavior and its impact on journalistic practices. She has been awarded scholarships to examine media practices in various countries like Israel, The Netherlands, South Africa and Singapore. She was a visiting research fellow at the University of Cardiff, UK in 2008. She uses qualitative and quantitative methods and has recently started focusing on computational methods of data collection and analysis. Her research has been published in refereed journals like the Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, Journalism Studies, Journalism Practice, Media Asia and Feminist Media Theory. As an associate professor of Global Media Studies at the Reynolds School of Journalism, University of Nevada, Reno, she explores emerging newsroom practices and concerns in a global context.  <h3>Courses taught</h3> <ul> <li>JOUR 304: Social Media and Society</li> <li>JOUR 404/604: Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Surveillance Society</li> <li>JOUR 320: Social Journalism</li> </ul> <h3>Recent work</h3> <ul> <li>Pain P. (2024). “I know my work has effect.”– the rise of the woman citizen journalist in India. Communication Research and Practice. </li> <li>Pain, P. (Ed.). (2023). Global LGBTQ Activism: Social Media, Digital Technologies, and Protest Mechanisms. Taylor & Francis.</li> <li>Pain P. (2022). “Will the law not protect survivors who don’t weep”: Twitter as a platform of feminist deliberation and democracy in India. New Media and Society. </li> <li>Pain P. (2021). “Framing the Affordable Healthcare Act: Examining alternative and mainstream media approaches.” Journal of Communication Inquiry. </li> <li>Pain P. (2021). “IT TOOK ME QUITE A LONG TIME TO DEVELOP A VOICE”:  Examining feminist digital activism in the Indian #Metoo movement. New Media and Society. </li> <li>Pain P. & Aaliya, A & Malik, Z. (2021).”Learning in times of COVID: Journalism education in Kashmir, India.” Journalism and Mass Communication Educator. </li> <li>Pain P. & Korin, E. (2021). “Keeping news alive in Venezuela”: Social media as tactical media.” Global Media and Communication. </li> <li>Chen, G. M., Pain, P., Chen, V. Y., Mekelburg, M., Springer, N., & Troger, F. (2020). ‘You really have to have a thick skin’: A cross-cultural perspective on how online harassment influences female journalists. Journalism, 1464884918768500. </li> <li>Pain P. & Korin, E (2020). “Everything is dimming out, little by little:” Examining self-censorship among Venezuelan journalists. Communication Research and Practice. </li> <li> Chen, V. Y., & Pain, P. (2019). News on Facebook: How Facebook and Newspapers Build Mutual Brand Loyalty Through Audience Engagement. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.  </li> </ul> <h3>Books</h3> <ul> <li>Pain, P. (Ed.). (2023). Global LGBTQ Activism: Social Media, Digital Technologies, and Protest Mechanisms. Taylor & Francis.</li> <li>Pain, P. (Ed.). (2022). LGBTQ digital cultures: A global perspective. Routledge.</li> <li>Korin, E., & Pain, P. (Eds.). (2021). When media succumbs to rising authoritarianism: Cautionary tales from Venezuela’s recent history. Routledge.</li> </ul>