Prof. K S Mochish

BIO

Ph.D. in Media and Cultural Studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai; MPhil in Media and Cultural Studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai: Masters in Communication from University of Hyderabad.

Prof. Mochish has a PhD & M.Phil in Media and Cultural Studies from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and a Masters in Communication from the University of Hyderabad. His Ph.D. research analyses the role of Malayalam newspapers in land struggles and movements in Kerala between 1930-2008. His areas of academic interest include Media Histories, Media and Public Action and Political Communication.

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

• K S, Mochish (2022). Democratise Radio News in India.Economic and Political Weekly- Engage. Vol 57 Issue No 29.  16 July. https://www.epw.in/engage/article/democratise-radio-news-india


• Ray, K & Mochish. KS. (2022). New-generation of Malayalam Cinema: A decade of promise. Economic and Political Weekly. Vol 57 Issue No 24.  https://www.epw.in/journal/2022/24/perspectives/new-generation-malayalam-cinema.html


• K S, Mochish. (2022). Journalism and Public Health Crises: Media and the Covid-19 Pandemic in India.  Social Scientist, Volume 50, Numbers 1-2, Jan-Feb 2022, https://socialscientistindia.org/volumes-and-issues/2838/  


• K S, Mochish & Kunal, Ray. (2020). Media, Gender and the Neo-liberal Indian State, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 55, Issue No. 8,8. https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/8/book-reviews/media-gender-and-neo-liberal-indian-state.html


• K S, Mochish. (2014). Public Action and the Print Media in Kerala: A Historical Analysis, 1923-1965, Social Scientist, Vol 42/Nos.1-2/January – February 2014.  http://www.jstor.org/stable/24372998?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents 


• K S, Mochish. (2012). Caste Struggles and the Role of Print Media: A Historical analysis of the Temple Entry Movement in Kerala. (Chapter in an edited book) Media and Society. ISBN-978-93-83183-12-8

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

• Why declining Press Freedom is nobody’s concern in India? Outlook – 28 June 2022. https://www.outlookindia.com/national/why-declining-press-freedom-is-nobody-s-concern-in-india--news-205243


• How Safari TV is experimenting with Television Content in Kerala.  Outlook- 22 May 2022   https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/how-safari-tv-is-experimenting-with-television-content-in-kerala-news-197913


• Ukraine War: Fake news, sensationalism, and everything that's wrong with media's conflict coverage, News9live- 2 May 2022. https://www.news9live.com/india/ukraine-war-fake-news-sensationalism-and-everything-thats-wrong-with-medias-conflict-coverage-167905


• How Covid-19 is stirring up Kerala’s obsession with political satire-Social media is the new home of creative political campaigns of all kinds, Open Magazine, 14 May, 2020. https://openthemagazine.com/columns/covid-19-stirring-keralas-obsession-political-satire/


• The ‘Secret’ of Kerala Experience- Why it is crucial to know the history of public action in Kerala to know its COVID-19 success story, Open Magazine, 05 May, 2020 https://openthemagazine.com/columns/secret-kerala-experience


• Nipah virus, Kerala floods, and now COVID-19: Malayalam media's coverage of crises offers a model worth replicating for constructive journalism, Firstpost,April 25, 2020.https://www.firstpost.com/health/nipah-virus-kerala-floods-and-now-covid-19-malayalam-medias-coverage-of-crises-offers-a-model-worth-replicating-for-constructive-journalism-8299751.html


• The need for a proactive media during a Public Health Crisis, Newsclick, 11 May, 2002  https://www.newsclick.in/The-need-proactive-media-during-public-health-crisis

CONFERENCE PAPERS

• Iyer, Sanviti and Mochish KS. 2022. State, Politics and the Safety of Journalists in the Developing Economies: Case of pandemic reporting in India. World Press Freedom Day Global Conference, Organised by UNESCO & Government of Uruguay, 2-5 May 2022. Punta Del Este, Uruguay.


• K, S. Mochish. 2021. Memes, Politics and Social Criticism in the Global South: Culture of Political Satire in contemporary Kerala, India. CARGC Fellows Early Career Symposium, CARGC, Annenberg School at the University of Pennsylvania.


• K, S. Mochish. 2021. Social Criticism through Memes in the Global South: Culture of Political Satire in contemporary Kerala, India.  De-Westernizing media and cultural studies: New discourse practices in the digital world Moscow Readings conference.


• K, S. Mochish. 2020. CUDES 2020, 11th Current Debates in Social Sciences, September 29-30, 2020, Sakarya University, Turkey


• K, S. Mochish. 2019. Media, caste and land rights movements in India: A case of Malayalam language newspapers, 2003- 2008. IAMCR-2019 Madrid, Spain


• K, S. Mochish. 2018.  Media and Conflict in Developing Societies:  A Case of Agrarian Conflicts and Print Media in Kerala, India. IPRA- 2018, Ahmedabad


• K, S. Mochish. 2018.  Gender and Ethnicity in the Global South: An Analysis of the tribal movement in Kerala, India. Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA). Denver, USA


• K, S. Mochish. 2017. Historical Relevance of the Vernacular Press in the Global South: Tracing the History of Malayalam Language Press through its Role in the public Action in Kerala, India -1923-2013. IAMCR- 2017, Cartagena, Colombia


• K, S. Mochish. 2016. Gender and Media in India: An Analysis of Tribal Land Struggle in Kerala, India, at the 26th General Conference of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA). Freetown, Sierra Leone


• K, S. Mochish. 2016. Malayalam Print Media and Public Policy:  A Historical Analysis of the Food Struggles in Kerala, National Conference on Media and Public Policy. IIM Kashipur


• K, S. Mochish. 2015. Negotiating Gender and Caste Publicly: A Case of Land Movements in Kerala India, IAMCR- 2015, Montreal, Canada


• K, S. Mochish. 2012. Caste Struggles and the Role of Print Media: A Historical analysis of the Temple Entry Movement in Kerala. National Seminar on Media and Society, Solapur University


• K, S. Mochish. 2013. Land Struggles and the print media in Kerala: A Historical Analysis at the MA/Ph.D. Colloquium in the Department of Anthropology, University of Munster, Germany


• K, S. Mochish. Politics and the Print Media: A Historical Analysis of the Communist Movement in Kerala. International Conference on People, Politics and Media, Lake City Jagaran University, Bhopal 


• K, S. Mochish. Malayalam Language Press and Public Action in Kerala: A Historical Analysis from 1923 to 1965.  International Conference on Culture, arts and socio-political movements in south Asia: Comparative perspectives. Jaipur, Rajasthan


•  Iyer, Sanviti. and Mochish KS. 2021. Pandemic, Politics and the Safety of Journalists in the Global South: Case of COVID-19 Reporting in India. 7th International Conference of the Safety of Journalists organized by the Research group MEKK. OsloMet University, Oslo