Literature, Media and Society: Scholarly Perspectives

Raisun Mathew is a Doctoral Research Scholar in the Department of English at Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India. He completed his graduation in English Literature, Communication Studies and Journalism (Triple Main) and post-graduation in English from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala. He has also a Master's in Public Administration from Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi. He has presented several research papers at national and international conferences and has been invited as a resource person to deliver academic lectures and conduct workshops. He has many research papers in scholarly journals, articles in The New Indian Express, also poems and short stories in magazines to his credit. His recent publication titled Zephyr: The Breeze of Love is a collection of fifty poems in English. His research interests include American literature, liminality, post-truth, translation and religious studies. 

Praveen Abraham has experience in academia for more than a decade. Currently, he is working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Journalism, Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), Kochi, Kerala and a Doctoral Research Scholar in Media and Gender Studies at REVA University, Bengaluru, Karnataka. He has worked as an assistant professor in prestigious colleges and universities including Kristu Jayanti College and REVA University, Bengaluru. He is a member of the Board of Studies and Board of Examinations in various colleges and universities. He has presented and published several research papers in national and international conferences, and reputed scholarly journals. His areas of research interest are media and gender (gender violence, marital rape and pornography studies), communication theories, cultural studies and postmodernism. Being an exemplary teacher, he shows his expertise in ‘competency-based learning’.