About the Author

Shakuntala Rao is professor at the department of communication studies, State University of New York, Plattsburgh, USA. Shakuntala has published extensively and influentially in major communication, media studies, and interdisciplinary journals. She is the co-editor of three anthologies, Global Media Ethics (Routledge), Media Ethics and Justice in the Age of Globalization (Palgrave/McMillan), and Democracy, Journalism, and Civil Society in India (Routledge). She has been a senior Fulbright scholar to India and has had visiting positions in China, South Africa, Venezuela, and Sri Lanka. She is a recipient of State University of New York Chancellor's award for excellence in scholarship.