Darsana Vijay
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Darsana is a PhD student at the Faculty of Information, with a collaborative specialization in South Asian studies from the Munk School, UofT. She holds an MA in Media Studies (specialization: New Media and Digital Culture) from the University of Amsterdam and an MA in English Studies from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
In addition to her research on Indian alternative journalism, she has also written on playful political participation on TikTok, and migrant laborers' experience of platform-based service work. Her work has appeared on American Behavioral Scientist, Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, and Sur Le Journalism.
Supervisor
Nicole Cohen
Publications
- Vijay, D. (2023). More of the shareable same: How Facebook induces conformity among Indian alternative journalism startups. About Journalism, 12(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.25200/SLJ.v12.n1.2023.539
- Van Doorn, N., & Vijay, D. (2021). Gig Work as Migrant Work: The Platformization of Migration Infrastructure. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X211065049 [OnlineFirst]
- Vijay, D., & Gekker, A. (2021). Playing Politics: How Sabarimala Played Out on TikTok. American Behavioral Scientist, 65(5), 712–734. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764221989769
Research
Darsana's doctoral research centers what Indian alternative journalists, fact-checkers, civil society actors do to counter misinformation and media manipulation. She examines how these practices are informed and impacted by the Indian state as well as platforms such as Meta, Google, Reliance Jio.