Associate Professor Pradip Thomas
Associate Professor
School of Communication and Arts
Director, Teaching and Learning
+61 7 334 68297
Books
Thomas, Pradip Ninan Communication for social change: context, social movements and the digital. New Delhi, India: Sage, 2019.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan Empire and post-Empire telecommunications in India: a history. New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2019.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan The politics of digital India: between local compulsions and external pressures. New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press, 2019.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan and van de Fliert, Elske Interrogating the theory and practice of communication for social change: the basis for renewal. Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan Digital India: Understanding information, communication and social change. New Delhi, India: Sage Publications India, 2012.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan Negotiating communication rights: Case studies from India. New Delhi, India: Sage Publications, 2011. doi:10.4135/9781446270325
Thomas, Pradip Ninan Political economy of communications in India: The good, the bad and the ugly. New Delhi, India: Sage Publications, 2010. doi:10.4135/9788132112334
Thomas, Pradip Ninan Strong Religion, Zealous Media: Christian Fundamentalism and Communication in India. New Delhi, India: Sage, 2008.
Mazonde, Isaac N. and Thomas, Pradip Indigenous knowledge system and intellectual property rights in the twenty-first century: Perspectives from Southern Africa. African Books Collective, 2007.
Thomas, Pradip N. Communicating Difference: The Making and Unmaking of Common Values in India. London: World Association for Christian Communication, 2000.
Book Chapters
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2019). Infrastructure and platform anxieties in India. In Adrian Athique and Emma Baulch (Ed.), Digital transactions in Asia (pp. 44-62) New York, United States: Routledge.
Thomas, Pradip (2018). Religion, communication and political economy in India: The case of gospel for Asia. In Adrian Athique, Vibodh Parthasarthi and S. V. Srinivas (Ed.), The Indian media economy - Volume 1: Industrial dynamics and cultural adaptation (pp. 214-232) Janpath, New Delhi, India: Oxford University Press.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2017). South Asia. In Global Media Giants (pp. 326-339) New York, United States: Routledge.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2017). The cost of truth telling in India: Reporting in the context of intolerance. In Carlsson, Ulla and Poyhtari, Reeta (Ed.), The Assault on Journalism: Building Knowledge to protect Freedom of Expression (pp. 87-92) Göteborg, Sweden: N O R D I C O M A/S / Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2016). Observations on journalism and communication education in India. In Peter Simonson and David. W. Park (Ed.), The international history of communication study (pp. 435-451) New York, NY, United States: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315727738
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2015). Theorising voice in India: the jan sunwai and the right to information movement. In Chris Atton (Ed.), The Routledge companion to alternative and community media (pp. 134-143) Abbingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Thomas, Pradip (2015). India, China and the challenge of intellectual property at digital age. In Cao Jin and Graham Murdock (Ed.), New media and metropolitan life: connecting, consuming, creating (pp. 131-145) Shanghai, China: Fudan University Press.
Thomas, Pradip (2015). Communication towards a negotiated peace: conflict, contestation and the media. In Julia Hoffmann and Virgil Hawkins (Ed.), Communication and peace: mapping an emerging field (pp. 303-315) Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2014). Development communication and social change in historical context. In Karin Gwinn Wilkins, Thomas Tufte and Rafael Obregon (Ed.), The handbook of development communication and social change (pp. 7-19) Chichester, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell. doi:10.1002/9781118505328.ch1
Thomas, Pradip N. (2014). Beyond the dominant paradigm of communication rights? Observations from South Asia. In Claudia Padovani and Andrew Calabrese (Ed.), Communication rights and social justice: historical accounts of transnational mobilisations (pp. 135-151) Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137378309
Thomas, Pradip N. (2014). Theorizing development, communication and social change. In Clifford Christians and Kaarle Nodenstreng (Ed.), Communication Theories in a Multicultural World (pp. 213-227) New York , NY, United States: Peter Lang Publishing.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2014). Copyright and copyleft in India: between global agendas and local interests. In Matthew David and Debora Halbert (Ed.), The SAGE Handbook of Intellectual Property (pp. 355-369) London, UK: Sage Publications. doi:10.4135/9781473910027.n20
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2012). Whither televangelism: Opportunities, trends, challenges. In Pradip Ninan Thomas and Philip Lee (Ed.), Global and local televangelism (pp. 234-246) New York: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137264817
Thomas, Pradip Ninan and Lee, Philip (2012). Global and local televangelism: An introduction. In Pradip Ninan Thomas and Philip Lee (Ed.), Global and local televangelism (pp. 1-15) New York: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1057/9781137264817
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2012). Beyond the status quo? Observations on theorising development, the digital and social change in India. In Srinivas R. Melkote (Ed.), Development communication in directed social change: A reappraisal of theory and practice (pp. 218-230) Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC).
Lee, Philip and Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2012). Introduction: Public media and the right to memory: Towards an encounter with justice. In Philip Lee and Pradip Ninan Thomas (Ed.), Public memory, public media and the politics of justice (pp. 1-22) Basingstoke, Hampshire, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
Lee, Philip and Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2012). Endnote. In Philip Lee and Pradip Ninan Thomas (Ed.), Public memory, public media and the politics of justice (pp. 200-207) Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan.
Thomas, Pradip (2012). News makers in the era of citizen journalism: The view from India. In Judith Clarke and Michael Bromley (Ed.), International news in the digital age: East-West perceptions of a new world order (pp. 149-165) New York, NY, United States: Routledge.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2011). Accountability and media accountability: A view from India. In Manuel Pinto and Helen Sousa (Ed.), Communication and citizenship: Rethinking crisis and change (pp. 33-46) Coimbra, Portugal: Gracio Editor.
Pradip Thomas (2010). The analysis of social change: From modernisation to new social movements. In Pradip Thomas and Michael Bromley (Ed.), An introduction to communication and social change (pp. 11-21) St. Lucia , Qld, Australia: UQP.
Thomas, Pradip (2010). The right to information movement in India. In Pradip Thomas and Michael Bromley (Ed.), An introduction to communication and social change (pp. 179-185) St. Lucia , Qld, Australia: UQP.
Pradip, Thomas (2010). Communication and social change. In Pradip Thomas and Michael Bromley (Ed.), An introduction to communication and social change (pp. 25-35) St.Lucia, Qld, Australia: University of Queensland Press.
Thomas, Pradip (2010). Traditions of public journalism in India. In Angela Romano (Ed.), International Journalism and Democracy: Civic Engagement Models from Around the World (pp. 194-207) New York , NY, U.S.A.: Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203852040
Pradip N.Thomas, (2009). Media democracy. In Stephen W. Littlejohn and Karen A. Foss (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Communication Theory (pp. 627-630) Los Angeles: Sage.
Pradip N.Thomas, (2009). Media sovereignty. In Stephen W. Littlejohn and Karen A. Foss (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Communication Theory (pp. 643-644) Los Angeles: Sage.
Pradip N.Thomas, (2009). Digital divide. In Stephen W. Littlejohn and Karen A. Foss (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Communication Theory (pp. 310-312) Los Angeles: Sage.
Pradip N.Thomas, (2009). Christian fundamentalism and the media in India. In Hoover, Stuart M. and Kaneva, Nadia (Ed.), Fundamentalisms and the media (pp. 198-218) London , U.K.: Continuum International Publishing Group.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2008). Communication as an Academic Field: South Asia. In Wolfgang Donsbach (Ed.), The International Encyclopedia of Communication (pp. Online-Online) Oxford, U.K.: Blackwell Publishing. doi:10.1111/b.9781405131995.2008.x
Thomas, Pradip (2008). A contemporary "denial of access": Knowledge, IPR and the public good. In 曹晋 Cao Jin and 赵月枝 Zhao Yuezhi (Ed.), 传播政治经济学: 英文读本 (pp. 334-342) Shanghai, China: Fudan University Press.
Thomas, Pradip N. (2008). Making a difference: the right to information movement and social change. In Lee, Philip (Ed.), Communicating peace: entertaining angels unawares (pp. 137-155) Penang, Malaysia: Southbound.
Thomas, Pradip (2008). Communication and the persistence of poverty: the need for a return to basics. In Jan Servaes (Ed.), Communication for development and social change (pp. 31-44) Thousand Oaks, CA united States: SAGE Publications Inc.. doi:10.4135/9788132108474.n2
Thomas, P. N. and Nyamnjob, F. B. (2007). Intellectual property challenges in Africa: Indigenous knowledge systems and the fate of connected worlds.. In Mazonde, E. N. and Thomas, P. N. (Ed.), Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Intellectual Property in the Twenty-First Century First ed. (pp. 12-25) Dakar: Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, WACC.
Thomas, P. N. (2007). The case for communication in theological education. In Rolfes, H. and Zukowski, A. A. (Ed.), Communicatio Socialis: Challenge of Theology and Ministry in the Church (pp. 169-177) Kassel: Kassel University Press.
Thomas, P. N. (2007). Communication and Social Change: Expanding the research agenda. In Srampickal, J. and Aram, A. (Ed.), Understanding Development Communication First ed. (pp. 143-162) New Delhi, India: Media House.
Thomas, P N (2006). Uncommon futures: Interpreting IP contestations in India. In P. Thomas and J. Servaes (Ed.), Intellectual Property Rights and Communications in Asia: Conflicting Traditions (pp. 174-190) New Dehli: Sage.
Thomas, P. N. and Servaes, J. E. J. (2006). Introduction. In P. Thomas and J. Servaes (Ed.), Intellectual Property Rights and Communications in Asia: Conflicting Traditions (pp. 11-24) New Dehli: Sage.
Thomas, P N and Servaes, J E J (2006). IPR and communications: Markets, communities and the public domain. In Pradip Thomas and Jan Servaes (Ed.), Intellectual property rights and communications in Asia : Conflicting traditions (pp. 241-249) New Dehli: Sage.
Thomas, Pradip N. (2005). That persistent 'other': The political economy of copyright in India. In Bernard Bel, Jan Brouwer, Biswajit Das, Vibodh Parthasarathi and Guy Poitevin (Ed.), Media and Mediation (pp. 436-464) New Delhi, India: Sage Publications.
Thomas, P. (2005). Contested futures: Indian media at the crossroads. In R. A. Hackett and Y. Zhao (Ed.), Democratizing global media: One world, many struggles (pp. 81-99) Lanham, USA: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc..
Thomas, Pradip (2004). Media ownership and communication rights in India. In Pradip Thomas and Zaharom Nain (Ed.), Who Owns the Media? Global Trends and Local Resistances (pp. 213-226) London ; New York ; Penang, Malaysia: Southbound in association with WACC and Zed Press.
Pradip Thomas (2001). Freirean Futures: Towards a Further Understanding of Participatory Communications. In Richards, Michael, Thomas, Pradip and Nain, Zaharom (Ed.), Communication and Development: The Freirean Connection (pp. 241-253) New Jersey: Hampton Press.
Thomas, Pradip N. (2001). The Political Economy of Communications in India. In Melkote, S. R. and Rao, S (Ed.), Critical Issues in Communication: Looking Inward for Answers (pp. 78-99) New Delhi: Sage Publishing/Sage Publications.
French, David, Richards, Michael and Thomas, Pradip (2000). Asia Television: Contemporary Issues. In David French and Michael Richards (Ed.), Television in Contemporary Asia (pp. 59-68) New Delhi: Sage Publications.
Thomas, Pradip (2000). The State and Information Technology in India: Emerging Trends. In Nagel, S. S. (Ed.), India’s Development and Public Policy (pp. 115-136) Aldershot: Ashgate.
Thomas, Pradip (1998). South Asia. In Anthony Smith (Ed.), Television: An International History (pp. 201-207) Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Thomas, Pradip (1997). An Inclusive NWICO: Cultural Resilience and Popular Resistance. In Golding, P. and Harris, P. (Ed.), Beyond Cultural Imperialism: Globalization, Communication and the New International Order (pp. 163-174) London: Sage Publishing/Sage Publications.
Thomas, Pradip (1997). Alternative Media Networking: The Need for Cautious Enthusiasm. In Media & Politics in Transition: Cultural Identity in the Age of Globalization (pp. 53-60) Leuven: ACCO.
Thomas, Pradip (1996). Popular Theatre in Sickness and Health: Some Observations from India. In Servaes, J., Jacobson, T. and White, S. A. (Ed.), Participatory Communication for Social Change (pp. 213-222) New Delhi: Sage Publications.
Thomas, Pradip N. (1995). Ethics and the new global communications paradigm. In Hopeton S. Dunn (Ed.), Globalisation, Communications and Caribbean Identity (pp. 215-226) Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers.
Thomas, Pradip (1995). Traditional Communication and Democratisation: Practical Considerations. In Lee, P. (Ed.), The Democratisation of Communication (pp. 143-154) Cardiff: University of Wales Press.
Thomas, Pradip (1994). Participatory Development Communication: Philosophical Premises. In White, S. A., Nair, K. S. and Ascroft, J. S. (Ed.), Participatory Communication: Working for Change and Development (pp. 49-59) New Delhi: Sage Publications.
Journal Articles
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2018) Information, communications, rights and freedoms: observations on the sovereignty of the state and its citizens. Global Media and Communication, . doi:10.1177/1742766518811872
Couldry, Nick, Rodriguez, Clemencia, Bolin, Göran, Cohen, Julie, Volkmer, Ingrid, Goggin, Gerard, Kraidy, Marwan, Iwabuchi, Koichi, Qiu, Jack Linchuan, Wasserman, Herman, Zhao, Yuezhi, Rincón, Omar, Magallanes-Blanco, Claudia, Thomas, Pradip Ninan, Koltsova, Olessia, Rakhmani, Inaya and Lee, Kwang-Suk (2018) Media, communication and the struggle for social progress. Global Media and Communication, . doi:10.1177/1742766518776679
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2017) The Praxis of Social Inequality in Media: A Global Perspective. European Journal of Communication, 32 6: 614-616.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2017) Social Inequalities, Media, and Communication: Theory and Roots. European Journal of Communication, 32 6: 614-616.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2017) The contributions of Raymond Williams and E. P. Thompson to communication and social change theory and practice. European Journal of Communication, 32 5: 405-418. doi:10.1177/0267323117723968
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2017) Making News in Global India: Media, Publics, Politics. Media International Australia, 164 1: 164-166. doi:10.1177/1329878X17709662i
Thomas, Pradip Nian (2017) Contentious actions and communication for social change: the public hearing (Jan Sunwai) as process. Journal of Communication, 67 5: 719-732. doi:10.1111/jcom.12301
Given, Jock and Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2016) Indian television. International Journal of Digital Television, 7 2: 151-154. doi:10.1386/jdtv.7.2.151_2
Thomas, Pradip (2016) The state and community media. Journal of Alternative and Community Media, 1 39-40.
Thomas, Pradip (2015) Contested religion, media, and culture in India: explorations, old and new. Economic and Political Weekly, 50 18: 32-39.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2015) Communication and social change, making theory count. Nordicom Review, 36 Special issue: 71-78.
Thomas, Pradip (2015) Don't spoil my beautiful face: media, mayhem and human rights in the Pacific. Media International Australia, 154: 157-157.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2015) Foreword. Nordicom Review, 36 9-10.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2014) Public hearings and public spheres in India: the case of the Right to Information (RTI) Movement. Media International Australia, 152 152: 133-142.
Khorana, Sukhmani, Parthasarathi, Vibodh and Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2014) Public spheres and the media in India. Media International Australia, 152: 75-76.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2014) The 'Red Surge': media framing of Maoist struggles in India. The International Communication Gazette, 76 6: 485-504. doi:10.1177/1748048514533763
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2014) Public sector software and the revolution: digital literacy in communist Kerala. Media, Culture and Society, 36 2: 258-268. doi:10.1177/0163443714526553
Thomas, Pradip (2014) The ambivalent state and the media in India: between elite domination and the public interest. International Journal of Communication, 8 1: 466-482.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2013) Redeeming all India radio: Public (Service) Broadcasting and Communication Rights. Economic and Political Weekly, 48 31: 34-39.
Thomas, Pradip (2012) Muscular religions and the media in South Asia. South Asian Journal, 38 56-72.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2012) Public sector software, participatory communications and social change. Nordicom Review, 33 Special Issue: 77-90. doi:10.2478/nor-2013-0027
Thomas, Pradip N. (2012) The empowerment potential of public sector software (PSS). MedieKultur, 28 52: 115-131.
Thomas, Pradip N. (2010) Traditional knowledge and the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library: Digital quandaries and other concerns. The International Communication Gazette, 72 8: 659-673. doi:10.1177/1748048510380799
Thomas, Pradip (2010) Exploring Indian Media. Australian Journalism Review, 32 2: 139-140.
Thomas, Pradip N. (2010) On the journey of concepts. Media Development, 4: 29-32.
Thomas, Pradip (2009) Television in India: Satellites, politics and cultural change. South Asia, 32 3: 563-564. doi:10.1080/00856400903377239
Pradip N.Thomas, (2009) Selling God/saving souls: Religious commodities, spiritual markets and the media. Global Media and Communication, 5 1: 57-76. doi:10.1177/1742766508101314
Thomas, Pradip N. (2009) Cyanide for gold: Dealing with e-waste. Media Development, 4 39-42.
Pradip N.Thomas, (2009) Bhoomi, Gyan Ganga, e-governance and the right to information: ICTs and development in India. Telematics and Informatics, 26 1: 20-31. doi:10.1016/j.tele.2007.12.004
Thomas, Pradip N. (2008) Information technologies and the life-sciences. Media Development, LV 3: 25-31.
Thomas, Pradip (2007) The Politics of Radio in India. Media Asia, 34 2: 113-117.
Thomas, P. N. (2007) Telecom musings: public service issues in India. Info, 9 2-3: 97-107. doi:10.1108/14636690710734724
Thomas, P. N. (2007) Christian Fundamentalism and the Media in South India. Media Development, LIV 1/2007 1: 23-31.
Thomas, P. N. (2007) The right to information movement and community radio in India. Communication for Development and Social Change, 1 1: 33-47.
Thomas, Pradip N. (2007) Why End Fundamentalism?. Kasarinlan: Philippine Journal of Third World Studies, 22 2: 131-134.
Rønning, Helge, Thomas, Pradip, Tomaselli, Keyan G. and Teer-Tomaselli, Ruth (2006) Intellectual property rights and the political economy of culture. Critical Arts: A Journal of South-North Cultural Studies, 20 1: 1-19. doi:10.1080/02560040608557773
Louw, P E, Servaes, J E J and Thomas, P N (2006) Drugs, development and the media: How has the media performed? Can it perform better?. Development Bulletin, Feb 69: 36-38.
Thomas, P N (2006) Understanding the new sciences in the pursuit of life. Media Development, LIII 2/2006: 51-56.
Thomas, Pradip (2006) The communication rights in the information society (CRIS) campaign: Applying social movement theories to an analysis of global media reform. The International Communication Gazette, 68 4: 291-312. doi:10.1177/1748048506065763
Thomas, P. (2005) Christian fundamentalism and the media. Media Development, 2005 2: 3-9.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2003) Gats and trade in audio-visuals: Culture, politics and empire. Economic and Political Weekly, 38 33: 3485-3493.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2003) Digital Cohabitations: The Social Consequences of Convergent Technologies. Media Development, 2 3-12.
Thomas, Pradip (2001) Copyright and the emerging knowledge economy in India. Economic and Political Weekly, 36 24: 2147-2156.
Thomas, Pradip (1999) Knowledge regimes: the WTO, IP and public interests in India. Telematics and Informatics, 26 1: 219-231. doi:10.1016/S0736-5853(00)00005-8
Thomas, Pradip N. (1999) Trading the nation: multilateral negotiations and the fate of communications in India. International Communication Gazette, 61 3-4: 275-292.
Thomas, Pradip N. (1993) Broadcasting and the state in India: towards relevant alternatives. International Communication Gazette, 51 1: 19-33.
Thomas, Pradip N. (1993) Informatization and change in India: cultural politics in a post-modern era. Asian Journal of Communication, 3 1: 64-83. doi:10.1080/01292989309359573
Conference Papers
Vivienne, Sonja, Potter, Martin and Thomas, Pradip (2014). Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) as a tool for digital citizenship: preliminary surveys in India and Australia. In: Diana Bossio, Refereed Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association conference: The digital and the social: communication for inclusion and exchange. Australian and New Zealand Communication Association Annual Conference, Melbourne, Vic, Australia, (1-21). 9-11 July 2014.
Van de Fliert, Elske, Thi Vuong, Pham, Thi Minh Hien, Do, Thomas, Pradip and Nicetic, Oleg (2010). Out of comfort zones, into realities: Research for development with upland ethnic minority communities in North West Vietnam. In: Ika Darnhofer and Michaela Grötzer, Proceedings of the 9th European IFSA Symposium. 9th European IFSA Symposium, Vienna, Austria, (330-342). 4-7 July 2010.
Thomas, Pradip Ninan (2010). No policy as policy: The politics of broadcasting in India. In: International Communication Association 60th Annual Conference: Pre-conference on ‘Chindia’ Challenge to Global Communication, Suntec City, Singapore, (). June 22 2010.
Thomas, P N (2006). Bhoomi, Gyan Ganga, e-governance and the right to information: ICTS and development in India. In: Knowledge Societies for All: Media Communication Strategies. International Association for Mass Communication Research, Cairo, Egypt, (1-26). 23-28 July 2006.
Thomas, P. N. (2006). Karaoke Christianity: Christian TV, new churches and the neo-pentecostal turn in Chennai. In: Proceedings of: International Conference on Fundamentalism and the Media. International Conference on Fundamentalism and the Media, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America, (1-35). 10-12 October 2006.
Thomas, Pradip (2005). CRIS and global media governance: Communication rights and social change. In: C. Bailey and K. Barnett, Social Change in the 21st Century 2005 Conference Proceedings. Social Change in the 21st Century, Brisbane, Australia, (1-11). 28 October 2005.
Louw, P.E., Thomas, P. and Servaes, J.E.J. (2005). Communication for Development and Social Change. In: Beris Gwynne, Future Directions for Australia's Relations with her Neighbours: Critical Issues in Health, Development Communication and peace-building. Future Directions for Australia's Relations with her Neighbours, Customs House, Brisbane, (1-6). 5 Sept 2005.
Thomas, P. (2005). The extent to which a liberalised, complex and rich media environment excludes or can bring in the perspective of the poor. In: International Donors Policy Forum on Media Development: Briefing Papers and Case Studies. International Donors Policy Forum on Media Development, London, (1-8). 13-14 October, 2005.