Dr Shoma A Chatterji

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Dr.Shoma A.Chatterji is a freelance journalist, film scholar and author based in Kolkata. She has won two national awards for best writing on cinema -Best Film Critic in 1991 and Best Book on Cinema in 2002. She won the Bengal Film Journalists Association's Best Critic Award in 1998, the Bharat Nirman Award for excellence in journalism in 2004, a research fellowship from the National Film Archive of India in 2005-2006 and a Senior Research Fellowship from the PSBT Delhi in 2006-2007. She has authored 22 books on cinema and gender and has been a member of jury at several film festivals in India and abroad.
She holds a master's degree in Economics and in Education; PhD in History (Indian Cinema) and a Senior Research Post-doctoral Fellowship from the ICSSR. In 2009-2010, she won a Special Award for 'consistent writing on women's issues' at the UNFPA-Laadli Media Awards (Eastern region), was bestowed with the Kalyan Kumar Mitra Award for 'excellence in film scholarship and contribution as a film critic' in 2010 and the Lifetime Achievement SAMMAN by the Rotary Club of Calcutta-Metro City in 2012.

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WOMEN AND CRIME: OBJECTIVITY AND CREATIVITY

Dr Shoma A Chatterji - February 11, 2020 0

Since the 1960s, the women’s movement has been engaged in a systematic and constant critique of media institutions and their output. In a world in which the media increasingly provide the “common ground” of information, symbols, and ideas for most social groups, women’s representation in the media helps to...

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SHATTERING THE GLASS CEILING

Dr Shoma A Chatterji - December 24, 2019 0

Though the Indian media has expanded its horizons in terms of publications and formats – from print to television to the internet to digital media to mobile phones, its treatment and approach to women and women’s issues remain more or less the same. The active participation of women in...

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WOMEN’S MAGAZINES -LIP SERVICE TO WOMEN?

Dr Shoma A Chatterji - November 10, 2019 0

Whether it is women’s magazines or whether it is a regular magazine suddenly deciding to pay a special tribute to the Indian woman, the bottom line is the same – getting a lot of ads because women are the best targets of all advertisements in any capitalist, consumer-centric country....

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ON BEING A FREELANCER

Dr Shoma A Chatterji - September 13, 2019 0

There are thousands of freelance journalists in the print media in India. Some begin as freelancers and then hitch on to a more stable job in a newspaper organization. Few stick on because it is very difficult to sustain freelancing as a way of life. Some of the most...

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WOMAN MEANS EXPLOITATION IN TELEVISION

Dr Shoma A Chatterji - July 2, 2019 0

Women have been exploited first by advertising agencies, and then by the television channels who air these commercials before, between, and after every serial, feature, news, game, and discussion programme. A commercial is louder, more glamorous, and colourful than the serial or programme since it has to get its...

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AD-ADDICTED CHILDREN

Dr Shoma A Chatterji - June 19, 2019 0

‘Addiction’ is a term generally linked to smoking, drinking, and drugs. There is another kind of addiction that children today have—addiction to ads on television. It is a largely ‘invisible’ addiction; so, parents ignore it as they do not consider it nearly as dangerous as addiction to smoking, drinking,...

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INDIAN WOMEN IN JOURNALISM

Dr Shoma A Chatterji - June 16, 2019 0

The percentage of women in Indian journalism has been rising every day spanning the many areas of media ranging from print through radio, television and the internet. Women have taken leading roles in news channels and even on the boards of some national newspapers of course, via family ties...