Rev Dr Melwyn S Pinto SJ

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Rev Dr Melwyn S Pinto, SJ

Dr (Fr) Melwyn S. Pinto SJ

Assistant Professor - Stage III

Dept. of Journalism and Mass Communication (PG & UG)

St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore, India - 575 003
Director, Community Radio Sarang 107.8 FM
Director, St Aloysius College Konkani Institute

Director, Aloysius Institute of Management and Information Technology (AIMIT)
Email Id: melwynsj@staloysius.edu.in

Educational Qualification

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph D): “Students’ Uses and Gratifications of Newspaper, Television and the Internet: A Comparative Study”, Kuvempu University, Shivamogga (2017)
Masters in Communication and Journalism (MCJ), Mangalore University, 2004
Cleared UGC-NET, 2006.

Other Achievements:

Was granted one-month fellowship for 3 years by the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies, Rashtrapathi Bhavan, Shimla as an Inter-university Associate in 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Research:

Research Project under UGC STRIDE (Ongoing) on the topic: Konkani Marriage Literature: A comparative study of the marriage literature of Christian, Kudubi and GSB communities. 2020-22 (Amount sanctioned Rs 2.25 laks). Ongoing.
Area of Research presently engaged in: New Media; community radio
Minor Research Project (completed): “Students Uses and Gratifications of Newspaper, Television, and the Internet: A Comparative Study” funded by UGC 2014-16.

Research Publications:

Somashekar, I & Pinto, M. S. (2022). “National cinema” in India: Exploring myths and realities. Media Asia. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2022.2104492 (Scopus).
Pinto, M. S. (2022). Environment as Indian media’s (non)priority: Review of the book Environmental Journalism by DS Poornananda. Media Asia. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2022.2144021 (Scopus).
Pinto, M. S. (2022). Media and authoritarianism: review of Modi’s India by C. Jaffrelot. Media Asia. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2022.2099641 (Scopus).
Pinto, M. S. (2022). Christian missionary contribution to language and press in coastal Karnataka. Mass Communicator: International Journal of Communication Studies, 16(1), 35-40. DOI : 10.5958/0973-967X.2022.00005.9
Pinto, M. S. (2021). Fighting lapdog journalism (review of A Rude Life by Vir Sanghvi). Media Asia, 49(2), 176-178. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.20 (Scopus).
Fernandes, A. I. & Pinto, M. S. (2020). Binge-watching behaviour Among College students: A uses and gratifications perspective. Mass Communicator, 14(4), 17-24. (ISSN: 0973-9688).
Babu, R. & Pinto, M. S. (2020). Coverage of environmental issues in English dailies of India; The Hindu, The Times of India and Deccan Herald. Al Shodhana, 7(2), 51-62. (ISSN: 2320-6292).
Pinto, M. S. (2020). Subaltern reading of Marathi cinema. Remarkings, 19(1), 42-51. (ISSN: 0972-611X).
Pinto, M. (2020). Malpractice stories: Where are we going wrong? Economic and Political Weekly, 52(46), 64. (ISSN: 0012-9976). (Scopus).
Pinto Melwyn S. (2019). Students' use of newspaper, television and the Internet: Measuring media displacement effect. Communicator, 55(2), 199-211. (ISSN:0588-8093).
Pinto Melwyn S. (2018). Students’ uses and gratifications of the Internet: A comparative study. Al-Shodhana, 6(1), 19-38. (ISSN: 2320-6292).
Pinto Melwyn S. & Poornananda D. S. (2017). The Internet uses among students: A uses and gratifications perspective. Journal of Communication: Media Watch, 8(3), 423-437. (ISSN: 0976-0911) (Scopus)
Pinto Melwyn S. & Poornananda D. S. (2017). Affinity of media: importance students attach to newspaper, Television and the Internet. Mass Communicator, 11(1), 9-14. (ISSN: 0973-9688).
Pinto Melwyn (2016). The Internet and ‘digital divide’. Re-Markings, 15(1), 49-58. (ISSN: 0972-611X)
Pinto Melwyn (2011). Have we failed democracy? Integral Liberation, June-September.
Pinto Melwyn (2012). BJP rule and integral development in the State. In Ambrose Pinto (Ed.). Five Years of saffron rule in Karnataka. New Delhi: Manak Publications. (ISBN:978-93-7831-330-1)
Pinto Melwyn (2016). Encounter with ‘Women of God’: A journey from real to reel. In Maratt Mythili Anoop &Varun Gulati (Eds). Scripting dance in contemporary India. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. (ISBN: 978-14985-0551-2).
Pinto Melwyn S. & Poornananda D. S. (2016). Newspapers in the age of internet and changing gratification paradigms. Communication and Journalism Research, 4(1&2), 1-10. (ISSN: 2348-5663).
Pinto Melwyn (2012). Wilficya podanni sakaallik spandan (Konkani research). In Stephen Pereira (Ed), Suryachya Kirnanni. Bangalore: Dhyanavana Publications, pp. 229-244. (ISBN: 978-81-89144-10-4).

Research Presentations in Seminars:

Presented a paper titled “Konkani folklore with special reference to Kudubi and GSB” at national seminar on ‘Folk culture: local traditions and global challenges’ organised by the Department of English, St Aloysius College (Autonomous) in association with UGC-STRIDE scheme on November 26, 2022 at St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore.
Attended ICSSR-IMPRESS two-day international interdisciplinary conference on Regional Cinema of India, organised by the Department of Hindi, K M Agarwal College of Arts, Commerce and Science, Kalyan, Mumbai and presented a paper titled “Subaltern Reading of Marathi Films” on September 20-21, 2019.
Attended the 13th International Conference of the International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR), in Amsterdam, Netherlands presented a paper titled “Role of Community Radios in Democratic Participation in India”, in the Paper Session titled ‘Initiatives, Influences and Advancement’ on Wednesday, July 11, 2018
Presented paper titled “Affinity of Media: Importance students attach to newspaper, television and the Internet” at the International conference titled “Mass Mediated Culture and Trends Today: challenges and Opportunities”, on November 7, 2015 at Xavier School of Communications, Xavier University, Odisha.
Presented paper titled “Students uses and gratifications of the Internet: A comparative study” at Media Meet 2017: New Media Expressions, Department of Media Studies, Christ University, Bengaluru on July 28, 2017.

Resource Person:

Served as a resource person in the UGC sponsored Refresher Course in Media Studies (interdisciplinary) being conducted by the HRDC from 23-01-2020 to 05-02-2020 at Calicut University campus. He handled a three hour session on 28-01-2020 on the topic 'Evolution of community radio in India: Past, present and future'.