Media and Marginalized Voices:

Issues and Discourses

Call for Book Chapters

M arginality is an experience affecting millions of people throughout the world. The forms
of marginality seem to be diverse and exist across country, nation, society, region, religion, caste,
ethnicity and gender. Indian society is the most vulnerable and suffered from various forms of
marginality. Denial of access to equal opportunities of resources, under-representation and lack
of identity leaves inquiries on marginality. The dominant group may not allow understanding the
subjective experience of marginalized communities as well as a cultural, social and historical
necessity. These structural factors contribute to oppression and marginalization.

Marginalization is the social process of becoming or being made marginal, especially either an
individual or as a group within the larger society. Marginalization occurs not only at the individu-
al level but also group or community level. Individuals’ exclusion from meaningful participation
in society can create individual marginalization. Dalits, Tribals, Women, Minorities, LGBTQI+s,
People with Disabilities, etc. are at the margin and periphery of the society as they suffer from
poverty; experience deprivation and downgrading. These communities live in the shadow of vul-
nerability and discrimination irrespective of region. Each group continues culturally and socially
marginalized. Social problems of individuals are deeply connected with larger social structures in
society and continue to push individuals to the margins of society causing various forms of
oppression and marginalization.

The media has a close relationship with socio-cultural and political systems in today’s society.
This relationship both offers the potential to tackle the various challenges associated with
inequality and, at the same time, creates a nexus with the elite classes of society to keep the mar-
ginalized away from the mainstream. It is central to the relations of media, power and communi-
cation since it is concerned with the wellbeing of people living in a periphery and explores the
fundamental and structural aspects of social change and justice.
The issues of these marginalized communities are hardly shown and covered by the mainstream
media. The deprived communities including minority communities are less visible and their
voices are hardly heard in the mass media. It not only creates silence among the social groups
but firmly perpetuates its communal, class and caste prejudices. The marginalized and minority
community has been further reinstated, endorsed, reinforced and regressed by contemporary
mass media. The proposed book titled Media and Marginalized Voices: Issue and Discourses
may seek an answer and find the complex relationship between the media and the marginalized
communities in the Indian context from theoretical and empirical perspectives. The major focus
would be on marginalized voices and representations in the media scholarship.

Chapters

The proposed edited book may consist of various chapters contributed from the scholars of
media studies, communication studies, cultural studies and social sciences. This book aims to
cover different aspects of marginality and its relation with media within an interdisciplinary
framework discussed in social sciences and other disciplines. In this regard, we would like to
share a global call and ask for abstracts through a peer-review process. The book chapters invit-
ed may be on the following topics such as relations of media with gender, sexuality, nation,
disability, disciplinary boundaries, youth, caste, class and religion, but are not limited to:

Sub-Themes
- The conceptual discourse of margin
- Structural and ideological construction of marginality
- Media, social inclusion and exclusion
- Representation of minorities in media
- Construction of gender in media
- Caste bias, violence and discrimination in media
- Media, religion and diversity
- Media, youth and conflicts
- Media, ethnicity and violence
- Media, identity and citizenship
- Media, region and language
- Media and representations of Adivasi & LGBTQI+ communities
- Media and class representations
- Social media and marginality
 Abstract Submission Guidelines
Interested authors are free to suggest related themes/subjects in accordance with the call for a
book chapter. Abstracts (min 300, max 500 words) should be mailed to
Dr Jyoti Ranjan Sahoo <jyotiranjan@xim.edu.in>, marking a copy to
Dr V. Vijay Kumar <vijaykumarvijayan@xim.edu.in> by 15 June 2022.
In June 2022, authors of accepted abstracts will be informed. Author (s) are expected to send
their final manuscript by the end of September 2022. No payment from the authors will be
required for publication. The book chapter will be prepared according to the manuscript guide-
lines of a reputed publication house. But the author (s) may follow the below manuscript guide-
lines for submission of a full-length paper.

Full Length Chapter Submission Guidelines

The prescribed word limits of the full-length paper should be 5000-7000 words including foot-
notes. The body of the manuscript should be in Times New Roman, Font size 12 and 1.5 line
spacing. The text should be justified and a margin of 2.54 centimetres shall be left on all sides
of the paper. The footnotes should be in Times New Roman, Font size 10 and single line spac-
ing. Endnote may not be used. The APA Style is to be strictly adhered to for citations and refer-
ences. Submission must be made in the MS Word (.doc/.docx) format. Full-length submission
can be mailed to Dr Jyoti Ranjan Sahoo <jyotiranjan@xim.edu.in>, marking a copy to
Dr V. Vijay Kumar <vijaykumarvijayan@xim.edu.in>. The subject of the email should be the
title of the book and the submission may contain a separate cover letter as an attachment enu-
merating the following details:
- Title of the book chapter
- Name and affiliation of the author (s)
- Email, contact number and postal address

The submission will undergo a blind peer-review process; therefore, the author (s) shall not
disclose their identities anywhere in the body of the manuscript. All the submissions will under-
go plagiarism check. The submitting chapter (s) must be original and unpublished work. The
author (s) must confirm that the manuscript is not being considered for publication elsewhere.
Being part of pre-publishing formalities, the author (s) are expected to submit a scanned copy
of the copyright agreement form once the manuscript is accepted for publication.

Contact Information
For further queries, please feel free to contact the editors:
Dr Jyoti Ranjan Sahoo - jyotiranjan@xim.edu.in, Mob: +91–729 102 4532
Dr V. Vijay Kumar - vijaykumarvijayan@xim.edu.in, Mob: +91–995 200 5677
 Profile of the Book Editors

Dr Jyoti Ranjan Sahoo is an Assistant Professor at the School of

Communications, XIM University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Dr Sahoo has received his PhD in the area of ‘Media and Social
life’ from the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance
(CCMG), Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. He has pub-
lished eighteen articles in national/international journals and
edited books in the areas of media and sociology, media and mar-
gnality, development communication, advertising, media educa-
tion, communication and culture, media and gender. He has also
conducted four research projects and presented over 20 research papers in national and
international conferences on diverse interdisciplinary issues of media and communication.
He contributed various research papers and presented the same in IAMCR & AMIC con-
ferences abroad. His current ongoing research assignment are the author’s book titled
‘Technology and Education’ and a journal article titled ‘COVID-19 Health Perception and
Communication’ as well as ‘Media, Development and Democracy’.

Dr V. Vijay Kumar is the Academic Dean of the School of Com-

munications, XIM University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He is
a seasoned media professional and a media educator, with ample
years of industrial experience in audio-visual content develop-
ment, supervision, and management. Right from television reality
shows to non-fiction live broadcasts, from television commercials
to feature films, he worked on various projects in different capaci-
ties. He worked with Sun TV Network, Chennai; Shop CJ TV Net-
work, Mumbai; Frames Entertainment, Chennai, India, in senior
roles and he was the creative head and show director of an award-winning Tamil reality
talent hunt show ‘Naalaya Iyakunar’ (Future Director) and South India’s first reality tele-
vision show for identical twins ‘Iruvar’ (Twins). He has completed his PhD from Anna
University, Chennai, India. His doctoral research is on the topic ‘Interactive Reality Televi-
sion’. He is specialized in audio-visual content development, entertainment television pro-
grammes, digital film making and educational media design. His research interests are tele-
vision programming, television studies, film studies, social media, interactive digital com-
munication, positive psychology and educational media. Apart from teaching, he is active-
ly involved in audio-visual content development in the forms of documentaries, music
videos, television shows and educational video modules.