Sumanth Inukonda

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Room: M-Building, M-204
Phone: (718) 482-5940
naturalsci@lagcc.cuny.edu

Monday- Thursday 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.

Education

Ph.D. in Media and Communication, Bowling Green State University
M.S. in Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science

Areas of Expertise or Research

Political economy of media and communication
Social movements
International media

About

Dr. Sumanth Inukonda is an Associate Professor of Communication at LaGuardia. His book, Media, Nationalism, and Globalization: The Telangana Movement and Indian Politics (2020), explores the meaning of nationalism in a globalized, postcolonial context, providing an in-depth understanding of the relationship between marginalized groups, media, and politics through a focused study of the Telangana movement in India. His latest co-edited book, Propaganda, Communication and Empire: Western Intervention in Afghanistan (2025), interrogates the mediatized politics of Western intervention in Afghanistan to gain a deeper understanding of the occupation within the broader transition toward a multipolar global order. He has published research in journals such as Global Media and Communication and the International Journal of Communication.

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Below is a selection of Dr. Inukonda’s published works:

Inukonda, S. (2025). The Making and the Unmaking of Bollywood. Interdisciplinary Journal of Digital Humanities and Ubiquitous Scholarship. 6(1).
Inukonda, S., Boyd-Barrett, O. & Lengel, L. (2025). Propaganda, Communication and Empire: Western Intervention in Afghanistan. Routledge
Inukonda, S. (2023). Northeast Delhi Riots of 2020: Contesting and (Re)claiming the Western Media Narrative. International Journal of Communication. 17, 4603-4623
Inukonda, S. (2020). Media, Nationalism and Globalization: The Telangana Movement and Indian Politics. Routledge: London
Lengel, L. & Inukonda, S. (2019). Women, Gender, Justice and Statehood: People’s movements in the global south. In A. Kumar (ed.) Women, Gender and Justice: Issues and Perspectives (pp 1- 16). New Delhi: Pragati.
Inukonda, S. (2018). ‘Diaspora and the Nation: The case of TeNA online forum’, Global Media and Communication, 14(3), 325-341 https://doi.org/10.1177/1742766518811860
Inukonda, S. (2018). Book review. Dialogues in social justice: An adult education journal, 3(1), 70-71
Inukonda, S. (2017). ‘Deliberating Reforms: Public Private Partnerships in Indian Water and Sewerage Sector’ in the IUP Journal of Business Strategy, 14(1), 34-51
Inukonda, S. (2011). Urban Destruction in Hollywood of late 1990s. IUP Journal of History and Culture, 5(3), 63-75
Inukonda, S. (2011). Contemporary Trends in Media Ownership: Revisiting Political Economy Approach. IUP Journal of History and Culture, 5(1), 44-53.