Mohammad Ayish, American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates Bharat Bhushan, Indian Council of Social Science Research, India Clifford Christians, University of Illinois, USA Nick Couldry, London School of Economics, UK Vipul Mudgal, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), India Shahan Mufti, University of Richmond, USA Shakuntala Rao, State University of New York, USA Prasun Sonwalkar, India Stephen J. A. Ward, Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ), Canada Herman Wasserman, University of Cape Town, South Africa Lee Wilkins, Wayne State University, USA