As an early career academic at the Department of Media Studies at Kristu Jayanti College, Neerej specializes in Public Relations and Political Communication with a specific interest in how media shape political attitudes, public opinion, and political behaviors. His research is concerned with political discourses around formation of identities and democracies, and the spread and impact of online misinformation.
His interest in affect studies vis-à-vis the critical and social epistemologies of classroom teaching has made him publish a patent titled “Model for Implementing Virtual Reality in Education”.
He has previously worked with ‘Edelman’ as a PR executive managing the entire spectrum of public relations activities for Infosys and, at JAIN (deemed-to-be University) as a media faculty. He has also worked as a crime reporter at Deccan Chronicle Newspaper and as a social media strategist for ‘Enfold Proactive Health Trust’. He also served as a copy writer at ‘Circuit 9 communications
EDUCATION
Neerej is an alumnus of St. Aloysius College, Mangalore (BA) and Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore – MA in Media and Communication Studies. He completed his M.Phil. from Christ (Deemed to be University) and his thesis is titled ‘Critical Discourse Analysis of Editorials of Malayala Manorama and Mathrubhumi’.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I specialize in Political Communication with a specific interest in how media shape political attitudes, public opinion, and political behaviors. I am also concerned with political discourses around formation of identities and democracies, and the spread and impact of online misinformation.
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RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Human Voices and Algorithmic Echoes: Resignifying Transfeminine Experiences Through Hybrid Poetics Framework N Dev, S Joy International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 1-31 , 2026 2026
From Rivermind to Care Homes: Settler Dreams and Britain’s Care Crisis N Dev 2026
Transcending silences: Queer (ing) cinematic memory of the Malayalee ‘spectacle’ N Dev, S Joy Literature & Aesthetics 35 (1), 23-34 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
Young People, Media, and Nostalgia: An Ethnography of How Youth Imagine their Lives: by Rodrigo Munoz-Gonzalez, London, Routledge, 2024, 190 pp.,(hardcover), ISBN: 9781032847559 N Dev, S Joy Anthropological Forum 35 (2), 230-232 , 2025 2025
Queer Reflections on AI: Uncertain Intelligences: by Michael Klipphahn-Karge, Ann-Kathrin Koster, and Sara Morais dos Santos Bruss, eds. New York, Routledge, 2023, 205 pp … S Joy, N Dev Journal of Homosexuality 72 (1), 167-170 , 2025 2025
Poetic Futurity: Envisioning Trans Narratives as Technopoetic Utopia N Dev, S Joy Interactive Film & Media Journal 4 (1-2) , 2024 2024
Homosexuality as a Dominant Narrative in Class N Dev, N Dev Economic and Political Weekly 58 (19), 63-65 , 2023 2023
Artificial Intelligence and Art N Dev, V PC Economic and Political Weekly 58 (8), 4-5 , 2023 2023
Disruptive Mobility Pre-and Post-COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study on the Brand Development Strategies of Yulu MHH Jamadagni, MN Dev The Ciência & Engenharia - Science & Engineering Journal 11 (1), 1457-1466 , 2023 2023
SMALL BUSINESSES AND MARKETING ON INSTAGRAM N Dev 2022 Citations: 12
The Intertwined Association of Psychology and Public Relations J Attavar, N Dev International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management (IJAEM) 4 (1 … , 2022 2022 Citations: 1
Reimagining the British Rule Through Shashi Tharoor’s ‘An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India’ N Dev, N Dev The Criterion: An International Journal in English 12 (1), 98-104 , 2021 2021
A critical analysis of Zomato’s brand activism P Patni, N Dev International Journal of Applied Research (IJAR) 7 (12), 246-250 , 2021 2021 Citations: 6
The growth of culinary and food related content on visual and social media KC Godara, N Dev International Journal of Research in Engineering, Science and Management 4 … , 2021 2021 Citations: 12
THROUGH THE EYES OF THE CINEMATOGRAPHER: ROGER DEAKINS, A CRITICAL STUDY RR Neerej Dev International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT) 9 (1), 3475-3483 , 2021 2021
UNDERSTANDING MINIMALISM IN INFOGRAPHIC DESIGN: A STUDY ON McDONALD’S – PICTOGRAM ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN N Dev INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND ANALYTICAL REVIEWS (IJRAR) 7 (2), 841-846 , 2020 2020 Citations: 2
EFFECTIVENESS OF ICT TO TRANSFORM TEACHING EXPERIENCE - A STUDY AMONG SCHOOL TEACHERS IN KERALA N Dev, A Kumar IFERP World International Conference, 19-24 , 2020 2020
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
SMALL BUSINESSES AND MARKETING ON INSTAGRAM N Dev 2022 Citations: 12
The growth of culinary and food related content on visual and social media KC Godara, N Dev International Journal of Research in Engineering, Science and Management 4 … , 2021 2021 Citations: 12
A critical analysis of Zomato’s brand activism P Patni, N Dev International Journal of Applied Research (IJAR) 7 (12), 246-250 , 2021 2021 Citations: 6
UNDERSTANDING MINIMALISM IN INFOGRAPHIC DESIGN: A STUDY ON McDONALD’S – PICTOGRAM ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN N Dev INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND ANALYTICAL REVIEWS (IJRAR) 7 (2), 841-846 , 2020 2020 Citations: 2
Transcending silences: Queer (ing) cinematic memory of the Malayalee ‘spectacle’ N Dev, S Joy Literature & Aesthetics 35 (1), 23-34 , 2025 2025 Citations: 1
The Intertwined Association of Psychology and Public Relations J Attavar, N Dev International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management (IJAEM) 4 (1 … , 2022 2022 Citations: 1
Human Voices and Algorithmic Echoes: Resignifying Transfeminine Experiences Through Hybrid Poetics Framework N Dev, S Joy International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 1-31 , 2026 2026
From Rivermind to Care Homes: Settler Dreams and Britain’s Care Crisis N Dev 2026
Young People, Media, and Nostalgia: An Ethnography of How Youth Imagine their Lives: by Rodrigo Munoz-Gonzalez, London, Routledge, 2024, 190 pp.,(hardcover), ISBN: 9781032847559 N Dev, S Joy Anthropological Forum 35 (2), 230-232 , 2025 2025
Queer Reflections on AI: Uncertain Intelligences: by Michael Klipphahn-Karge, Ann-Kathrin Koster, and Sara Morais dos Santos Bruss, eds. New York, Routledge, 2023, 205 pp … S Joy, N Dev Journal of Homosexuality 72 (1), 167-170 , 2025 2025
Poetic Futurity: Envisioning Trans Narratives as Technopoetic Utopia N Dev, S Joy Interactive Film & Media Journal 4 (1-2) , 2024 2024
Homosexuality as a Dominant Narrative in Class N Dev, N Dev Economic and Political Weekly 58 (19), 63-65 , 2023 2023
Artificial Intelligence and Art N Dev, V PC Economic and Political Weekly 58 (8), 4-5 , 2023 2023
Disruptive Mobility Pre-and Post-COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study on the Brand Development Strategies of Yulu MHH Jamadagni, MN Dev The Ciência & Engenharia - Science & Engineering Journal 11 (1), 1457-1466 , 2023 2023
Reimagining the British Rule Through Shashi Tharoor’s ‘An Era of Darkness: The British Empire in India’ N Dev, N Dev The Criterion: An International Journal in English 12 (1), 98-104 , 2021 2021
THROUGH THE EYES OF THE CINEMATOGRAPHER: ROGER DEAKINS, A CRITICAL STUDY RR Neerej Dev International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT) 9 (1), 3475-3483 , 2021 2021
EFFECTIVENESS OF ICT TO TRANSFORM TEACHING EXPERIENCE - A STUDY AMONG SCHOOL TEACHERS IN KERALA N Dev, A Kumar IFERP World International Conference, 19-24 , 2020 2020