Article list from The Journal of Journalism and Media Studies Vol 1 (2014). You can read or download our contents.

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  • Only connect!”: In lieu of an Editorial
    Only connect!”: In lieu of an Editorial Mashrur Shahid Hossain Abstract Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer. Only connect and the beast and the monk, robbed of the isolation that is life ...
  • Formal Innovation and Political Criticism in a Bangladeshi Alternative Film
    Formal Innovation and Political Criticism in a Bangladeshi Alternative Film Naadir Junaid Abstract Rarely do we see innovative use of complicated filmic techniques in commercially-motivated films, because in order to maximize profit commercial filmmakers always incorporate specific audience-pleasing elements which serve to amuse and entertain the spectators. By providing glamour and gaudiness, larger than life heroes, unrealistic solutions of ...
  • Beyoncé: Identity, Stereotypes and Cultural Roots of a Southern Diva
    Beyoncé: Identity, Stereotypes and Cultural Roots of a Southern Diva Sadeka Sabrina Haque Abstract Black identity has always been the acknowledgement of a common history that generated the sense of African-American uniqueness along with the stereotyping notions. My focus will be the issue of the African-American identity as it has been evolved through the years, as well as racial ...
  • The Emergence and Impact of Social Media on the Mainstream Journalism in Bangladesh
    The Emergence and Impact of Social Media on the Mainstream Journalism in Bangladesh Sheikh Adnan Fahad   Abstract The evolution of journalism is concomitant with that of technology. If printing machine was a major breakthrough in the history of journalism, the emergence of the Internet, especially social media, in the last two decades has changed the nature of journlaism to ...
  • Facebook, a Potential Platform for the Dissemination of Newsworthy Facts: A Study on the ‘Shahbagh Movement’ 2013
    Facebook, a Potential Platform for the Dissemination of Newsworthy Facts: A Study on the ‘Shahbagh Movement’ 2013 Rakib Ahmed   Abstract Facebook, a social media network, has turned into a successful medium of communication thanks to its millions of users sharing their personal and socio-cultural details on it every moment. During the ‘Shahbagh Movement’ in 2013, the Bangladeshi facebook users utilized ...
  • Reconceptualising the Idea of ‘Power’ in Cyberspace: A (J/L)og in to (Un)real
    Reconceptualising the Idea of ‘Power’ in Cyberspace: A (J/L)og in to (Un)real Arafat Mohammad Noman   Abstract Technology seems to incorporate a post-ideological status quo where the ‘old politics’ of left and right are no longer useful or relevant. The politics are now more associated with ‘real’ and virtual. This politics of existence in real and virtual lives has left ...
  • Patterns of Facebook Use: A Case Study on the Students of Rajshahi University, Bangladesh
    Patterns of Facebook Use: A Case Study on the Students of Rajshahi University, Bangladesh -Pradip Kumar Panday -Mamun Abdul Kaioum   Abstract The number of Internet user in Bangladesh has been significantly increased in the last ten years. one of the reasons is the increasing availability and popularity of the Social Networking Sites (SNSs) including facebook. The present article seeks to ...
  • Media Industry Trend in Bangladesh: Today and Tomorrow
    Media Industry Trend in Bangladesh: Today and Tomorrow -Syed Mizanur Rahman -Ejaj-Ur-Rahaman Shajal   Abstract With an assumption of having potential market for quality education on TV, Film and Media in Bangladesh, the present research was conducted involving primary and secondary data sources simultaneously. Ninety five (95) respondents include professionals from the universities and institutions offering media education, HR heads of ...
  • গণমাধ্যমে বিডিআর বিদ্রোহের উপস্থাপন সংবাদসূত্র ব্যবহারের ওপর ডিসকোর্স অ্যানালাইসিস
    গণমাধ্যমে বিডিআর বিদ্রোহের উপস্থাপন সংবাদসূত্র ব্যবহারের ওপর ডিসকোর্স অ্যানালাইসিস উজ্জ্বল মন্ডল   সারসংক্ষেপ ২০০৯ সালের ২৫ ফেব্রুয়ারি ঢাকার পিলখানায় বিডিআর বিদ্রোহের সূত্রপাত হয়। এতে বড় ধরনের হতাহতের ঘটনা ঘটে। দেশ-বিদেশে তোলপাড় সৃষ্টিকারী এই ঘটনার সংবাদ বাংলাদেশের গণমাধ্যমগুলো বড় ধরনের কাভারেজ দিয়ে প্রচারপ্রকাশ করে। বিডিআর বিদ্রোহের ঘটনাটি একটি বড় ধরনের ডিসকোর্সেও পরিণত হয়। বাংলাদেশের গণমাধ্যম এ ঘটনার সংবাদ প্রকাশে কী ...
  • REVIEW “It is you… always was…”: A Brilliant Message from a First Time Director
    REVIEW “It is you… always was…”: A Brilliant Message from a First Time Director   Shahriar Kabir   Abstract Transcendence (2014) Genre: Science Fiction Director: Wally Pfister Screenwriter: Jack Paglen Cinematography: Jess Hall Music: Mychael Danna Cast: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Kate Mara, Paul Bettany, Clifton Collins Jr., Morgan Freeman Runtime: 119 Minutes Transcendence is Wally Pfister’s first project as a director. He has worked with several renowned directors, and his ingenuity ...
  • REVIEW The Painful Visibility of The Invisible War
    REVIEW The Painful Visibility of The Invisible War   Dilshad Marium   Abstract The Invisible War (2012) Genre: Documentary Film Director: Kirby Dick Screenwriter: Kirby Dick Cinematography: Thaddeus Wadleigh and Kirsten Johnson Music: Gary Calamar and Dondi Bastone Runtime : 97 minutes Being a girl in any society is tough, in one way or another. Last year Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg’s (2013) book Lean In took the internet ...
  • পুস্তক সমালোচনা যোগাযোগের ভাষা : শামসুর রাহমান ও তাঁর কবিতা
    পুস্তক সমালোচনা: যোগাযোগের ভাষা : শামসুর রাহমান ও তাঁর কবিতা   তারেক রেজা   সারসংক্ষেপ শামসুর রাহমানের কবিতা : অভিজ্ঞান ও সংবেদ বেগম আকতার কামাল প্রকাশক : কথাপ্রকাশ, ঢাকা প্রকাশকাল : ফেব্রুয়ারি ২০১৪ মূল্য : ১৬০ টাকা বাংলাদেশের কবিতায় শামসুর রাহমানের অবদান ব্যক্তিত্বচিহ্নিত। মানুষের সঙ্গে সংযোগের শক্তিশালী এক ভাষার ¯্রষ্টা তিনি। এই ভাষা গণমানুষের কথ্যরীতির হুবহু অনুকৃতি নিশ্চয়ই নয়, কিন্তু শিক্ষিত মধ্যবিত্তের কথনকৌশল তাঁর কাব্যভাষায় ...