RESEARCH INTERESTS

I am interested in the field of digital communication. My current research focuses on the intersection between the Internet and social issues, digital journalism, digital information, and online behavior. I am particularly interested in exploring the potential of integrating digital tools with traditional research methods to develop innovative digital research techniques.

 

EMPLOYMENT

Assistant Professor (Sept 2022 – Present)

Department of Journalism & Media Studies, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.

Courses Taught: Social Processes & Institutions (JMS 207); Media Research (JMS 302); Photojournalism (JMS 417); Multimedia Journalism (JMS 512); Data Journalism (JMS 513).

 

Research Assistant (Sept 2021 – May 2023)

Department of Media & Technology Studies, University of Alberta, Canada.

Project supervisor: Dr. Geoffrey Rockwell, Department of Media & Technology Studies, University of Alberta, Canada.

Projects: Ethics of Social Media Research; Voyant Tools; Gamergate.

Job responsibilities: Literature review, data collection and analysis, research paper writing.

 

Lecturer (Jul 2019 – Aug 2022)

Department of Journalism & Media Studies, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh.

Courses Taught: Media, Society & Culture (JMS 307); Gender & Media (JMS 405); Photojournalism (JMS 417); Film Appreciation (JMS 521).

 

Executive Editor (Feb 2018 – Aug 2018)

Advanced Services for the People’s Economy, Culture & Technology (ASPECT) Trust, Banani Old DOHS, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh.

Job responsibilities: Designing and producing publication and communication materials; maintaining communication with stakeholders; managing media production.

 

EDUCATION

Master of Arts (MA) in Digital Humanities (2021–2023)

Department of Media & Technology Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. CGPA: 4.00/4.00

Thesis: “Misinformation on Social Media: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Analysis of Users’ Engagement with Religious Misinformation” https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-e8py-d259

Committee: Daniel Laforest (Chair), Geoffrey Rockwell, Gillian Stevens, and Harvey Quamen.

Master of Social Science (MSS) in Journalism & Media (2016–2018)

Department of Journalism & Media Studies, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh. CGPA: 3.68/4.00

Bachelor of Social Science (BSS) in Journalism & Media (2012–2016)

Department of Journalism & Media Studies, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka 1342, Bangladesh. CGPA: 3.60/4.00

 

ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Programming: Python, HTML/CSS, D3, JavaScript, SPARQL.
• Qualitative: MAXQDA, NVivo, QDAMiner.
• Quantitative: Gephi, SPSS, JASP, R, Jamovi, Voyant, VOSviewer, WordStat, Tableau.
• Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Premiere Pro, InDesign, Illustrator, Audition, After Effects.
• Additional Skills: Quark Xpress, Photography, Videography, Fact-checking.
• Languages: Bangla (Native), English (Proficient), Hindi (Basic).

 

GOOGLE SCHOLAR METRICS

Total citations: 943

h-index: 14

i10-index: 19

 

MASTER’S THESIS SUPERVISION

[2025]	Maliha Khanom. “Understanding news avoidance on social media: Testing a conceptual model”.
[2025]	Md. Zahid Hasan. “Journalism During Social Movements in Authoritarian Regimes”.
[2024]	Nahorin Jannat. “From Pixels to Peril: Understanding How Targeted Deepfakes Contribute to Cybercrimes in Bangladesh”.
[2023]	Kakulee Akhter. “Overcoming Barriers: A Qualitative Exploration of Digital Media’s Role in Empowering the Hijra (Third Gender) Community in Bangladesh”.

 

* Corresponding author

JOURNAL ARTICLES (REFEREED)

[2025]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “Democracy and Political Stability Alone Cannot Reduce Journalist Killings Without Press Freedom: A Mediation Analysis”, in Journalism. [Q1]
[2025]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, Zahed Arman, Hasan Mahmud Faisal & Rubaiya Zannat, “Digital Protest and Transnational Mediation: Exploring Key Mediators and Narratives in the #StepDownHasina Hashtivism in Social Media,” in Journal of Information Technology & Politics. [Q1]
[2025]	M. M. Shiblee Noman & Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “The Use of Religion Online by Indian Political Entities During the 2024 Lok Sabha Election: Religiopolitical Propaganda on Social Media?”, Social Science Computer Review, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/08944393251319740 [Q1]
[2025]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman* & M. H. O. Rashid, “The Humanitarian Crisis in the Media: Framing Analysis of Rohingya-Related International News Using BERTopic”, Journalism Studies, 26 (1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2024.2412205 [Q1]
[2024]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “Do the reasons for social media censorship vary across political regimes and social media platforms?”, Communication Reports, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/08934215.2024.2432320 [Q1]
[2024]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “Patterns and trends of global social media censorship: Insights from 76 countries”, International Communication Gazette, 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485241288768 [Q1]
[2024]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman* & M. H. O. Rashid, “Global Media Sentiments on the Rohingya Crisis: A Comparative Analysis of News Articles from Ten Countries”, Journalism and Media, 5 (3), 1098-1111. https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia5030070  [Q1]
[2024]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman* & M. M. Shiblee Noman, “Rise of Digital Authoritarianism? Exploring Global Motivations Behind Governmental Social Media Censorship”, Javnost — The Public, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/13183222.2024.2396211 [Q1]
[2024]	Kakulee Akter & Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “Digital Media in the Economic Empowerment of the Hijra (Third Gender) Community”, Media Asia, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2024.2386497 [Q2]
[2024]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “Social media users’ engagement with religious misinformation: An exploratory sequential mixed methods analysis”, Emerging Media, 2 (2), 181-209. https://doi.org/10.1177/27523543241257715 [Special Issue: Governing, Misinformation & Discrimination]
[2024]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman* & M. M. Shiblee Noman, “Investigating political news coverage patterns in Bangladesh during 2013-2022 using computational methods”, Newspaper Research Journal, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/07395329231221515 [Q2]
[2024]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, Ayushi Khemka, Andy Zhang & Geoffrey Rockwell, “The defining characteristics of ethics papers on social media research: a systematic review of the literature”, Journal of Academic Ethics, 22 (1), 163-189 [Special Issue: Enhancing Ethics & Integrity in the Changing World]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-023-09491-7 [Q1]
[2023]	M. H. O. Rashid & Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “What Do Social Media Users in Host Countries Talk about Refugees?: A Thematic Analysis of Rohingya-Related Online Discourse”, Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2023.2263842 [Q1]
[2023]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman* & M. M. Shiblee Noman, “A dataset on social media users’ engagement with religious misinformation”, Data in Brief, 49, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109439 [Q1]
[2023]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “A review of literature on information poverty”, Geo Journal, 88, 4907-4920. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-023-10901-x [Q1]
[2023]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman* & M. M. Shiblee Noman, “Art and environmental communication in Bangladesh: perceptions of artists and environmentalists”, World Art, 13 (2), 197-219 [Special Issue: Art and Environmental Crisis]. https://doi.org/10.1080/21500894.2023.2190999 [Q1]
[2023]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “Social media celebrities in Bangladesh”, Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice, 11 (1), 49-60. https://doi.org/10.1633/JISTaP.2023.11.1.4 [Q3]
[2023]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “A computer-assisted textual analysis of 10,191 rape news headlines shared on social media”, Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 7 (1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100437 [Q1]
[2022]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “Social mediatization of religion: Islamic videos on YouTube”, Heliyon, 8 (3), 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09083 [Q1]
[2022]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman* & M. H. O. Rashid, “Social media users’ reactions to suicide”, Journal of Loss and Trauma, 27 (8), 746-760. https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2022.2044701 [Q1]
[2022]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman* & Tamera Khan, “Framing environmental news in Bangladesh”, Media Asia, 49 (2), 98-110. http://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1997526 [Q2]
[2022]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “A thematic analysis of misinformation in India during the COVID-19 pandemic”, International Information and Library Review, 54 (2), 128-138. http://doi.org/10.1080/10572317.2021.1908063 [Q2]
[2022]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman* & Tasnuva Alam Ahona, “Users’ reactions to rape news shared on social media: An analysis of five Facebook reaction buttons”, Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research, 10 (1), 51-73. https://doi.org/10.15206/ajpor.2022.10.1.51 [Q2]
[2021]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “Prevalence and source analysis of COVID-19 misinformation in 138 countries”, IFLA Journal, 48 (1), 189-204 [Special Issue: Libraries and COVID-19: Opportunities for innovation]. http://doi.org/10.1177/03400352211041135 [Q1]
[2021]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “Social media and COVID-19 misinformation in Bangladesh: how ignorant Facebook users are?”, Heliyon, 7 (5), 1-9. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07144 [Q1]
[2021]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “Online misogyny in Bangladesh”, Asian Women, 37 (3), 1-24. http://doi.org/10.14431/aw.2021.9.37.3.1 [Q3]
[2021]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman* & M. M. Shiblee Noman, “Social media news in crisis? Popularity analysis of the top nine Facebook pages of Bangladeshi news media”, Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice, 9 (2), 18-32. http://doi.org/10.1633/JISTaP.2021.9.2.2 [Q3]
[2021]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “An exploratory study of the Facebook contents and users’ engagement on the COVID-19 vaccine issue”, F1000 Research, 10 (236), 1-16. http://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.51210.3 [Q1]
[2021]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “Social media fake news in India”, Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research, 9 (1), 25-47. http://doi.org/10.15206/ajpor.2021.9.1.25 [Q2]
[2021]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “A bibliometric and co-occurrence analysis of COVID-19-related literature published between December 2019 to June 2020”, Science Editing, 8 (1), 57-63. http://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.230 [Q2]
[2021]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “A content analysis of social media users’ reaction to disinformation in Bangladesh”, Library Philosophy and Practices, 1-17. Web https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/libphilprac/4890 [Q2]
[2021]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “COVID-19-related social media fake news in India”, Journalism and Media, 2 (1), 100-114 [Special Issue: Media Freedom in the Age of COVID-19]. http://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia2010007 [Q1]
[2021]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman* & Yasir Alimi, “Islam, Religious Confrontation and Hoaxes in the Digital Public Sphere: Comparison of Bangladesh and Indonesia”, Komunitas: International Journal of Indonesian Society and Culture, 13 (2), 206-223. http://doi.org/10.15294/komunitas.v13i2.27223
[2020]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, SA Sife, Musfika Sultana, Mahbuba Akbar, KTS Ahona & Nandita Sarkar, “Social Media Rumors in Bangladesh”, Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice, 8 (3), 77-90. http://doi.org/10.1633/JISTaP.2020.8.3.6 [Q3]
[2019]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “Digital Disinformation and Communalism in Bangladesh”, China Media Research, 15 (2), 68-76. http://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/8s6jd

 

JOURNAL ARTICLES (NON-REFEREED)

[2024]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “How social media will be weaponized in Bangladesh election”, The Diplomat. http://doi.org/10.54377/3951-b2e3
[2024]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “Social media politics uncovered: Exploring user engagement with political parties on Facebook in Bangladesh”, Media Asia, 51 (2), 323-331. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2023.2276997 [Q2]
[2022]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman* & Tamera Khan, “Eco-painting in environmental communication”, Media Asia, 49 (2), 64-69. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.2006406 [Q2]
[2021]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “Are social media users becoming more visually biased?”, Media Asia, 49 (1), 84-87. http://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1966577 [Q2]
[2021]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “COVID-19-related online misinformation in Bangladesh”, Journal of Health Research, 35 (4), 364-368. http://doi.org/10.1108/JHR-09-2020-0414 [Q3]
[2021]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “COVID-19 ‘solutions’ in Bangladesh”, Journal of Korean Medical Science, 36 (22), 1-3. http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e160 [Q1]
[2021]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “Social media and COVID-19 information in Bangladesh”, Media Asia, 48 (4), 322-329. http://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1920114 [Q2]
[2020]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “Healthcare crisis in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic”, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 103 (4), 1357-1359. http://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0826 [Q1]

BOOK CHAPTERS (REFEREED)

[2021]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman* & Prithula Prosun Puja, “Storytelling and Rhetoric of Rumor in Social Media”, Lorena Mihaes et al. (eds.). Handbook of Research on Contemporary Storytelling Methods Across New Media and Disciplines (pp. 40-62), IGI Global, PA, US. http://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6605-3.ch003
[2020]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, “Digitalization and Transformation of Teaching and Learning in Bangladesh”, Uta M. Stelson & Theresa D. Neimann (eds.). Challenges and Opportunities in Global Approaches to Education (pp. 56-77), IGI Global, PA, US. http://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9775-9.ch004

CONFERENCES & SEMINARS

[2025]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman*, Zahed Arman, Hasan Mahmud Faisal & Rubaiya Zannat (12-16 June), “Hashtivism against Authoritarianism: Analyzing Key Mediators, Geospatial Trends, and Narratives in the #StepDownHasina Hashtag in Social Media”, 75th Annunal International Communication Association (ICA) Conference 2025, Colorado US.
[2025]	Khairul Islam*, Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman & Najma Akhther (12-16 June), “Value-Driven Brand Crisis and Corporate Reputation Management on Social Media: Applying Situational Crisis Communication Theory in Global South”, 75th Annunal ICA Conference 2025, Colorado US.
[2025]	Zahed Arman*, Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Hasan Mahmud Faisal & Rubaiya Zannat & Mostak Ahammed Sumon (12-16 June), “Acceptance of ChatGPT in Higher Education: An Extended Technology Acceptance Model”, 75th Annunal ICA Conference 2025, Colorado US.
[2024]	Khairul Islam*, Najma Akhter & Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman (8-11 August), “Corporate branding and crisis management in Bangladesh: an analysis of situational crisis communication theory and image repair theory”, 107th Annual Conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Philadelphia, US.
[2024]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman* (29 July), “The Humanitarian Crisis in the Media: Framing Analysis of Rohingya-Related International News Using BERTopic”, presented at the Faculty of Arts & Humanities Yearly Seminar, JU, Bangladesh.
[2023]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman* (27 September), “Information Poverty in Bangladesh”, speaker at the Artificial Intelligence for Information Accessibility (AI4IA) Conference 2023, Information For All Program (IFAP), UNESCO. https://tinyurl.com/y9punf4u
[2023]	Catherine Bevan*, Jesaya Tunggal, Andy Zhang, Paolo Verdini, Ayushi Khemka, Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman & Geoffrey Rockwell (30 May), “The Interactive Gamergate Network: Examinations in Transphobia and Transphobic Conspiracy during Gamergate”, 2023 CSDH/SCHN Annual Conference, York University, Canada. https://tinyurl.com/mwap3xbn
[2023]	Ayushi Khemka*, Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman & Geoffrey Rockwell (8 June), “Citational Politics and Positionality: Analyzing Ethics of Social Media Research”, Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance & Collaboratory (HASTAC) 2023 Conference: Critical Making & Social Justice, New York, US. https://tinyurl.com/wpeh4w34
[2020]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman* (July), “How social media users react to disinformation?”, presented at the Faculty of Arts & Humanities Yearly Seminar, JU, Bangladesh.

 

GRANTS & CONSULTANCIES

[2024-25]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, “Patterns and trends of global social media censorship”, by Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Principle Investigator. Value: ≈ $1,100
[2023-24]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, “Humanitarian Crisis in the Media: A multi-nation comparison of Rohingya-related online news coverage using BERTopic”, by Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Principle Investigator. Value: ≈ $1,100
[2023]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman et al., “The 26th Year of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord 1997: Unity and Uniqueness”, by the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs (MoCHTA) and Bangladesh Center for Indo-Pacific Affairs (BCIPA), Dhaka, Bangladesh. Co-principle Investigator. Value: ≈ $4,500
[2020-21]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, “Rape news in Bangladesh”, by Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Principle Investigator. Value: ≈ $1,100
[2019]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, “Rethinking the Environment of Bangladesh”, funded by Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA), Bangladesh. Principle Investigator. Value: ≈ $3,000
[2029-20]	Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, “Online Misinformation”, by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh, Dhaka Principle Investigator. Value: ≈ $1,400

 

RESEARCH IN PROGRESS

• “ChatGPT in the US: An Extended Technology Acceptance Mode,” in Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Human.
• “Corporate branding and crisis management in Bangladesh,” International Journal of Crisis Communication.
• “Social bots in social movements”.

 

SELECTED MEDIA PRESENCE

[2024]	6 JU teachers, students among world’s 2% top-cited scientists. Dhaka Tribune. https://tinyurl.com/4f5nh49k
[2024]	Far-right spreads false claims about Muslim attacks in Bangladesh. BBC News. https://bbc.com/news/articles/cx2n8pzk7gzo
[2024]	Disinformation being spread in India about attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh. Prothom Alo. https://tinyurl.com/46aczepk
[2024]	Digital media as a pathway to economic empowerment for Bangladesh’s hijra community. United News of Bangladesh (UNB). https://tinyurl.com/3jbx5z55
[2024]	Alarming rise in religious misinformation on social media in Bangladesh, new study reveals. United News of Bangladesh (UNB). https://tinyurl.com/3wejwt6e
[2024]	When staged videos fuel misinformation on social media. Dismislab. https://tinyurl.com/22vjrbe5
[2024]	In the ‘Year of Elections,’ Is AI on the Ballot? The Nation. http://tinyurl.com/3rh6f3w4
[2024]	Can India Face the Fight Between Facts & AI-Made Fake News This Election Season? The Quint. https://tinyurl.com/47sr5nnu
[2023]	Deepfakes deceive voters from India to Indonesia before elections. The Hindu. http://tinyurl.com/4du3v9sm
[2023]	In the Israel-Hamas war, China and India walk opposite sides of the same fine line. NBC News. https://tinyurl.com/mtwesfrt
[2023]	Love-Like-Haha in Facebook battle. Ajker Patrika. https://tinyurl.com/4ehzyjcv
[2023]	Fact check: AI doctors on social media spreading fake claims. DW. https://tinyurl.com/298ra8hp
[2023]	7 JU teachers-students among world 2pc top-cited scientists. The Daily Star. https://tinyurl.com/ywnpmfp9
[2023]	Meta Reveals Rising Requests from Bangladesh. Press Express. https://tinyurl.com/mwfntaap
[2023]	Teaching and research are a lifestyle that is more than a profession. Shomoyer Alo. https://tinyurl.com/2vnw4nxa
[2023]	96% of users worry about privacy. Ajker Patrika. 2023 https://tinyurl.com/mrxvmzcx Politics is more intense on social media than in the field. Ajker Patrika. https://tinyurl.com/3wbdme8y
[2023]	Shala (brother-in-law) or Chele (boy)? What did the teacher say to the students? Rumor Scanner. https://tinyurl.com/3pzz7kp8
[2022]	All that Glitters is Not Gold: A Modernizing India with Centuries-Old Ethnic Conflicts and a Problem with Fake News. The Science Survey. https://tinyurl.com/2shtbadu
[2022]	This photo does not show the baptism of “20,000 Muslims” in Bangladesh, but of Brazilian evangelicals. Agence France-Presse (AFP). https://tinyurl.com/nhes89d7
[2022]	Why do people laugh at rape news on Facebook? Prothom Alo. https://tinyurl.com/4p7v9rs5
[2022]	How do social media users engage with COVID-19 vaccine content on Facebook?, F1000 Blog Network, Taylor & Francis. https://tinyurl.com/246t356z
[2021]	Quack cures make India the world’s Covid misinformation capital. The Times. https://tinyurl.com/mvccupka
[2021]	India world’s biggest Covid misinformation source: Study. The Times of India. https://tinyurl.com/2k872pu5
[2021]	Facebook and other social media platforms encourage four crimes. Prothom Alo. https://tinyurl.com/y2w5rxwj
[2021]	Online Behavior in Bangladesh, by Flamingo Group on behalf of Facebook.
[2021]	India is the world’s top hot spot for COVID-19 misinformation, live interview by Global News. https://tinyurl.com/4456ppvf
[2021]	How India unleashed targeted social media campaigns against Pakistan. The Express Tribune. https://tinyurl.com/yfxaujc8
[2021]	Rumor: A Social Tumor, a documentary by International Republican Institute. https://tinyurl.com/ynctuhaf
[2021]	India, U.S. account for a quarter of COVID-19 misinformation: study, by University of Alberta. https://tinyurl.com/4kautdnk
[2021]	How heavy internet usage and poor digital literacy made India world’s top source of misinformation on COVID-19. First Post. https://tinyurl.com/2dmk8sba
[2021]	Most Covid misinformation emerges from India, internet responsible for 90% of it, study says. The Print. https://tinyurl.com/46fcm8hn
[2021]	India top source of social media misinformation on COVID-19: Study. The Week. https://tinyurl.com/578asz73
[2021]	India Top Source Of Social Media Misinformation On COVID-19: International Study. NDTV. https://tinyurl.com/3t5vsjrm
[2021]	More Covid-19 disinformation targets India than any other country. Here’s how to spot it, Health Studio. https://tinyurl.com/46yeuyk6
[2021]	Covid-19 Wrap-up: Southern states continue to add to India’s surge in cases. Deccan Herald. https://tinyurl.com/fwbhwjzt
[2021]	Latest study finds India world’s biggest ‘fake news producer’. Pakistan Observer. https://tinyurl.com/6fr73st9

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

• Organizer, National Conference 2023: Journalism, Media & Communication, Dept. of Journalism & Media Studies, JU, Dhaka.
• Student Welfare Advisor (2023 – Present), Dept. of Journalism & Media Studies, JU.
• Assistant Residence Teacher (2023 – Present), Mowlana Bhasani Hall, JU, Dhaka.
• Chair, Hons. 1^st Year Exam Committee 2023, Dept. of Journalism & Media Studies, JU.
• Chair, Hons. 2^nd Year Exam Committee 2022, Dept. of Journalism & Media Studies, JU.
• Member, Master’s Exam Committee 2022, Dept. of Journalism & Media Studies, JU.
• Member, Hons. 4^th Year Exam Committee 2021, Dept. of Journalism & Media Studies, JU.
• Member, Master’s Exam Committee 2021, Dept. of Journalism & Media Studies, JU.
• Member, Hons. 3^rd Year Exam Committee 2020, Dept. of Journalism & Media Studies, JU.
• Member, Master’s Syllabus Committee 2020, Dept. of Journalism & Media Studies, JU.

 

RECOGNITIONS, ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS

• Listed among the world’s top 2% of scientists in 2024, according to a Stanford-Elsevier ranking. Ranking: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/7. News: https://tinyurl.com/4f5nh49k
• Listed among the world’s top 2% of scientists in 2023, according to a Stanford-Elsevier ranking. Ranking: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/6. News: https://tinyurl.com/y4bfcmap
• Friends of the University of Alberta Society Graduate Award (2022), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Value: $5,000
• Intissar Mourad Memorial Scholarship in Islamic Studies (2022), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Value: $2,000
• Entrance Scholarship (2021), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada. Value: $ 27,500
• Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (2021), Government of Alberta, Alberta, Canada. Value: $12,000
• Graduate Fellowship (2020), Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada. Value: ≈ $ 7,000 (declined)
• Departmental Funding Package (2020), Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada. Value: ≈ $ 74,500 (declined)
• Faculty of Graduate Studies Master’s Scholarship (2020), University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. Value: $ 10,000 (declined)
• Departmental Funding Package (2020), University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. Value: $ 31,144 (declined)
• International Research Training Program Scholarship (2020), Government of Australia and University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Value: ≈ $ 2,14,000 (declined)
• Goethe-Instiut Scholarship (2018), Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany. Value: ≈ $ 2,888 (declined)
• General Merit Scholarship (2011-12 to 2015) for academic excellence in bachelor’s degree, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
• Complementary Stipend (2011-14) for academic excellence, JU, Dhaka.

ACADEMIC REVIEWER

• Scientific Reports, Nature, UK.
• Health Economics, Policy & Law, Cambridge University Press, UK.
• Harvard Kennedy School Misinformation Review, Harvard University, US.
• Social Indicators Research, Springer, Germany.
• Discover Public Health, Springer, Germany.
• Social Network Analysis and Mining, Springer, Germany.
• Health Policy & Technology, Elsevier, the Netherlands.
• Heliyon, Elsevier, the Netherlands.
• Social Sciences & Humanities Open, Elsevier, the Netherlands.
• Information, Communication and Society, Routledge, UK.
• Journal of Information Technology & Politics, Routledge, UK.
• Journalism Studies, Routledge, UK.
• International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, Routledge, UK.
• Feminist Media Studies, Routledge, UK.
• Behaviour & Information Technology, Routledge, UK.
• Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, Routledge, UK.
• Journal of Librarianship & Information Science, Routledge, UK.
• Global Health Action, Routledge, UK.
• Asian Journal of Communication, Routledge, UK.
• Asian Journal of Political Science, Routledge, UK.
• Media Asia, Routledge, Routledge, UK.
• Convergence, Sage, UK.
• Journal of Creative Communication, Sage, UK.
• Sage Open, Sage, UK.
• Health Education Journal, Sage, UK.
• Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision & Financing, Sage, UK.
• Society & Culture in South Asia, Sage, UK.
• Frontiers in Psychology, Frontiers, Switzerland.
• Frontiers in Communication, Frontiers, Switzerland.
• International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, MDPI, Switzerland.
• Journal of Intelligence, MDPI, Switzerland.
• BMC Medical Education, BioMed Central (BMC), UK.
• BMC Health Services, BioMed Central (BMC), UK.
• Journal of Health Research, Emerald Group Publishing, UK.
• Online Information Review, Emerald Group Publishing, UK.
• International Journal of Communication, University of Southern California, US.
• Cyberpsychology, Behavior & Social Networking, Mary Ann Liebert Inc. Publishers, US.
• Journal of Applied Journalism and Media Studies, Intellect, UK.
• Library Philosophy & Practice, University of Nebraska, US.
• Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research, South Korea.
• The 12^th International Conference on Information Technology in Asia 2021, Malaysia.

 

SELECTED NON-ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

[Book] Nihato Drishyer Moto (Trans. Like a Dead Scene), 2016, Kobi Prokashani, Dhaka. [Op-ed] “Telling good lies: Digital rhetoric and rumor in Bangladesh”, South Asia Journal, 15.02.2020. [Op-ed] “Internet vigilantism: A mushrooming crisis”, Daily Observer, 19.10.2019. p. 05. [Op-ed] “Digital religion and ‘othering’ the co-cultures”, The Asian Age, 31.10.2018. [Op-ed] “Brave new digital world: How the virtual world is changing our lives”, Dhaka Tribune, 11.10.2017. p. 14. [Op-ed] “Netizens and the virtual neighborhoods”, The Independent, 29.11.2017. p. 06. [Op-ed] “Rise of digital piety in Bangladesh: How extremism found a new nest in cyberspace?”, The Independent, 08.10.2018. p. 07. [Op-ed] “Digital culture and cyber-society”, New Age, 17.02.2018. p. 09. [Op-ed] “Digitalised human”, Daily Sun, 08.07.2018. p. 07. [Op-ed] “A new wave in education: How digital technology is transforming ‘learning & teaching’?” Daily Sun, 12.04.2018. p. 07 [Op-ed] “Cultural transformation in digital age”, The Independent, 29.05.2018. p. 06. [Op-ed] “Digital paradox”, Daily Observer, 13.02.2018. [Op-ed] “Writing in a digital age”, Dhaka Tribune, 02.03.2018. p. 15. [Op-ed] “Growing popularity of EdTech”, Daily Sun, 22.03.2018. p. 07. [Op-ed] “Rohingya issue: The construction of identity”, Daily Observer, 25.09.2017. [Op-ed] “Urban areas in BD”, Daily Sun, 12.10.2017. [Op-ed] “How media is reshaping rural Bangladesh?” The Asian Age, 27.10.2017. p. 08. [Op-ed] “Addressing population problem”, The Independent, 06.11.2017. p. 07. [Op-ed] “The ‘rape culture’ in Bangladesh: Why and how women are becoming prey?” Daily Observer, 16.11.2017. p. 06. [Op-ed] “Women’s insecurity in public transports”, The Independent, 16.11.2017. p. 06. [Op-ed] “The malady of ‘overconsumption’”, Daily Observer, 25.01.2018. p. 07. [Op-ed] “What makes the war?”, Daily Observer, 04.04.2018. p. 07. [Op-ed] “Demystification of Bangabandhu’s Bengalee Muslim”, Daily Sun, 16.05.18. [Op-ed] “The myth of ‘cultural aggression’”, The Asian Age, 26.05.2018. p. 09. [Op-ed] “Understanding cultural transformation”, The New Nation, 05.06.2018. p. 05 [Op-ed] “Digital storytelling”, Shahojia, 20.09.2020. [Op-ed] “­Changing pattern of clothing and impact of media”, Maddhom: Journal of Mass Media, 1(1), 02.2017, pp. 74-82 [Op-ed] “The disease of Dhaka parks”, Daily Ittefaq, 07.09.2016, p. 08 [Op-ed] “Digital media and identity crisis”, Daily Ittefaq, 28.12.2016, p. 08 [Op-ed] “The limitations of Bangladesh films”, Daily Bonikbarta, 28.01.2017, p. 04 [Op-ed] “On Dhaka city, traffic jam and ‘No Car Day’”, Daily Ittefaq, 02.02.2017, p.08 [Op-ed] “Political participation in new media”, Daily Bonikbarta, 01.04.2017, p. 04 [Op-ed] “The culture of violence of youths”, Daily Sangbad, 01.04.2017, p. 06 [Op-ed] “Take steps to protect the rights of the indigenous people”, Daily Manabkantha, 08.04.2017, p. 04 [Op-ed] “Crises of school education”, Daily Ittefaq, 23.05.2017, p. 09 [Op-ed] “Why consumers are going abroad?”, Daily Jugantor, 22.06.2017, p. 08 [Op-ed] “The transformation of rural society in BD”, Daily Ittefaq, 09.08.2017, p. 09 [Op-ed] “A brief history of native costume”, Weekly Mohinilok, 01.05.2018. p. 20-26 [Op-ed] “How population can be wealth or crisis”, Amader Shomoy, 04.07.2018. p. 04 [Op-ed] “The mind of Bengali men”, Weekly Mohinilok, 01.07.2018. p. 12-17 [Op-ed] “The tendency of making hostage”, Daily Samakal, 29.10.2018. p. 08. [Poetry] Tendencies of men, Joydhoni, Ekushey Issue, 02.2020 [Poetry] The language, Onarjo Kothon, 07 (1), 04.2015. p. 48 [Poetry] The garden of lips, Uttaradhikar, Bangla Academy, Issue 59, 05.2015 [Poetry] Love is a wonderful disease, Daily Inqilab, 22.04.2016, p. 09 [Poetry] I die in the moonbeam, Daily Bhorer Kagoj, 06.11.2015, p. 09 [Poetry] Popular lover; Seeing towards a rose; The return, Charkol, 02.2014, pp. 29-31 [Poetry] The dialogues of waiting, Anondon Patrika, Issue Vadro-1421, 07.2014 [Poetry] In a bemused forest, Daily Ittefaq, 09.03.2018, p. 25 [Story] Fahrenheit 106, Shahojia, 12.2020. [Story] The story of our deforestation through definitions, Boyan, 2(1), 01.2016 [Story] A winter-morning-cat, Ruri, 1(3), 10.2013 [Photo] “The woodpecker sighs…”, Daily Observer, 08.03.2018. [Photo] “Harsh reality of child labor” (8 photographs), Daily Observer, 15.03.2018. [Photo] “Photo Feature: Nature” (8 photographs), Daily Observer, 05.07.2018 [Photo] “Peace & Beauty” (11 photographs), Daily Observer, 12.01.2017 [Photo] “Nature & Wildlife” (10 photographs), The Independent, 09.03.2017 [Photo] Professional portrait, Daily Kaler Kantho, 14.02.2016 [Photo] “Enlighten Your Life”, Daily Kaler Kantho, 30.11.2015

 

SELECTED MEMBERSHIP & ASSOCIATION

• Editorial Board Member (2023 – 2024), Journal of Journalism & Media, Dhaka.
• Member (2022 – 2024), Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), US.
• Member (2018 – Present), Jahangirnagar University Alumni Association (JUAA), Dhaka.
• Co-convener (2012 – 2013), JMS Readers Club, JU, Dhaka.
• Co-convener (2016 – 2017), JMS Film Club, JU, Dhaka.
• Assistant Editor (2014 – 2016), Charkol, literature magazine, Dhaka.

 

SELECTED COURSES, TRAINING & FACILITATIONS

• Facilitator, Institute for Environment and Development (IED) (2023), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Workplace Violence and Harassment Prevention (2022), University of Alberta, Canada.
• Exploring Career Values and Success (2022), University of Alberta, Canada.
• Graduate Ethics Training (2022), University of Alberta, Canada.
• Harvesting Social Media (2021), University of Alberta, Canada.

Facilitator, Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Youth Development (2018-19), Ministry of Youth & Sports, Government of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.