Abstract This study has tried to explore the tertiary-level pedagogical experiences encountered by the university students of Bangladesh during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the Theory of Dialogic Action as its theoretical framework, this paper has explored the pros and cons of the tertiary-level pedagogical policies taken by the universities during the COVID-19 […]
Abstract The intersection of politics and religion in India has gained significant scholarly attention, particularly since the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) rise to power in 2014. The increasing impact of social media on Indian politics has intensified this concern. However, it is yet to be fully explored how social media was used for religiopolitical purposes
Abstract Social media has been a crucial online space, yet our comprehension of government censorship remains limited by insufficient research. This study addresses this scholarly gap by probing two key inquiries: censorship’s motives and evolutionary course. An analysis of 360 censorship incidents from 2006 to 2023 across 76 countries examines three primary rationales: political, social,
Abstract The political landscape in Bangladesh is complex and multifaceted, with limited exploration in relation to the rapidly growing news industry. This study aims to address this gap by analyzing 15,801 news articles, utilizing trend analysis and topic modeling. The findings reveal a consistent decline in political news coverage, with sporadic increases during parliamentary election
Abstract This dataset comprises Facebook data on five cases of religious misinformation in Bangladesh. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first publicly accessible dataset on Facebook-based religious misinformation in the country, featuring 7350 comments contributed by unique users. As online religious misinformation has been implicated in causing interreligious violence and tension in
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Abstract This study has tried to explore the perception of the news managers working in media houses of Bangladesh on the future of print media in the country. The study has taken Displacement Theory and Constancy Hypothesis as its frameworks, and the author has conducted in-depth interviews of 10 news managers from newspapers, television channels
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Abstract Cyber-harassments on social networking sites have become an everlasting issue in present situation and women using Facebook have been found as the victim of these harassments (Choja & Nelson, 2016). Intended to identify the harassment patterns on university-going female Facebook users of Bangladesh by taking the Muted Group Theory and the Standpoint Theory as
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Abstract Although art as a communication medium has a rich tradition in Bangladesh and the environment is a critical concern, no scholarly endeavor has connected these two research areas. This exploratory study, therefore, seeks to understand how artists and environmentalists perceive the role of art in environmental communication. Based on interview data, we explored two
Abstract This paper is about newspaper journalism practices under the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. Based on two separate theories — Communication Competence Theory, and Risk and Crisis Communication Management Theory, this study intends to understand the challenges that newspaper journalists faced while discharging their professional responsibilities and governing the newsroom operations during the first six
Absract Considered as the largest democracy of the world (Mishra, 2019), General Election of India which is popularly known as Lok Sabha Election is always in the bird’s-eye view of media houses of the world. Media of Bangladesh had focused on the events of political parties and candidates participating in the Lok Sabha Election 2019