This section is a collection of half baked academic ideas burrowed or original, but not fully developed. Many posts are my attempts to get published elsewhere.
Since the acquisition of X, formerly Twitter in 2022, by Billionaire Elon Musk, serious allegations of hateful and conspiratorial content
Despite predictions to the contrary, PTI’s ability to mobilize support has disrupted conventional wisdom, impacting Pakistani democracy.
In this essay, I argue that it makes sense to focus on PTI’s tendencies towards extremism that are a product of Pakistan’s contentious political culture in the Information Age. I will show that clarity requires for all sides to look beyond their position on the political spectrum in an increasingly multi-polar world. I will also show that a personalization of politics due to new media is influencing identity-based citizen mobilization in ways we don’t fully understand. But a cultural perspective is necessary for a closer examination.
Based on his experience & analysis about the novel coronavirus so far, Najam sb speaks on the magnitude of disruption
Discussion on misinformation about coronavirus with three experts organised at Hong Kong Baptist University.
A religiously fuelled violent protest that brought the nation to a standstill has subsided. For now. Once again ordinary Pakistanis
Most of us have travelled by road to Northern Areas alongside the twists and turns that characterise the spectacular banks
Recently scholars at the opening meeting of the premier International Communication Association conference, cautioned against the role of ‘fake news’ in
But going beyond the human rights perspectives on a restricted public sphere commonly associated with closed societies, question remains whether a more connected Pakistan will be conducive to deliberative and representative discussions en masse to begin with.
This paper aims to broaden the debate in the field by examining two political protests in Pakistan with specific regards to their organisation and division of labour related to national news media.