Sayeed Al-Zaman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3436767 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sayeed Al-Zaman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sayeed |
| FAMILY NAME | Al-Zaman |
| SIGNATURE | AL-ZAMAN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jahangirnagar University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1433-7387 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Government Repression, Newsroom Failures, and Trauma: The Price of Journalism During Movements in Authoritarian Regimes
Digital media in the economic empowerment of the Hijra community
Despite official recognition in 2013, the Hijra community in Bangladesh continues to endure persistent discrimination and exclusion, limiting them to traditional and menial professions and perpetuating their cycle of poverty and marginalization. This study examines the economic potential of digital media for the Hijra community and the barriers they face in harnessing it for economic empowerment. Through qualitative analysis conducted via semi-st…
Digital protest and transnational mediation: Exploring key mediators and narratives in the #StepDownHasina hashtivism in social media
Value-Driven Brand Crisis and Corporate Reputation Management on Social Media: Applying Situational Crisis Communication Theory in the Global South
The Use of Religion Online by Indian Political Entities During the 2024 Lok Sabha Election: Religiopolitical Propaganda on Social Media
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 during the Indian election in 2024. We computationally analyzed 3082 Facebook posts using BERTo…
Coordinated Computational Propaganda: Exploring Social Bot Activities During the July Revolution of Bangladesh
Social bots have played a significant role in shaping global political events, despite regions’ economic, social, and political differences. However, their presence and impact on social movements remain poorly understood, which underscores the need for further academic inquiry. Consequently, relying on the concept of computational propaganda, we conducted a computational analysis of approximately 1.30 million public comments on Facebook during th…
The Humanitarian Crisis in the Media: Framing Analysis of Rohingya-Related International News Using Bertopic
The Rohingya crisis is one of the most severe humanitarian tragedies of our time, yet its portrayal in international media often lacks justification. Utilizing BERTopic, a transformer-based semi-supervised topic modeling technique, we analyzed 8,074 news articles about the Rohingya crisis, spanning newspapers from ten countries between 2009 and 2023. We aimed to observe the framing of the Rohingya crisis across countries and track frames’ evoluti…
Rise of Digital Authoritarianism? Exploring Global Motivations Behind Governmental Social Media Censorship
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, and security, with political motives prevailing. The reasons for ce…
Investigating political news coverage patterns in Bangladesh during 2013-2022 using computational methods
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 years. The dominant focus of news topics revolves around the two majo…
Social media politics uncovered: Exploring user engagement with political parties on Facebook in Bangladesh
Mark Zuckerberg was summoned to US Congress after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. On 11 April 2018, Congressmen convened to interrogate Zuckerberg. Republican Congressman Greg Walden asked: What i
The Defining Characteristics of Ethics Papers on Social Media Research: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Patterns and trends of global social media censorship: Insights from 76 countries
We investigated global social media censorship trends in this research, addressing three essential scholarly gaps: (a) Variations in censorship across countries, (b) the platforms most heavily impacted, and (c) the evolution of censorship over time. With a focus on eight frequently targeted platforms—Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Telegram, Twitter, and Reddit—we scrutinized 360 instances of social media censorship spanning 76 co…
A computer-assisted textual analysis of 10,191 rape news headlines shared on social media
Although rape is prevalent in Bangladesh, we have limited knowledge about how the media reports rape news. This study analyzed 10,191 headlines of rape news shared on ten Bangladeshi media's Facebook pages between 2013 and 2021. The aim was to investigate the media's rape news-sharing behavior by exploring the frequent topics of rape news. Following a computer-assisted textual analysis of the Bangla news headlines, this study found that media out…
Art and environmental communication in Bangladesh: Perceptions of artists and environmentalists
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 relevant themes regarding their perception: art’s uncertain contribution to environm…
What Do Social Media Users in Host Countries Talk about Refugees: A Thematic Analysis of Rohingya-Related Online Discourse
This research analyzes the main topics discussed on social media in Bangladesh surrounding the Rohingya crisis. Employing thematic analysis, we qualitatively analyzed 10,907 Rohingya-related comments from an equal number of social media users. Our findings reveal that users engage in discussions centered on four main topics: asylum debates, questionable media, religious sentiments, and controversial roles. These findings further suggest that soci…
Are social media users becoming more visually biased
McLuhan (2001) once wrote: “We are so visually biased that we call our wisest men visionaries, or seers!” (p. 118).There have been studies on social media content in various fields like business (C
Framing environmental news in Bangladesh
Despite the growing concern over environment and media coverage of environmental issues, previous studies are more focused on Western countries, paying limited attention to other environmentally critical regions like South Asia. To bridge this gap, this study, emphasizing the context of Bangladesh, endeavors to understand how media frames environmental news. Analyzing 1,119 environmental news stories based on framing theory and following topic mo…
Eco-painting in environmental communication
The environment consists of natural elements (e.g., wildlife, air, and water) and social elements (e.g., humans and social institutions). While these two elements should be in a state of harmony, t
Social media and Covid-19 information in Bangladesh
Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s)
Islam, Religious Confrontation and Hoaxes in the Digital Public Sphere: Comparison of Bangladesh and Indonesia
Religion has a considerable contribution to the creation of present Bangladesh and Indonesia. Historically, religious communalism is common in these two regions and its presence is visible to date. Like other countries, both countries are moving more toward digitalization with a good number of digital migrants, making the internet a digital public sphere. Like offline society, online is now becoming a place of religious dakwah and contentions as …
Online Misogyny in Bangladesh
Islamic vigilantism and women in social media
In Bangladesh, the number of cyber-citizens has been skyrocketing since the 2010s. Violence against women is also proliferating along with the presence of Islam in public spheres and discourses. Using thematic analysis, this study analyzes the discourse data collected from Facebook, the dominant social media of Bangladesh. The key aim of the research is to find out the bedrock of Islamic vigilantism and verbal aggressiveness against women in soci…
The Humanitarian Crisis in the Media: Framing Analysis of Rohingya-Related International News Using Bertopic
The Rohingya crisis is one of the most severe humanitarian tragedies of our time, yet its portrayal in international media often lacks justification. Utilizing BERTopic, a transformer-based semi-supervised topic modeling technique, we analyzed 8,074 news articles about the Rohingya crisis, spanning newspapers from ten countries between 2009 and 2023. We aimed to observe the framing of the Rohingya crisis across countries and track frames’ evoluti…
Online Misogyny in Bangladesh
Social media and Covid-19 information in Bangladesh
Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s)
Islam, Religious Confrontation and Hoaxes in the Digital Public Sphere: Comparison of Bangladesh and Indonesia
Religion has a considerable contribution to the creation of present Bangladesh and Indonesia. Historically, religious communalism is common in these two regions and its presence is visible to date. Like other countries, both countries are moving more toward digitalization with a good number of digital migrants, making the internet a digital public sphere. Like offline society, online is now becoming a place of religious dakwah and contentions as …
Online Misogyny in Bangladesh
Islamic vigilantism and women in social media
In Bangladesh, the number of cyber-citizens has been skyrocketing since the 2010s. Violence against women is also proliferating along with the presence of Islam in public spheres and discourses. Using thematic analysis, this study analyzes the discourse data collected from Facebook, the dominant social media of Bangladesh. The key aim of the research is to find out the bedrock of Islamic vigilantism and verbal aggressiveness against women in soci…
Are social media users becoming more visually biased
McLuhan (2001) once wrote: “We are so visually biased that we call our wisest men visionaries, or seers!” (p. 118).There have been studies on social media content in various fields like business (C
Framing environmental news in Bangladesh
Despite the growing concern over environment and media coverage of environmental issues, previous studies are more focused on Western countries, paying limited attention to other environmentally critical regions like South Asia. To bridge this gap, this study, emphasizing the context of Bangladesh, endeavors to understand how media frames environmental news. Analyzing 1,119 environmental news stories based on framing theory and following topic mo…
Eco-painting in environmental communication
The environment consists of natural elements (e.g., wildlife, air, and water) and social elements (e.g., humans and social institutions). While these two elements should be in a state of harmony, t
A computer-assisted textual analysis of 10,191 rape news headlines shared on social media
Although rape is prevalent in Bangladesh, we have limited knowledge about how the media reports rape news. This study analyzed 10,191 headlines of rape news shared on ten Bangladeshi media's Facebook pages between 2013 and 2021. The aim was to investigate the media's rape news-sharing behavior by exploring the frequent topics of rape news. Following a computer-assisted textual analysis of the Bangla news headlines, this study found that media out…
Art and environmental communication in Bangladesh: Perceptions of artists and environmentalists
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 relevant themes regarding their perception: art’s uncertain contribution to environm…
What Do Social Media Users in Host Countries Talk about Refugees: A Thematic Analysis of Rohingya-Related Online Discourse
This research analyzes the main topics discussed on social media in Bangladesh surrounding the Rohingya crisis. Employing thematic analysis, we qualitatively analyzed 10,907 Rohingya-related comments from an equal number of social media users. Our findings reveal that users engage in discussions centered on four main topics: asylum debates, questionable media, religious sentiments, and controversial roles. These findings further suggest that soci…
Rise of Digital Authoritarianism? Exploring Global Motivations Behind Governmental Social Media Censorship
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, and security, with political motives prevailing. The reasons for ce…
Investigating political news coverage patterns in Bangladesh during 2013-2022 using computational methods
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 years. The dominant focus of news topics revolves around the two majo…
Social media politics uncovered: Exploring user engagement with political parties on Facebook in Bangladesh
Mark Zuckerberg was summoned to US Congress after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. On 11 April 2018, Congressmen convened to interrogate Zuckerberg. Republican Congressman Greg Walden asked: What i
The Defining Characteristics of Ethics Papers on Social Media Research: A Systematic Review of the Literature
Patterns and trends of global social media censorship: Insights from 76 countries
We investigated global social media censorship trends in this research, addressing three essential scholarly gaps: (a) Variations in censorship across countries, (b) the platforms most heavily impacted, and (c) the evolution of censorship over time. With a focus on eight frequently targeted platforms—Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp, Instagram, TikTok, Telegram, Twitter, and Reddit—we scrutinized 360 instances of social media censorship spanning 76 co…
Digital media in the economic empowerment of the Hijra community
Despite official recognition in 2013, the Hijra community in Bangladesh continues to endure persistent discrimination and exclusion, limiting them to traditional and menial professions and perpetuating their cycle of poverty and marginalization. This study examines the economic potential of digital media for the Hijra community and the barriers they face in harnessing it for economic empowerment. Through qualitative analysis conducted via semi-st…
Digital protest and transnational mediation: Exploring key mediators and narratives in the #StepDownHasina hashtivism in social media
Value-Driven Brand Crisis and Corporate Reputation Management on Social Media: Applying Situational Crisis Communication Theory in the Global South
The Use of Religion Online by Indian Political Entities During the 2024 Lok Sabha Election: Religiopolitical Propaganda on Social Media
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 during the Indian election in 2024. We computationally analyzed 3082 Facebook posts using BERTo…
Coordinated Computational Propaganda: Exploring Social Bot Activities During the July Revolution of Bangladesh
Social bots have played a significant role in shaping global political events, despite regions’ economic, social, and political differences. However, their presence and impact on social movements remain poorly understood, which underscores the need for further academic inquiry. Consequently, relying on the concept of computational propaganda, we conducted a computational analysis of approximately 1.30 million public comments on Facebook during th…
The Humanitarian Crisis in the Media: Framing Analysis of Rohingya-Related International News Using Bertopic
The Rohingya crisis is one of the most severe humanitarian tragedies of our time, yet its portrayal in international media often lacks justification. Utilizing BERTopic, a transformer-based semi-supervised topic modeling technique, we analyzed 8,074 news articles about the Rohingya crisis, spanning newspapers from ten countries between 2009 and 2023. We aimed to observe the framing of the Rohingya crisis across countries and track frames’ evoluti…
Government Repression, Newsroom Failures, and Trauma: The Price of Journalism During Movements in Authoritarian Regimes
Sociology (16 works) · Political science (14 works) · Social media (12 works) · Law (10 works) · Media studies (10 works) · Public relations (9 works) · Social Media and Politics (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works)