Syeda Zainab Akbar
Biographic Data
| ID | 4607448 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Syeda Zainab Akbar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Syeda Zainab |
| FAMILY NAME | Akbar |
| SIGNATURE | AKBAR S Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bowling Green State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5538-3833 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Un(veil)ing context collapse: Hijab
In this essay, we comment on two highly visible, popular tweets in our datasets around the #hijab that were flagged as highly popular in October 2022. These two tweets are demonstrative of two types of commonly visible strategies on social media—one based on a strategy of intentional context collapse and the other performative activism that serves to extract value for the Twitter user through selective allyship. The essay is taken from a larger i…
Political hazard: Misinformation in the 2019 Indian general election campaign
Misinformation on social media in the 2019 general election not only reached people through forwarded WhatsApp messages, but often circulated online through legitimate political entities. Our research utilizes social media posts from an archive of fact-checked articles , circulated widely and classified as fake or dubious by fact-checking organizations, in the campaign period from early March to late May 2019. Our sample of stories posted by majo…
Political hazard: Misinformation in the 2019 Indian general election campaign
Misinformation on social media in the 2019 general election not only reached people through forwarded WhatsApp messages, but often circulated online through legitimate political entities. Our research utilizes social media posts from an archive of fact-checked articles , circulated widely and classified as fake or dubious by fact-checking organizations, in the campaign period from early March to late May 2019. Our sample of stories posted by majo…
Political hazard: Misinformation in the 2019 Indian general election campaign
Misinformation on social media in the 2019 general election not only reached people through forwarded WhatsApp messages, but often circulated online through legitimate political entities. Our research utilizes social media posts from an archive of fact-checked articles , circulated widely and classified as fake or dubious by fact-checking organizations, in the campaign period from early March to late May 2019. Our sample of stories posted by majo…
Un(veil)ing context collapse: Hijab
In this essay, we comment on two highly visible, popular tweets in our datasets around the #hijab that were flagged as highly popular in October 2022. These two tweets are demonstrative of two types of commonly visible strategies on social media—one based on a strategy of intentional context collapse and the other performative activism that serves to extract value for the Twitter user through selective allyship. The essay is taken from a larger i…
Law (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Social media (2 works) · Social Media and Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Advertising (1 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Art (1 works)