Sima Bhowmik
Biographic Data
| ID | 4911352 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sima Bhowmik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sima |
| FAMILY NAME | Bhowmik |
| SIGNATURE | BHOWMIK S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colorado Boulder |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3538-5305 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Defensive Journalism in Bangladesh: Consequences of the Digital Security Act on Journalism Practice
This study uses interviews with 15 digital journalists in Bangladesh to determine how the country’s Digital Security Act (DSA) 2018, which makes publishing information critical of the government a punishable offence, has influenced journalistic norms and autonomy. Findings show that DSA has led to fear of jail or even disappearance among journalists, limiting journalists’ perceived levels of professional autonomy. While previous research shows th…
The Legal, Institutional, and Cultural Foundations of AI Pedagogy in Global South Journalism Education
This study examines how journalism programs in eight Global South countries integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into their curricula amid infrastructural and policy challenges. Analyzing syllabi and national AI policies, it finds that AI is taught as a practical tool embedded in digital and data workflows. Ethics is framed as risk management, addressing misinformation, bias, and surveillance. However, instruction operates under significant inf…
Multifaceted and Multi-Platform: How Technology Shapes Newspaper Journalists’ Practice in Bangladesh
This study examines how Bangladeshi newspaper journalists are adapting to digital technologies and reshaping their professional practices. Grounded in the Hierarchy of Influences model and informed by media convergence and platformization, it situates these transformations within a Global South context. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 25 journalists, the findings reveal increasing pressure to perform multifaceted, multiplatform roles, includi…
Capturing the fourth estate: A case study of Bangladesh news media
The research examines journalists’ perception of media capture and its impact on journalism practice and media production. Based on 25 interviews, the study identifies three types of media capture operating across the Bangladesh news media ecosystem: government, ownership and social media. The findings show that government control, exercised through stringent law, has fostered a climate of undisclosed media censorship, leading to the country bein…
What actually is peace journalism? Uncovering its (lack of) definition and related practices
While peace journalism is an often-evoked concept in academic and journalism industry literature, its exact definition remains rather elusive. This study utilizes a theoretical framework of metajournalistic discourse to understand how practitioners define peace journalism and identify its related practices. Results show that peace journalism is constructed with advocacy in mind. We argue the concepts of peace journalism and traditional journalism…
Then and Now, Newsroom Diversity Matters for Mississippi’s Black Journalists
Framing the Israel-Palestine conflict 2021: Investigation of CNN’s coverage from a peace journalism perspective
This study uses textual analysis to examine CNN’s World News coverage of the 12-day conflict between Israel and Palestine in May 2021. We bring into conversation the influential factors that shape U.S. media coverage of other countries, as presented by Dorman and Farhang, and Galtung’s concept of war journalism in our analysis. Our findings show that CNN primarily took a war journalism approach to frame the conflict. However, calls for considerat…
Visual Representation of the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests: Comparing US Mainstream Media Images to Citizens’ Social Media Postings
This study set out to examine how the US broadcast media visually presented the 2020 Black Lives Matter. We compared news content collected from mainstream websites to those generated by citizen journalists and posted on Twitter. The purpose was to examine whether the two shared common narratives in their visual representation of the protestors. Through visual rhetoric frames, our findings suggest that citizen journalists’ picture narratives were…
Framing the Israel-Palestine conflict 2021: Investigation of CNN’s coverage from a peace journalism perspective
This study uses textual analysis to examine CNN’s World News coverage of the 12-day conflict between Israel and Palestine in May 2021. We bring into conversation the influential factors that shape U.S. media coverage of other countries, as presented by Dorman and Farhang, and Galtung’s concept of war journalism in our analysis. Our findings show that CNN primarily took a war journalism approach to frame the conflict. However, calls for considerat…
Visual Representation of the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests: Comparing US Mainstream Media Images to Citizens’ Social Media Postings
This study set out to examine how the US broadcast media visually presented the 2020 Black Lives Matter. We compared news content collected from mainstream websites to those generated by citizen journalists and posted on Twitter. The purpose was to examine whether the two shared common narratives in their visual representation of the protestors. Through visual rhetoric frames, our findings suggest that citizen journalists’ picture narratives were…
Then and Now, Newsroom Diversity Matters for Mississippi’s Black Journalists
Visual Representation of the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests: Comparing US Mainstream Media Images to Citizens’ Social Media Postings
This study set out to examine how the US broadcast media visually presented the 2020 Black Lives Matter. We compared news content collected from mainstream websites to those generated by citizen journalists and posted on Twitter. The purpose was to examine whether the two shared common narratives in their visual representation of the protestors. Through visual rhetoric frames, our findings suggest that citizen journalists’ picture narratives were…
Framing the Israel-Palestine conflict 2021: Investigation of CNN’s coverage from a peace journalism perspective
This study uses textual analysis to examine CNN’s World News coverage of the 12-day conflict between Israel and Palestine in May 2021. We bring into conversation the influential factors that shape U.S. media coverage of other countries, as presented by Dorman and Farhang, and Galtung’s concept of war journalism in our analysis. Our findings show that CNN primarily took a war journalism approach to frame the conflict. However, calls for considerat…
What actually is peace journalism? Uncovering its (lack of) definition and related practices
While peace journalism is an often-evoked concept in academic and journalism industry literature, its exact definition remains rather elusive. This study utilizes a theoretical framework of metajournalistic discourse to understand how practitioners define peace journalism and identify its related practices. Results show that peace journalism is constructed with advocacy in mind. We argue the concepts of peace journalism and traditional journalism…
Then and Now, Newsroom Diversity Matters for Mississippi’s Black Journalists
Defensive Journalism in Bangladesh: Consequences of the Digital Security Act on Journalism Practice
This study uses interviews with 15 digital journalists in Bangladesh to determine how the country’s Digital Security Act (DSA) 2018, which makes publishing information critical of the government a punishable offence, has influenced journalistic norms and autonomy. Findings show that DSA has led to fear of jail or even disappearance among journalists, limiting journalists’ perceived levels of professional autonomy. While previous research shows th…
The Legal, Institutional, and Cultural Foundations of AI Pedagogy in Global South Journalism Education
This study examines how journalism programs in eight Global South countries integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into their curricula amid infrastructural and policy challenges. Analyzing syllabi and national AI policies, it finds that AI is taught as a practical tool embedded in digital and data workflows. Ethics is framed as risk management, addressing misinformation, bias, and surveillance. However, instruction operates under significant inf…
Multifaceted and Multi-Platform: How Technology Shapes Newspaper Journalists’ Practice in Bangladesh
This study examines how Bangladeshi newspaper journalists are adapting to digital technologies and reshaping their professional practices. Grounded in the Hierarchy of Influences model and informed by media convergence and platformization, it situates these transformations within a Global South context. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 25 journalists, the findings reveal increasing pressure to perform multifaceted, multiplatform roles, includi…
Capturing the fourth estate: A case study of Bangladesh news media
The research examines journalists’ perception of media capture and its impact on journalism practice and media production. Based on 25 interviews, the study identifies three types of media capture operating across the Bangladesh news media ecosystem: government, ownership and social media. The findings show that government control, exercised through stringent law, has fostered a climate of undisclosed media censorship, leading to the country bein…
Journalism (7 works) · Media Studies and Communication (7 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Social Media and Politics (3 works) · Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development (2 works) · Citizen journalism (2 works)