Sameera Durrani
Biographic Data
| ID | 6601138 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sameera Durrani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sameera |
| FAMILY NAME | Durrani |
| SIGNATURE | DURRANI S |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8740-8388 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
How does a nation brand break? Reputational vulnerability, political polarisation and negative place branding
Benign, malign, and tolerable
If western media and policymakers view and depict authoritarian leaders differently – depending on whether the autocrat is an ally or an adversary – is there a “spectrum of likeability” whereby some autocrats are presented as more acceptable than others? Using Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis (Kress and van Leeuwen 2020), this paper examines media representations in elite western news magazines of three world leaders viewed as authoritarian…
Disagree and you shall be valued
Departing from the synchronic trend dominant in social semiotics research, this study examines the diachronic interplay between semiotic cues governing power relations, and global political power dynamics. It examines thirty years of photographic coverage given to Iran in Time Magazine, focusing specifically on diachronic interaction analysis (Kress and van Leeuwen 2006, Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design. London: Routledge). The signif…
Pakistan
MALEEHA LODHI (ed.). London, UK: Hurst and Company, 2011. 379 pp. US$28.75, paper. Pakistan is a complex country, to put it mildly. It tends to evoke myriad expressions of frustrated despair from i
Disagree and you shall be valued
Departing from the synchronic trend dominant in social semiotics research, this study examines the diachronic interplay between semiotic cues governing power relations, and global political power dynamics. It examines thirty years of photographic coverage given to Iran in Time Magazine, focusing specifically on diachronic interaction analysis (Kress and van Leeuwen 2006, Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design. London: Routledge). The signif…
Pakistan
MALEEHA LODHI (ed.). London, UK: Hurst and Company, 2011. 379 pp. US$28.75, paper. Pakistan is a complex country, to put it mildly. It tends to evoke myriad expressions of frustrated despair from i
Disagree and you shall be valued
Departing from the synchronic trend dominant in social semiotics research, this study examines the diachronic interplay between semiotic cues governing power relations, and global political power dynamics. It examines thirty years of photographic coverage given to Iran in Time Magazine, focusing specifically on diachronic interaction analysis (Kress and van Leeuwen 2006, Reading Images: The Grammar of Visual Design. London: Routledge). The signif…
How does a nation brand break? Reputational vulnerability, political polarisation and negative place branding
Benign, malign, and tolerable
If western media and policymakers view and depict authoritarian leaders differently – depending on whether the autocrat is an ally or an adversary – is there a “spectrum of likeability” whereby some autocrats are presented as more acceptable than others? Using Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis (Kress and van Leeuwen 2020), this paper examines media representations in elite western news magazines of three world leaders viewed as authoritarian…
Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Art (1 work) · Authoritarianism (1 work) · Broad spectrum (1 work) · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification (1 work) · Corporate branding (1 work) · Corporate Identity and Reputation (1 work) · Development economics (1 work) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (1 work)