M Rafi
Biographic Data
| ID | 9704957 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Rafi |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Rafi |
| SIGNATURE | RAFI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Management and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3775-2014 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Bibliometric analysis and visualization of state administrative law in Scopus database from 2017–2021
This study aims to look at the bibliometric trends in state administrative law articles. Then this study uses VOSviewer analysis which aims to analyze publication trends in the form of bibliometric maps collected from the Scopus database. The research findings show that there are 196 articles on state administrative law published in Scopus indexed journals between 2017 and 2021. In terms of document types by year, research documents on state admi…
Writing challenges, causes, and strategies to facilitate the doctoral dissertation-writing process: A qualitative analysis
This study grows out of the absence of literature on an in-depth understanding of dissertation-writing challenges, facilitating strategies, and causes to develop a more profound understanding of Pakistani doctoral students. This is primarily qualitative research. One of the largest private universities was selected as a case to collect the data. The data were based on 12 Pakistani doctoral dissertations, 49 evaluation reports from 13 countries, m…
Commodification of Religion in the Realm of Local Politics: A Study of the Tarekat Naqsabandiyah in Rokan Hulu Regency
This article aims to analyze the relationship between the teacher and the congregation of the Naqsabandiyah in local political action and their relationship with local political elites. This study uses a qualitative approach that aims to interpret a case that will be carefully examined and analyzed using periodic descriptive analysis methods. The results of this study indicate that the pattern of relations between teachers and congregation of the…
Honour-Based Crimes in Pakistan: Narratives of Victims, Aggressors and Bystanders
The study explores the causes of honour-based crimes through the narratives of victims, aggressors and bystanders, which were unfolded in documentary films: A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (2015) and Saving Face (2012). Selected narratives are interpreted by taking the sociocultural perspectives that draw on the cultural manifestation of honour crimes. The study shows that the ‘ideology of honour’ is one of the major causes of honou…
Gender-based Socio-semiotic Analysis of Honour Killing in Pakistani Paintings
Episodes of ideological concern related to honour norms and construction of social meanings depicted through paintings are pertinent in foregrounding the social realities of Pakistan. This paper analyzes the grammar of paintings from the perspective of gender roles assumed in the context of honour. The grammar of the visual design of five paintings painted by male and female Pakistani painters belonging to different areas of Pakistan have been qu…
The Role of Social Media for Disasters in The Era of Disruption (Analysis of Responsiveness to Covid-19 Pandemics on Twitter)
Social media has become the choice as a means to access various information related to disasters. This article aims to determine the level of public responsiveness to the COVID-19 pandemic disaster through social media Twitter. The research method uses descriptive qualitative with a literature study approach. Sources of information were collected from Twitter using N-Capture regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. For data analysis techniq…
Bilingualism and identity construction in the digital discourse
This study explores: (a) how Urdu/English bilinguals flag-up social identities and power relations in the digital discourse, and (b) whether or not bilingualism favours mixing and/or diffusing local identity in the global discourse. The data were sampled from 200 Bachelor of Science students (who had Urdu as their primary language of communication and English as one of the academic languages or the most prestigious second language) of 5 universit…
Meaning Making Through Minimal Linguistic Forms in Computer-Mediated Communication
The purpose of this study was to investigate the linguistic forms, which commonly constitute meanings in the digital environment. The data were sampled from 200 Bachelor of Science (BS) students (who had Urdu as their primary language of communication and English as one of the academic languages or the most prestigious second language) of five universities situated in Lahore, Pakistan. The procedure for analysis was conceived within much related …
Bilingualism and identity construction in the digital discourse
This study explores: (a) how Urdu/English bilinguals flag-up social identities and power relations in the digital discourse, and (b) whether or not bilingualism favours mixing and/or diffusing local identity in the global discourse. The data were sampled from 200 Bachelor of Science students (who had Urdu as their primary language of communication and English as one of the academic languages or the most prestigious second language) of 5 universit…
Writing challenges, causes, and strategies to facilitate the doctoral dissertation-writing process: A qualitative analysis
This study grows out of the absence of literature on an in-depth understanding of dissertation-writing challenges, facilitating strategies, and causes to develop a more profound understanding of Pakistani doctoral students. This is primarily qualitative research. One of the largest private universities was selected as a case to collect the data. The data were based on 12 Pakistani doctoral dissertations, 49 evaluation reports from 13 countries, m…
Meaning Making Through Minimal Linguistic Forms in Computer-Mediated Communication
The purpose of this study was to investigate the linguistic forms, which commonly constitute meanings in the digital environment. The data were sampled from 200 Bachelor of Science (BS) students (who had Urdu as their primary language of communication and English as one of the academic languages or the most prestigious second language) of five universities situated in Lahore, Pakistan. The procedure for analysis was conceived within much related …
Bilingualism and identity construction in the digital discourse
This study explores: (a) how Urdu/English bilinguals flag-up social identities and power relations in the digital discourse, and (b) whether or not bilingualism favours mixing and/or diffusing local identity in the global discourse. The data were sampled from 200 Bachelor of Science students (who had Urdu as their primary language of communication and English as one of the academic languages or the most prestigious second language) of 5 universit…
Honour-Based Crimes in Pakistan: Narratives of Victims, Aggressors and Bystanders
The study explores the causes of honour-based crimes through the narratives of victims, aggressors and bystanders, which were unfolded in documentary films: A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness (2015) and Saving Face (2012). Selected narratives are interpreted by taking the sociocultural perspectives that draw on the cultural manifestation of honour crimes. The study shows that the ‘ideology of honour’ is one of the major causes of honou…
Gender-based Socio-semiotic Analysis of Honour Killing in Pakistani Paintings
Episodes of ideological concern related to honour norms and construction of social meanings depicted through paintings are pertinent in foregrounding the social realities of Pakistan. This paper analyzes the grammar of paintings from the perspective of gender roles assumed in the context of honour. The grammar of the visual design of five paintings painted by male and female Pakistani painters belonging to different areas of Pakistan have been qu…
The Role of Social Media for Disasters in The Era of Disruption (Analysis of Responsiveness to Covid-19 Pandemics on Twitter)
Social media has become the choice as a means to access various information related to disasters. This article aims to determine the level of public responsiveness to the COVID-19 pandemic disaster through social media Twitter. The research method uses descriptive qualitative with a literature study approach. Sources of information were collected from Twitter using N-Capture regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. For data analysis techniq…
Commodification of Religion in the Realm of Local Politics: A Study of the Tarekat Naqsabandiyah in Rokan Hulu Regency
This article aims to analyze the relationship between the teacher and the congregation of the Naqsabandiyah in local political action and their relationship with local political elites. This study uses a qualitative approach that aims to interpret a case that will be carefully examined and analyzed using periodic descriptive analysis methods. The results of this study indicate that the pattern of relations between teachers and congregation of the…
Writing challenges, causes, and strategies to facilitate the doctoral dissertation-writing process: A qualitative analysis
This study grows out of the absence of literature on an in-depth understanding of dissertation-writing challenges, facilitating strategies, and causes to develop a more profound understanding of Pakistani doctoral students. This is primarily qualitative research. One of the largest private universities was selected as a case to collect the data. The data were based on 12 Pakistani doctoral dissertations, 49 evaluation reports from 13 countries, m…
Bibliometric analysis and visualization of state administrative law in Scopus database from 2017–2021
This study aims to look at the bibliometric trends in state administrative law articles. Then this study uses VOSviewer analysis which aims to analyze publication trends in the form of bibliometric maps collected from the Scopus database. The research findings show that there are 196 articles on state administrative law published in Scopus indexed journals between 2017 and 2021. In terms of document types by year, research documents on state admi…
Sociology (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)