
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism and Media Studies
PROFILE
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
I am interested in the field of digital humanities and digital sociology. My current research focuses on the intersection between social media and social issues, as well as digital information and online behavior. I am particularly drawn to integrating digital tools with traditional research methods to produce innovative digital research techniques.
Academic Profiles
Skills
Adobe Software: Photoshop, Premiere Pro, InDesign, Illustrator, Audition, After Effects.
Programming Language: Python, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, D3, SPARQL.
Qualitative Software: NVivo, MAXQDA, QDAMiner.
Quantitative Software: Gephi, SPSS, Voyant, VOSviewer, WordStat, Tableau.
Additional Skills: Quark Xpress, Photography, Videography.
Language: Bangla (Native), English (Proficient), Hindi (Basic).
Here is my detailed CV.
RESEARCH INTEREST
Social Sciences of the Internet; Digital Humanities; Social Media; Digital Research Methodology.
All Publications
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, Rape news in Bangladesh, 2020-21. Funded by Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh. Amount: ≈ $1,200.Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, Online misinformation, 2019-20. Funded by the University Grants Commission (UGC) of Bangladesh. Amount: ≈ $1,400.
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, Rethinking the Environment of Bangladesh, 2019. Funded by Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA), Bangladesh, and Inter Pares, Canada. Amount: ≈ $3,000.
JOURNAL PAPER
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Social media politics uncovered: exploring user engagement with political parties on Facebook in Bangladesh, Media Asia, pp.1-9, 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2023.2276997Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Ayushi Khemka, Andy Zhang & Geoffrey Rockwell, The Defining Characteristics of Ethics Papers on Social Media Research: A Systematic Review of the Literature, Journal of Academic Ethics, pp.1-27, 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10805-023-09491-7
Mohammad Harun Or Rashid & Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, What Do Social Media Users in Host Countries Talk about Refugees?: A Thematic Analysis of Rohingya-Related Online Discourse, Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, pp.1-14, 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2023.2263842
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman & Mridha Md. Shiblee Noman, A dataset on social media users’ engagement with religious misinformation, Data in Brief, 49, pp.1-6, 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109439
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, A review of literature on information poverty, Geo Journal, pp.1-14, 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-023-10901-x
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman & Mridha Md. Shiblee Noman, Art and environmental communication in Bangladesh: perceptions of artists and environmentalists, World Art, pp.1-23, 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/21500894.2023.2190999
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Social Media Celebrities in Bangladesh, Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice, 11, 1, pp.49-60, 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1633/JISTaP.2023.11.1.4
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, A computer-assisted textual analysis of 10,191 rape news headlines shared on social media, Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 7, 1, pp.1-9, 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100437
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Social mediatization of religion: Islamic videos on YouTube, Heliyon, pp.1-6, 2022. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09083
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman & Mohammad Harun Or Rashid, Social media users’ reactions to suicide, Journal of Loss & Trauma, pp.1-15, 2022. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/15325024.2022.2044701
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman & Tasnuva Alam Ahona, Users’ reactions to rape news shared on social media: An analysis of five Facebook reaction buttons, Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research, 10, 1, pp.51-73, 2022. doi: https://doi.org/10.15206/ajpor.2022.10.1.51
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Prevalence and source analysis of COVID-19 misinformation of 138 countries, IFLA Journal, pp.1-16, 2021. doi: http://doi.org/10.1177/03400352211041135
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Online misogyny in Bangladesh, Asian Women, 37, 3, pp.1-24, 2021. doi: http://doi.org/10.14431/aw.2021.9.37.3.1
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Social media and COVID-19 misinformation: How ignorant Facebook users are?, Heliyon, 7, 5, pp.1-9, 2021. doi: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07144
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman & Tamera Khan, Framing environmental news in Bangladesh, Media Asia, pp.1-12, 2021. doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1997526
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, An exploratory study of the Facebook contents and users’ engagement on the COVID-19 vaccine issue, F1000 Research, 10, pp.236, 2021. doi: http://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.51210.3
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman & Mridha Md. Shiblee Noman, Social media news in crisis? Popularity analysis of the top nine Facebook pages of Bangladeshi news media, Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice, 9, 2, pp.18-32, 2021. doi: http://doi.org/10.1633/JISTaP.2021.9.2.2
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Social media and COVID-19 information in Bangladesh, Media Asia, pp.1-8, 2021. doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1920114
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, A thematic analysis of misinformation in India during the COVID-19 pandemic, The International Information and Library Review, 2021. doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/10572317.2021.1908063
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, COVID-19-related social media fake news in India, Journalism and Media, 2, 1, pp.100-114, 2021. doi: http://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia2010007
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman & Tamera Khan, Eco-painting in environmental communication, Media Asia, pp.1-6, 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.2006406
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Are social media users becoming more visually biased?, Media Asia, pp.1-4, 2021. doi: http://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2021.1966577
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, COVID-19 'solutions' in Bangladesh, Journal of Korean Medical Science, 36, 22, pp.1-3, 2021. doi: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2021.36.e160
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Social media fake news in India, Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research, 9, 1, pp.25-47, 2021. doi: http://doi.org/10.15206/ajpor.2021.9.1.25
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, A bibliometric and co-occurrence analysis of COVID-19-related literature published between December 2019 to June 2020, Science Editing, 8, 1, pp.57-63, 2021. doi: http://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.230
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, COVID-19-related online misinformation in Bangladesh”, Journal of Health Research, 35, 4, pp.364-368, 2021. doi: http://doi.org/10.1108/JHR-09-2020-0414
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, A content analysis of social media users’ reaction to disinformation in Bangladesh, Library Philosophy and Information, February, February, pp.1-17, 2021.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Islamic vigilantism and women in social media, Informasi, 51, 1, pp.65-92, 2021. doi: http://doi.org/10.21831/informasi.v51i1.38170
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman & Yasir Alimi, Islam, Religious Confrontation and Hoaxes in the Digital Public Sphere: Comparison of Bangladesh and Indonesia, Komunitas: International Journal of Indonesian Society & Culture, 13, 2, pp.206-223, 2021. doi: 10.15294/komunitas.v13i2.27223
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Sifat Al Sife, Musfika Sultana, Mahbuba Akbar, Kazi Taznahel Sultana Ahona & Nandita Sarkar, Social Media Rumors in Bangladesh, Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice, 8, 3, pp.77-90, 2020. doi: http://doi.org/10.1633/JISTaP.2020.8.3.6
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Healthcare crisis in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic, The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 103, 4, pp.1357-1359, 2020. doi: http://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0826
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Gendered Communication and Women’s Vulnerability in Digital Media, The Jahangirnagar Review, Part II: Social Sciences, 44, pp.65-80, 2021.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Islam and Online Piety in Bangladesh, International Journal of Islamic Studies and Humanities, 3, 2, pp.67-73, 2020. doi: http://doi.org/10.26555/ijish.v3i2.2222
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Religious Communication in Digital Public Sphere, Jurnal Penelitian, 17, 1, pp.29-42, 2020. doi: http://doi.org/10.28918/jupe.v17i1.2450
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Politics meets healthcare? Religious misinformation in India during the COVID-19 pandemic, Jurnal Sosial Humaniora, 13, 2, pp.146-150, 2020. doi: http://doi.org/10.12962/j24433527.v13i2.8119
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Digital Media and Political Communication of Bangladesh: A New Wave of Democratic and Pluralistic Politics?, Artha Journal of Social Sciences, 19, 2, pp.1-19, 2020. doi: http://doi.org/10.12724/ajss.53.1
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Impact of Digital Media on Electoral Campaign: The Case of the 11th Parliamentary Election of Bangladesh, The Jahangirnagar Review, Part II: Social Sciences, 42, pp.407-420, 2020.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Digital Disinformation and Communalism in Bangladesh, China Media Research, 15, 2, pp.68-76, 2019. doi: http://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/8s6jd
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Rural Culture in the 21st Century Films of Bangladesh, Development Compilation, 15, 1, pp.89-102, 2019.
Uzzwal Kumar Mondal & Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, New Media in Cultural Transmission: A Study on a Peri-urban Society of Bangladesh, The Jahangirnagar Review, Part III: Arts and Humanities, 29, pp.307-323, 2019.
CONFERENCE PAPER
Ayushi Khemka, Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman & Geoffrey Rockwell, Citational Politics and Positionality: Analyzing Ethics of Social Media Research, HASTAC 2023 Conference: Critical Making & Social Justice, New York, US, 8 June 2023.Catherine Bevan, Jesaya Tunggal, Andy Zhang, Paolo Verdini, Ayushi Khemka, Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman & Geoffrey Rockwell, The Interactive Gamergate Network: Examinations in Transphobia and Transphobic Conspiracy during Gamergate, 2023 CSDH/SCHN Annual Conference, York University, Toronto, Canada, 30 May 2023.
BOOK
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, Like a Dead Scene (Nihato Drishyer Moto), Kobi Prokashani, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2016.BOOK CHAPTER
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, & Puja, Prithula Posun, Storytelling and Rhetoric of Rumor in Social Media, Handbook of Research on Contemporary Storytelling Methods Across New Media and Disciplines, pp.40-62, 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6605-3.ch003Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, Digitalization and Transformation of Teaching and Learning in Bangladesh, Challenges and Opportunities in Global Approaches to Education, pp.56-77, 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9775-9.ch004
AWARD
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, Intissar Mourad Memorial Scholarship in Islamic Studies, University of Alberta, Canada, 2022. $2,000Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, Friends of the University of Alberta Society Graduate Award, University of Alberta, Canada, 2022. $5,000
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship, Government of Alberta, Canada, 2021-22. $12,000
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, Entrance Scholarship, University of Alberta, Canada, 2021. $27,500
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, General Merit Scholarship, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Bangladesh, 2016.
KEYNOTE SPEECH
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, All That Glitters is Not Gold: A Modernizing India With Centuries-Old Ethnic Conflicts and a Problem With Fake News, The Science Survey, USA, 2022.Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, This photo does not show the baptism of "20,000 Muslims" in Bangladesh, but of Brazilian evangelicals, Agence France-Presse (AFP), France, 2022.
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, Why do people laugh at rape news on Facebook, Daily Prothom Alo, Bangladesh, 2022.
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, How do social media users engage with COVID-19 vaccine content on Facebook?, F1000, Taylor & Francis, UK, 2022.
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, Facebook and other social media platforms are encouraging four crimes, Daily Prothom Alo, Bangladesh, 2021.
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, How India unleashed targeted social media campaigns against Pakistan, The Express Tribune, 2021.
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, India is the world’s top hot spot for COVID-19 misinformation, accounting for roughly one in six pieces of global output, according to a University of Alberta master’s student who studies world media, Global News, Canada, 2021.
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, India, U.S. account for a quarter of COVID-19 misinformation: study, University of Alberta, Canada, 2021.
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, Quack cures make India the world’s Covid misinformation capital, The Times, 2021.
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, India world's biggest Covid misinformation source: Study, The Times of India, 2021.
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, How heavy internet usage and poor digital literacy made India world’s top source of misinformation on COVID-19, First Post, 2021.
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, Most Covid misinformation emerges from India, internet responsible for 90% of it, study says, The Print, 2021.
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, India top source of social media misinformation on COVID-19: Study, The Week, 2021.
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, India Top Source Of Social Media Misinformation On COVID-19: International Study, NDTV, 2021.
Al-Zaman, Md. Sayeed, More Covid-19 disinformation targets India than any other country. Here’s how to spot it, Health Studio, 2021.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Covid-19 Wrap-up: Southern states continue to add to India's surge in cases, Deccan Herald, 2021.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Latest study finds India world’s biggest ‘fake news producer’, Pakistan Observer, 2021.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Misinformation in India, The Associated Press (AP), USA, 2021.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Online Behavior in Bangladesh, Facebook Inc., USA, 2021.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Rumor: A Social Tumor, International Republican Institute (IRI), USA, 2021.
OTHER
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Telling good lies: Digital rhetoric and rumor in Bangladesh, South Asian Journal, 2020.Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Internet vigilantism: A mushrooming crisis, Daily Observer, pp.5, 2019.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Digital religion and ‘othering’ the co-cultures, The Asian Age, pp.7, 2018.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Brave new digital world: How the virtual world is changing our lives, Dhaka Tribune, pp.14, 2017.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Netizens and the virtual neighborhoods, The Independent, pp.6, 2017.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Rise of digital piety in Bangladesh: How extremism found a new nest in cyberspace?, The Independent, pp.7, 2018.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Digital culture and cyber-society, New Age, pp.9, 2018.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Digitalised human, Daily Sun, pp.7, 2018.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, A new wave in education: How digital technology is transforming ‘learning & teaching’?, Daily Sun, pp.7, 2018.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Cultural transformation in digital age, The Independent, pp.6, 2018.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Digital paradox, Daily Observer, pp.7, 2018.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Writing in a digital age, Dhaka Tribune, pp.15, 2018.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Growing popularity of EdTech, Daily Sun, pp.7, 2018.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Rohingya issue: The construction of identity, Daily Observer, pp.7, 2017.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Urban areas in Bangladesh, Daily Sun, pp.5, 2017.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, How media is reshaping rural Bangladesh?, The Asian Age, pp.8, 2017.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Addressing population problem, The Independent, pp.7, 2018.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, The ‘rape culture’ in Bangladesh: Why and how women are becoming prey?, Daily Observer, pp.6, 2017.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Women’s insecurity in public transports, The Independent, pp.6, 2017.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, What makes the war?, Daily Observer, pp.7, 2018.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Demystification of Bangabandhu’s Bengalee Muslim, Daily Sun, pp.7, 2018.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, The myth of ‘cultural aggression’, The Asian Age, pp.9, 2018.
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman, Understanding cultural transformation, The New Nation, pp.5, 2018.
Teaching
Course Code | Course Title | Semester/Year |
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207 | Social Processes and Institutions | 2023-24 |
417 | Photojournalism | 2020-21, 2023-24 |
512 | Multimedia Journalism | 2023-24 |
521 | Film Appreciation | 2019-20 |
405 | Gender and Media | 2019-20 |
307 | Media, Society and Culture | 2019-20, 2020-21 |
Academic Info
Institute: University of Alberta, Canada
Period: 2021-2022
Period: 2021-2022
Master of Arts (MA) in Digital Humanities-Sociology, Department of Media and Technology Studies
Thesis title: "Misinformation on Social Media: An Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Analysis of Users’ Engagement with Religious Misinformation" [Link: https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-e8py-d259]
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Geoffrey Rockwell (Digital Humanities) & Prof. Dr. Gillian Stevens (Sociology).
Institute: Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh
Period: 2016-17
Period: 2016-17
Master of Social Sciences (MSS), Department of Journalism and Media Studies
Institute: Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh
Period: 2012-16
Period: 2012-16
Bachelor of Social Sciences (BSS), Department of Journalism and Media Studies
Experience
Organization: Jahangirnagar University
Position: Assistant Professor
Period: September 2022-Present
Position: Assistant Professor
Period: September 2022-Present
Organization: University of Alberta
Position: Research Assistant
Period: September 2021-Present
Position: Research Assistant
Period: September 2021-Present
Ongoing project: Social Media Research Ethics
Supervisor: Dr. Geoffrey Rockwell, Department of Media and Technology Studies, University of Alberta, Canada.
Organization: Jahangirnagar University
Position: Lecturer
Period: July 2019-September 2022
Position: Lecturer
Period: July 2019-September 2022
Organization: Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Youth Development
Position: Lecturer (Guest)
Period: August 2018-July 2019
Position: Lecturer (Guest)
Period: August 2018-July 2019
Organization: Advanced Services for the People's Economy, Culture and Technology (ASPECT) Trust
Position: Executive Editor
Period: February 2018-August 2018
Position: Executive Editor
Period: February 2018-August 2018
Contact
Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman
Assistant Professor
Department of Journalism and Media Studies
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Cell Phone: +8801675439277
Email: msalzaman@juniv.edu