التخصص الدقيق:
Media and communication studies
Biography:
Profile:
Accomplished researcher, educator, and media expert with over 20 years of experience in academia, journalism, and communication consultancy. Demonstrated excellence in education leadership, innovative research, journalism, and strategic communication, with significant contributions to digital media studies, particularly in the context of mediatized politics, global solidarity movement, online news consumption and cultural representations in the digital public sphere.
Research Interests:
• Media Representations: Analyzing the portrayal of social issues, identities, and movements within social media platforms, with a particular emphasis on the dynamics of representation and online audience engagement in the Palestinian and Arab contexts.
• Digital Transformation: Exploring the impact of digital technology on media practices, organizational communication, and societal interactions, emphasizing the shift towards digital platforms in traditional media institutions.
• Mediatization: Studying the process through which society and culture become increasingly mediatized by communication media, focusing on the implications for politics and cultural scenes.
• Media Management: Exploring strategic management practices in media organizations, including leadership, innovation, and adaptation to digital challenges.
• Public Relations Theory: Examining contemporary PR strategies within the context of digital media, including strategic communication, focusing on the startup and corporate sectors in Palestine.
• Social Movements: Specializing in the study of collective action and the role of media in mobilizing, organizing, and sustaining social movements, with a specific focus on the Palestine Solidarity Movement and its digital manifestations.
• Frame Analysis: Investigating how media frames shape audience perceptions of news events, issues, and public figures, particularly within the context of political and social movements online.
Skills:
Media training
Media content development skills
Project management
Proposal writing
Research and technical skills
Awards:
Fellow at the Summer Program in Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ, USA. 2021-2023
The Digital Arts and Humanities PhD Program Scholarship, NUI Galway, funded by the Ireland Higher Education Authority. 2011-2016
The Palestinian Student Scholarship Scheme, funded by The University of Strathclyde, UK. 2010-2011