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Media and Human Suffering: Foundations, Ruptures, and Continuities

Amah, M.

Journal of Communication Inquiry, 49(4)

Media and Human Suffering: Foundations, Ruptures, and Continuities

Unveiling the Veil: Examining the Stereotyping of Hijab in Internet Memes and GIFs

Ibrahim, O., & Fahmy, S.

International Journal of Communication, 19, 674-697

Unveiling the Veil: Examining the Stereotyping of Hijab in Internet Memes and GIFs
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A Solidarity Framework for Representing Suffering: Resisting a Desensitizing Status Quo of Normalizing Social Injustice

Varma, A.

Journal of Communication Inquiry

A Solidarity Framework for Representing Suffering: Resisting a Desensitizing Status Quo of Normalizing Social Injustice
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On the fly: How Japanese social media “watchers” improvise to counter problematic information

Mimizuka, K., Rodarte, A. K., & Arif, A.

New Media & Society

On the fly: How Japanese social media “watchers” improvise to counter problematic information
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Reporting from the Outside While Looking In: Iranian Diaspora Journalists and #WomanLifeFreedom

Shaban, S., & Kafiliveyjuyeh, S.

The International Journal of Press/Politics, 30(2)

Reporting from the Outside While Looking In: Iranian Diaspora Journalists and #WomanLifeFreedom
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The Representation of Afghans in the American Sitcom United States of Al: Examining the Burden of Representation and Challenges of Media Visibility

Hatef, A.

Howard Journal of Communications, 1-17

The Representation of Afghans in the American Sitcom United States of Al: Examining the Burden of Representation and Challenges of Media Visibility
Discourse & Communication, Volume 19, Number 4, August 2025, red cover with large gray letters.

The virus and an enemy within: Construction of an invidious news discourse by the mainstream press in India

Kaliyarakath, R.

Discourse & Communication, 19(2)

The virus and an enemy within: Construction of an invidious news discourse by the mainstream press in India
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Global Misinformation & Disinformation Special Issue Introduction

Lukito, J.

International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 36(3)

Global Misinformation & Disinformation Special Issue Introduction
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From Concept to Community: Unpacking the Work of Designing Educational and Activist Toolkits

Wilner, T., Adavi, K. A. K., Mandava, S., Bhimdiwala, A., Frluckaj, H., Turns, J., & Arif, A.

Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-15)

From Concept to Community: Unpacking the Work of Designing Educational and Activist Toolkits
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Journalistic storytelling for social justice: A CDA of global news coverage of the Otodo Gbame forced evictions in Nigeria

Amah, M.

African Journalism Studies, 45(1)

Journalistic storytelling for social justice: A CDA of global news coverage of the Otodo Gbame forced evictions in Nigeria
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Fighting for Their Voice: Understanding Indian Muslim Women’s Responses to Networked Harassment

Bhimdiwala, A., Adavi, K. A. K., & Ahmer, A.

Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

Fighting for Their Voice: Understanding Indian Muslim Women’s Responses to Networked Harassment

Covering the Distant Other: Discursive Construction of the Makoko Community in Nigeria as “Venice of Africa”

Amah, M.

Journalism Practice, 1–18

Covering the Distant Other: Discursive Construction of the Makoko Community in Nigeria as “Venice of Africa”
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Conceptualizing feminist solidarity through resistance in the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement

Varma, A., & Shaban, S.

Communication, Culture & Critique, 17(2), 120-126

Conceptualizing feminist solidarity through resistance in the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement
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Connective action in Myanmar: A mixed-method analysis of Spring Revolution

Lukito, J., Lee, T., Martin, Z., Glover, K., Hu, A., & Cui, Z.

Information, Communication & Society, 27(7)

Connective action in Myanmar: A mixed-method analysis of Spring Revolution

Scholarly solidarity: Building an inclusive field for junior and minority researchers

Lukito, J.

Political Communication, 41(1), 152-161

Scholarly solidarity: Building an inclusive field for junior and minority researchers
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Attacks against journalists in Brazil: Catalyzing effects and resilience during Jair Bolsonaro’s government

Ozawa, J. V., Lukito, J., Lee, T., Varma, A., & Alves, R.

The International Journal of Press/Politics, 29(4), 847-868

Attacks against journalists in Brazil: Catalyzing effects and resilience during Jair Bolsonaro’s government
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It’s about time: Attending to temporality in misinformation interventions

Wilner, T., Mimizuka, K., Bhimdiwala, A., Young, J. C., & Arif, A.

Proceedings of the 2023 CHI conference on human factors in computing systems (pp. 1-19)

It’s about time: Attending to temporality in misinformation interventions

Solidarity reporting on marginalization: A grounded alternative to monitorial reporting’s emphasis on officials

Varma, A.

Journalism Practice, 19(1), 186-202

Solidarity reporting on marginalization: A grounded alternative to monitorial reporting’s emphasis on officials
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Evoking empathy or enacting solidarity with marginalized communities? A case study of journalistic humanizing techniques in the San Francisco Homeless Project

Varma, A.

Journalism Studies, 21(12), 1705-1723

Evoking empathy or enacting solidarity with marginalized communities? A case study of journalistic humanizing techniques in the San Francisco Homeless Project

Media and intervention: Examining representations of Afghan women in the New York Times

Hatef, A., & Luqiu, R.

Journalism Practice, 15(5)

Media and intervention: Examining representations of Afghan women in the New York Times
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Disinformation as collaborative work: Surfacing the participatory nature of strategic information operations

Starbird, K., Arif, A., & Wilson, T.

Proceedings of the ACM on human-computer interaction, 3 (CSCW), 1-26

Disinformation as collaborative work: Surfacing the participatory nature of strategic information operations