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Syed Murtaza Alfarid Hussain

Assam University

ORCID iD 0000-0001-7653-4875
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Syed Murtaza Alfarid Hussain is a Professor at the Department of Mass Communication, Assam University, a central university in Silchar, Assam, India with over 21 years of teaching experience. After completing his graduation and post-graduation in English literature from Delhi University, he did his masters in Mass Communication and Journalism from Tezpur University and was awarded with the 'Best Postgraduate' gold medal. He did his Ph.D. in 'Media Framing of Conflicts in Northeast India,' from Berhampur University, Odisha. He has remarkable works and researches on social media, media literacy, political communication and mediatisation. His recent co-edited book ‘Political Communication in the Digital Age: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives from India,’ is published by Bharti Publications. His recent book chapters have been published by Palgrave Macmillan and Lexington Books. He has been awarded with the Thomson Foundation fellowship and attended a short-term course on ‘Conflict Reporting’ in the UK, and the Rotary Peace Foundation fellowship to attend a six-month course in Peace Studies at the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. He has presented his research papers at prominent communication conferences like IAMCR, IVSA, AMIC etc. in UK, Canada, France, Thailand, Philippines, besides India. He has supervised and co-supervised 12 awarded and 4 ongoing Ph.Ds.

Employment

  • Assam University Professor
    2023 - Present

Education

  • Assam University MA, PhD
    2006 - Present

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Publications (7)