Dr Arif Hussain Nadaf

About

Dr Arif Hussain Nadaf holds a Doctorate in Media Studies from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India (ranked #1 university in India). His doctoral research examined news framing and political perceptions in the context of the Kashmir crisis. Building on this work, he has expanded his research agenda to focus on online news discourse, artificial intelligence, and online misinformation in South Asia.
Dr Arif's research interests include Media and Conflict, Online Discourse, Misinformation, AI, and Digital Media Campaigns. Has published in leading academic outlets such as SAGE, Taylor & Francis, Oxford University Press, Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, and Springer (Elsevier).
Specializes in teaching Digital Media, Misinformation Studies, and Convergent Journalism.

Employment

• O. P. Jindal Global University Assistant Professor
  2026 - Present
• Islamic University of Science and Technology Assistant Professor
  2020 - Present

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (10)

• The effect of information seeking behaviour on trust in AI in Asia: The moderating role of misinformation concern
  New Media and Society 2025 12 citations DOI: 10.1177/14614448231212804
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• Constructing the Muslim “other”: A critical discourse analysis of Indian news coverage of the tablighi jamaat congregation during the COVID-19 pandemic
  Journalism 2024 8 citations DOI: 10.1177/14648849231188260
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• Does trust in government moderate the perception towards deepfakes? Comparative perspectives from Asia on the risks of AI and misinformation for democracy
  Government Information Quarterly 2024 14 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2024.101980
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• Discursive representation of the Article 370 abrogation: A comparative CDA of the headlines of two major Indian online news publications
  Journalism 2023 7 citations DOI: 10.1177/14648849211056843
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• The virus of ‘blame’
  2022 1 citation DOI: 10.4324/9781003306603-7
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• The virus of ‘blame’: How television news transposed Islamophobia onto COVID-19 pandemic in India
  Global Pandemics and Media Ethics Issues and Perspectives 2022 1 citation DOI: 10.4324/9781003306603-7
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• “Lockdown Within a Lockdown”: The “Digital Redlining” and Paralyzed Online Teaching During COVID-19 in Kashmir, A Conflict Territory
  Communication, Culture and Critique 2021 5 citations DOI: 10.1093/ccc/tcab019
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• Framing internal politics in a conflict situation: A study of the 2014 election campaign news in the local newspapers in the Indian-administered Kashmir region
  Media, War & Conflict 2020 12 citations DOI: 10.1177/1750635218819416
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• Digital Dissent and Censorship in the Kashmir Conflict
  Platforms, Protests, and the Challenge of Networked Democracy 2020 7 citations DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-36525-7_16
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• Media and the Existing News Narratives in Kashmir Conflict
  Indian Journalism in a New Era: Changes, Challenges, and Perspectives 2019
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