First International Conference On

Media, Communication and Journalism:

Prospects and Challenges in Bangladesh and Beyond
17-19 July 2018
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh

Schedule

Day 1 (17 July 2018)

Inaugural Session
Title : Media, Communication and Journalism: Prospects and Challenges in
Bangladesh and Beyond
Time : 10:00 - 11:15 am
Venue : A. K. Khan Law Faculty Auditorium
Chair : Professor Dr. Iftekhar Uddin Chowdhury, Vice Chancellor, University of
Chittagong
Chief Guest : Mr. Hasanul Haq Inu, MP, Honorable Minister, Ministry of Information
Special Guests : Mr. M. A. Malek, Editor, The Dainik Azadi, Chittagong
Welcome Speech : Dr. Mohammad Sahid Ullah, Professor, Department of Communication
and Journalism and the Conference Chair
Thanks Giving : Mr. Md. Abul Kalam Azad, Chairman, Department of Communication and
Journalism
Tea Break : 11.15-11.30
Plenary Session 1
Time : 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Venue : A. K. Khan Law Faculty Auditorium
Session Title : Research in Media and Journalism: The experience of 70 years in Asia
Session Chair : Professor C.S.H.N. Murthy, Ph.D, Media and Film Studies, India.
Presenter : Dr. Biplab Loho Choudhury, Chair, Centre for Journalism & Mass
Communication, Visva-Bharati at Santiniketan, India
Title : Research on Development Communication: The challenges for south Asian
media scholars
Presenter : Professor Dr. M. Golam Rahman, Former Chief Information
Commissionner, Government of Bangladesh
Title : Right to Information: Experience from south Asian media scenario
Presenter : Professor Dr Jamilah Hj Ahmad, School of Communication, Universiti Sains
Malaysia
Title : Winners and Losers: Public Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility

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Lunch Time : 1.00-2.00 pm
Parallel Session 1
Date : 17 July 2018
Time : 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Venue : Gallery 1
Session Title : Reshaping Professional Journalism
Session Chair : Dr. Kostav Mukherjee, University of Calcutta, India.
Discussant : Ms. Tashi Dema, Bureau Chief in Kuensel Corporation, Bhutan.
Presenter : Mr. Md. Mashihur Rahman, Rajshahi University and Mr. Md. Aminul Islam,
Varendra University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Title : Features of News Websites in Bangladesh: An analysis.
Presenter : Dr. Partha Sarkar, Assam University, Shilchar, India
Title : Status of Advocacy Journalism: A local newspaper’s perspective.
Presenter : Dr. Mrinal Chatterjee, Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Odisha, India.
Title : Changing News Landscape: The Curious case of social media in India.

Parallel Session 2
Date : 17 July 2018
Time : 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Venue : Gallery 2
Session Title : Media and Gender Representation
Session Chair : Professor Dr Jamilah Hj Ahmad, School of Communication, Universiti Sains
Malaysia
Discussant : Dr. Biswajit Das, Head, Dept of Mass Communication, Maharaja Manindra
College, Kolkata, India.
Presenter : Dr. Jude William Genilo, Dr. Sarkar Barbaq Quarmal and Mohammad
Shazzad Hossain, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.
Title : Gender Representation in Bangladeshi News media: A content analysis
Presenter : Ms. Uldduz Sohrabi Larki, Feature Editor for Retail Express, UK.
Title : Representation of Muslim women in the mainstream media: taking back the
Narrative.
Presenter : Ms. Barnana Bhowmick, Jagannath University and Ms. Marzia Rahman,
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Title : Beauty online: How photo apps of Android phone determine the stereotype
beauty.
Tea Break : 3.35 - 3.55 pm

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Parallel Session 3
Date : 17 July 2018
Time : 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Venue : Gallery 1
Session Title : New Media, Youths and Political Engagement
Session Chair : Mr. Laxman Datt Pant, Purwanchal University Buddhanagar, Nepal
Discussant : Professor Shilpa Shaw, Head, Dept of Journalism and Mass Communication,
Vivekananda College, Calcutta, India.
Presenter : Mr. Mamunur Rashid, Khulna University, Bangladesh.
Title : New Media and Public Engagement
Presenter : Mr. Zahedur Rahman Arman, Southern Illinois University, USA.
Title : The 2016 U.S. Presidential Campaign and audience interaction: Political
communication on the social networking sites.
Presenter : Mr. Jewel Das, Port City International University, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Title : Exploring the roles of new media in raising social awareness: A study on
youths’ cognition.

Parallel Session 4
Date : 17 July 2018
Time : 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Venue : Gallery 2
Session Title : Community Communication and Community Radio
Session Chair : Mr. AHM Bazlur Rahman, BNNRC, Bangladesh.
Discussant : Dr. Pulugurta Chandra Sekhar, All India Radio, New Delhi, India.
Presenter : Mr. Md. Mamun Abdul Kaioum, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Title : Role of Community Radio as alternative media for indigenous issues: A study
on indigenous peoples of North-Western Bangladesh.
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Presenter : Ms. Rawshon Akhter, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Title : Unaddressed Study issues on Community Radio in Bangladesh.

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 Day 2 (18 July 2018)
Plenary Session 2
Time : 10:00 am - 11:15 pm
Venue : A. K. Khan Law Faculty Auditorium
Session Title : Journalism Education in South Asia: Problems and Prospects
Session Chair : Professor Dr. M. Golam Rahman, Former Chief Information Commissionner,
Government of Bangladesh
Presenter : Mr. Laxman Datt Pant, Sr. Lecturer of Media & Communications, Purwanchal
University, Buddhanagar, Nepal.
Title : Journalism Education in Nepal: The challenges from educators’ perspectives
Presenter : Ms. Tashi Dema, Bureau Chief in Kuensel Corporation, Bhutan.
Title : Media Professionalism, Education and Freedom in Bhutanese Journalism
Presenter : Professor C.S.H.N. Murthy, Ph.D, Professor in media and film studies, India
Title : De-westernization of Media and Journalism Education for South Asia- the
key challenges for educators
Presenter : Dr. Abida Eijaz, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Communication Studies,
University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Title : Asianizaion or De-westernization of Journalism Curricula: The effects on
Journalism education in Pakistan
Tea Break : 11.15-11.30 am

Parallel Session 5
Date : 18 July 2018
Time : 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Venue : Gallery 1
Session Title : Media, Minority and Rohingya crisis
Session Chair : Dr. Mohammad Sahid Ullah, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Discussant : Professor Dr Jamilah Hj Ahmad, School of Communication, Universiti Sains
Malaysia.
Presenter : Ms. Daisy Jaggarawal and Ms. Sweta Singh, Guru Gobind Singh
Indraprastha University, India.
Title : Social Media and fake news in representation of Rohingya Crisis: A textual
analysis of selected photographs and its supporting contents.
Presenter : Prof. Shilpa Shaw, Presidency University and Professor Aakash Shaw,
Vivekananda College, India.
Title : Communal Violence in West Bengal: Role of Mainstream and Social Media
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Presenter : Mr. Tanjeel Ahmed, Aligarh Muslim University, UP, India.
Title : Media and Muslims: Issues of ‘Talaq’

Parallel Session 6
Date : 18 July 2018
Time : 11.30-1.00 pm
Venue : Gallery 2
Session Title : Student Session -1
Session Chair : Mr. Abul Kalam Azad, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Discussant : Mr. Shahidul Hoque, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Presenter : Ms. Anuradha Chaudhuri, Ms. Nusrat Fatima and Ms. Tasmiah Afroze Trisha,
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Title : Media in Urban and Rural Area: The favouritism of media in Bangladesh.
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Presenter : Mr. Hedayetul Islam Jewel, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Title : Facebook usage pattern of university academics: A case study of Chittagong
University Teachers.
Lunch Time : 1.00-2.00 pm

Parallel Session 7
Date : 18 July 2018
Time : 2.00-3.30 pm
Venue : A. K. Khan Law Faculty Auditorium
Session Title : Media Programme: Policy and Audience
Session Chair : Professor Sergey G. Davydov, National Research University, Russia.
Discussant : Dr. Xiaoge Xu, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China.
Presenter : Mr. Mohammad Morshedul Islam, University of Chittagong. Bangladesh.
Title : Coping with the Competitors: Strategic recommendations for Bangladeshi TV
Channels.
Presenter : Dr. Pulugurta Chandra Sekhar, All India Radio, India.
Title : All India Radio’s External Service division Sustaining through Innovations:
Moving ahead with public diplomacy.
Presenter : Mr. Shahab Uddin, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Title : Breaking News in Bangladeshi Television Channels: An Ethical Inquiry.

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Parallel Session 8
Date : 18 July 2018
Time : 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Venue : Gallery 2
Session Title : Fake News, Media Biasness and Society
Session Chair : Dr. Abida Eijaz, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Discussant : Mr. Ali Asgar Chowdhury, Associate Professor, University of Chittagong.
Presenter : Mr. Mahbubul Haque Bhuiyan, Comilla University, Bangladesh.
Title : Online News portal and Fake News: Is the objectivity being denied?
Presenter : Mr. Sudipta Sharma, University of Chittagong and Mr. Anayetur Rahman,
Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Title : Citizen Journalism in Bangladesh: Journalism with fear.
Presenter : Mr. Md. Aminul Islam and Mr. Bezon Kumar, Varendra University, Rajshahi,
Bangladesh.
Title : The Relationship between Facebook use, social network and loneliness among
university students in Bangladesh.

Parallel Session 9
Date : 18 July 2018
Time : 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Venue : Gallery 1
Session Title : Power, Inequality and Social Movement
Session Chair : Professor C. S. H. N. Murthy, Professor in Media and Film Studies, India
Discussant : Dr. Jude William Genilo, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.
Presenter : Mr. Bidu Bhusan Das, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Odisha,
India.
Title : Hundred years of radio in India: who is the community?
Presenter : Professor Shilpa Shaw, Presidency University and Professor Aakash Shaw,
Vivekananda College, India.
Title : Naxalism and Indian Cinema: Constitution and Reflection of Socio-economic
Reality.
Presenter : Professor Dr. Mohammad Sahid Ullah, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Title : ICTs in Asymmetrical Power Relations: Empowerment of rural communities
through the Union Digital Centre in Bangladesh.
Tea Break : 3.30-4.00 pm

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Parallel Session 10
Date : 18 July 2018
Time : 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm
Venue : Gallery 2
Session Title : Student Session -2
Session Chair : Mr. Shahab Uddin Neepu, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Discussant : Mr. Mohammad Morshedul Islam, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Presenter : Mr. Sumon Ahmed, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Title : Rohingya Issues in International Media: Coverage and Reality.
Presenter : Mr. Aziz Ahmed, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Title : Leaving Facebook, Living Reality: Identifying Reasons Behind Leaving
Facebook.
Presenter : Mr. Asraf Ahmed Chowdhury and Ms. Iftila Jannat Mow, University of
Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Title : Bengali Educational Channels in YouTube: Uses and Impacts

Parallel Session 11
Date : 18 July 2018
Time : 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Venue : Gallery 1
Session Title : Information Rights and Media Ethics
Session Chair : Professor M. Golam Rahman, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Discussant : Dr. Abida Eijaz, University of Punjab, Pakistan.
Presenter : Mr. Md. Abul Kalam Azad, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Title : Implementation of Right to Information Act in Journalism: Bangladesh
perspective.
Presenter : Dr. Faiza Latif, Ms. Mariam Shaukat and Mr. Shafaq Chaudary, University of
Lahore, Pakistan.
Title : Prospects and Challenges of Cyber World in Pakistan: A study of awareness
regarding cyber laws among youths.
Presenter : Mr. Madhab Chandra Das and Ms. Subarna Majumder, University of
Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Title : Journalism Ethics and its Practices in Mainstream Newspapers in Chittagong.
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 Day 3 (19 July 2018)
Plenary Session 3
Time : 10:00 am - 11:15 pm
Venue : A. K. Khan Law Faculty Auditorium
Session Title : New Media Technology and New Opportunities for Journalism and
Communication
Session Chair : Dr. Biplab Loho Choudhury, Chair, Centre for Journalism & Mass
Communication, Visva-Bharati at Santiniketan, India
Presenter : Dr. Xiaoge Xu, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China
Title : Mapping, Measuring and Modelling Mobile Experience in South Asia
Presenter : Dr. Sergey Davydov, Professor in Higher School of Economics and Vice
Dean, National Research University, Moscow, Russia.
Title : Runet Economy: Measurement of online media markets: Special focus from
Russia.
Presenter : Ms. Uldduz Sohrabi Larki, Feature Editor for Retail Express, UK
Title : Usages of New Media in International Journalism; How Journalism students
need to be prepared
Tea Break : 11.15-11.30 am

Parallel Session 12
Date : 19 July 2018
Time : 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Venue : Gallery 2
Session Title : Tradition vs. Modern: Professional Journalism and New Media
Session Chair : Dr. Shah Md. Nistar Jahan Kabir, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Discussant : Ms. Rawshon Akhter, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Presenter : Dr. Mahabubur Rahman, University of Rajshahi, Ms. Salma Zannat and Ms.
Jobaida Sirin Jyoti, Varendra University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Title : Uses of Social Media in Journalism by the journalists of Bangladesh.
Presenter : Mr. Neelatphal Chanda, Assam University, India.
Title : Social Media and Languages: An analysis into the paradigmatic shift of
languages in social media text.
Presenter : Dr. Sarkar Barbaq Quarmal, University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh and Mr.
Md. Aminul Islam, Varendra University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Title : Online Journalism in Bangladesh: Prospects and Challenges.

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Parallel Session 13
Date : 19 July 2018
Time : 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Venue : Gallery 1
Session Title : Media and Development: The Past and the Future
Session Chair : Professor Dr. Biplab Loho Choudhury, Centre for Journalism & Mass
Communication, Visva-Bharati at Santiniketan, India
Discussant : Dr. Jude William Genilo, University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh
Presenter : Mr. Biswajit Das, Maharaja Manindra Chandra College, India.
Title : Changing Paradigm of Semiotics in the Canvas of Folk Media: A comparative
study in rural Bengal and Tripura.
Presenter : Mr. Md. Belal Hossain, University of Comilla, Bangladesh.
Title : Impact of Electronic Media for Creating Mother and Child Health Awareness:
A study on rural areas of Bangladesh.
Presenter : Mr. Souvik Basu, Maharaja Manindra Chandra College, India.
Title : Media as Catalyst of Social Development Programme in India.
Lunch Time : 1.00-2.00 pm

Parallel Session 14
Date : 19 July 2018
Time : 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Venue : Gallery 2
Session Title : Political Campaign, Public Relations and Usages of Social Media
Session Chair : Dr. Abul Mansur Ahmed, Professor, Department of Mass Communication
and Journalism, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Discussant : Dr. Partha Sarkar, Assam University, Shilchar, India
Presenter : Mr. Md. Shahidul Haque, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
Title : The Use of Social Media in Public Relations: Pros and Cons
Presenter : Mr. Ratul Ganguly, Maharaja Manindra College, Kolkata, India
Title : Social Media: Window to political canvas of India
Presenter : Ms. Amina Khatun and Mr. Md. Assaduzzaman Kajol, University of Dhaka,
Bangladesh
Title : Information from social media and its credibility among audience: A case
Study on Quota Reform Movement

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Parallel Session 15
Date : 19 July 2018
Time : 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Venue : Gallery 1
Session Title : Journalism Education and Practice
Session Chair : Professor C.S.H.N. Murthy, PhD, Media and Film Studies, India
Discussant : Mr. Udo Prenzel, Consultant DW Akademie, Germany
Presenter : Ms. Tahmina Haque Dina, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Title : Meeting the Industry Demand: The challenges of journalism education in
Bangladesh.
Presenter : Mr. Laxman Datt Pant and Ms. Kalpana Acharya, Purwanchal University and
Tribhuwan University.
Title : Gender in Mainstream Journalism and Media Education
Presenter : Mr. Koustav Mukherjee, University of Calcutta, India.
Title : Ever Changing House Policies of Leading Media Houses According to the
Political Scenario: A critical review.

Closing Session
Title : Media, Communication and Journalism: Prospects and Challenges in
Bangladesh and Beyond
Time : 4:00 - 4:30 pm
Venue : A. K. Khan Law Faculty Auditorium
Chair : Professor Dr. Shireen Akhter, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Chittagong
Chief Guest : Professor Abdul Mannan, Chairman, University Grants Commission of
Bangladesh.
Special Guests : Engr. Md. Sakhwat Hossain, Managing Director, Western Marine Shipyard
Ltd.
Thanks Giving : Mr. Shahab Uddin Neepu, Associate Professor, Department of Communication
and Journalism and the Conference Secretary.

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