My new Op-ed for Pearls and Irritations
AI-generated war footage can reach millions before anyone checks it. Paid verification, engagement incentives and slow corrections are making X a dangerous place for wartime misinformation.
Researcher. Educator. Author.
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Author bio
Dr Muhammad Adnan is a media and journalism researcher and educator based in Sydney, Australia. He works as a Research Officer at Western Sydney University’s School of Arts. His research interests broadly encompass journalism, politics, and technology.
He completed his PhD in Journalism Studies at Monash University’s School of Media, Film and Journalism (MFJ). His research has been published in reputed international journals, including Journalism Practice, Media International Australia, Media Asia and Mobile Media & Communication. He is the author of a research monograph on mobile media and political journalism in Pakistan (Palgrave Macmillan).
As an educator, he has taught journalism, data analytics, and audience engagement at Monash University. Adnan was selected by the U.S. Department of State as Pakistan’s Cultural Ambassador to the United States for the Study of the U.S. Institute (SUSI) in 2017, and was named among 100 emerging journalists worldwide by the British Council Scotland for Future News Worldwide (FNW) in 2018.
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My first book is on its way
This book explains how and why political journalists integrate mobile media - and mobile social media - into their practices and routines in the authoritarian context of Pakistan. It addresses mobile media’s impact on political news content, audience engagement, press freedom, misinformation, gender inequalities, and professional identities. The author analyses political journalists’ adoption, perceptions and experiences of mobile media’s role in political journalism in Pakistan.