BIOGRAPHY
Maha Bashri is Associate Professor of Communication at the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU). She completed her doctorate at the School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of South Carolina. Before joining UAEU, she was Associate Professor of Communication at Bradley University in Illinois, USA. With research interests in the areas of political communication, the politics of technology, and digital literacy and citizenship, she has published research on the intersection of mobilization and new media as it pertains to the Sudan context. Maha’s current research is focused on evaluating representations of Sudanese women in global media after the December 2018 Revolution. In addition to exploring new communication technologies, her research explores applications of network analysis to the study of mobilization and social movements on social network sites (SNSs). Her latest research examines the role and impact of Black social journalists on civil rights issues and mobilization of audiences on Twitter. She has published with Information, Communication &Society, The Atlantic Journal of Communication, as well as African Journalism Studies. Maha recently co-edited a book titled Minority Women and the Media: Challenging Representations and Articulating New Voices (Rowman &Littlefield, 2020).
EDUCATION
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Doctorate Degree, Doctorate of Philosophy, Mass Communication, University of South Carolina, 2007
RESEARCH AREAS
- International Communication/ Comparative Media Systems
- Audience Analytics
- Public Relations and Branding
- News Framing
- Media Literacy
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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(2021). "Framing the Democratic Socialists of America? National and Local Information Flows in Media Coverage of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ". Co-Authors: . Little Rowman. .
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(2021). " 2021 Nelson Mandela and Pan-Africanism: A Nexus of Identity, Voice and Resistance. ". Co-Authors: . International Centre For Information Ethics (ICIE). .
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(2021). "#Allhandsondeck Shaun King and Unite the Right Rally: Mobilization and the Networked Social Journalist". Co-Authors: Maha Bashri; Nazar Zaki
. The Atlantic Journal of Communication. 29(5).
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(2020). "Networked Movements and the Circle of Trust: Civil Society Groups as Agents of Change in Sudan.". Co-Authors:
. Information, Communication & Society. 24(3).
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(2020). "Shared Truth: Global Values in Action.". Co-Authors: . V-20 under the umbrella of the G-20. .
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(2020). "2020 Inclusion, Exclusion, and Belonging Media Representations of American Muslim Women: The case of The New York Times 2007–2017.". Co-Authors: . Little Rowman. .
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(2019). "Elections, Representations, and Journalistic Schemas: Local News Coverage of Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib in the US Mid-term Elections". Co-Authors:
. ESSACHESS Journal for Communication Studies,. 12(24).
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(2017). "Online Communities, Conflict, and Diaspora: The Case of South Sudanese Women". Co-Authors:
. Palgrave Macmillan. .
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(2014). "Ecquid Novi-African Journalism Studies ". Co-Authors:
. Taylor & Francis Group and UNISA. 35.
