I hold my Masters degree in Mass Communication and MPhil in Media and Communication Studies. To make my own identification in a society and follow my dreams, I started teaching Mass Communication ar Kinnaird College for Women. My first appointment i...More
I hold my Masters degree in Mass Communication and MPhil in Media and Communication Studies. To make my own identification in a society and follow my dreams, I started teaching Mass Communication ar Kinnaird College for Women. My first appointment in the field of media education boasted my confidence and I started believing in myself more. I kept on growing professionally and now working as an Assistant Professor at Institute of Communication Studies, University of the Punjab, which is Pakistan's largest and oldest public sector university. I have been working in this university for last nine years and have submitted my PhD dissertation titled" Social Media and Political Communication: Usage of Facebook and Twitter by the Political Actors of Pakistan and Analysis of Audience Reaction". I always wanted to contribute in the existing knowledge of media research in Pakistan and present the perspective of our own society which can help people understand Pakistan, nationally and internationally. My research interests are social media, political communication, development studies and quatitative research. My urge to learn research and apply it more efficiently, motivated me to apply for an Exchange Program at Arizona State University. Fortunately, I got selected to serve as a visiting scholar at ASU, AZ for four months, this was an excellent opportunity to work on my PhD dissertation. I have already got articles published in HEC recognised national and international well reputed journals. Moreover, I have also worked an Incharge of my Institute for ten months, I revised the curriculum of Bachelors, Masters and MPhil Progrman with the cooperation of my other faculty members. This experience undoubtedly polished my managerial skills and taught me how to devise and implement new policies. I am in the middle of my career as an academician, and I have both theoretical know-how and cast practical and relevant experience in the field of media and have seen working of different media organizations from within. I have an experience of working as an editorial writer for a highly corculated Urdu newspaper. Being an editorial writer, I know how the opinion and suggestion given in this space of newspaper affect the national policies and decision making.
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