Ph.D., Simon Fraser University
M.A., Goldsmiths, University of London
M.S.S. University of Rajshahi

E-Mail: aniscom@uw.edu
Office Hour: CMU 340D, by appointment
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Dr. Anis Rahman is an Assistant Teaching Professor in Communication at the University of Washington, Seattle. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication from Simon Fraser University and an M.A. in Television Journalism from Goldsmiths, University of London, where he was a recipient of the Chevening Scholarship. At UW, Anis teaches courses related to information technology and global communication, as well as introductory and methods courses. Before joining UW Communication, he taught a variety of media, communication, and journalism studies courses at Simon Fraser University, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. Anis’s research interests encompass media and platform ownership and their implications for journalism and the public interest, particularly in the Global South. His current research projects include digital authoritarianism and its resistance, public internet and AI, media and geopolitics, as well as platform regulation in South Asia. Anis is an affiliate faculty member of the South Asia Center at the Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington. He also serves as the Co-Chair of the Public Service Media Policies Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) https://iamcr.org/s-wg/working-group/psm

Courses

COM 200 Introduction to Communication
COM 302 The Cultural Impact of Information Technology
COM 322 Global Communication
COM 383 Qualitative Communication Research Methods
COM 495 Special Topics in Communication (Money & Power in International Communications)

Publications

Rahman, A. (forthcoming). Opportunities and challenges of AI in public media journalism. In A. D’Arma, M. Michalis, G. F. Lowe, & M. Zita (Eds.). Challenges and developments in Public Service Journalism. University of Westminster Press.

Raghunath, P., & Rahman, A. (2024). Opening up the black box of communication governance in South Asia: Critical Policy Ethnography as methodology. In Padovani, C., Wavre, V., Hintz, A., Goggin, G., & Iosifidis, P. (Eds.). Global communication governance at the crossroads (pp. 389–410). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29616-1_22

Rahman, A. (2023). South Asia as contested terrain for cultural imperialism. In L. Artz. (Ed.). Global media dialogues: Industry, politics, and culture (pp. 168–192). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003295693-7

Zhao, Y., & Rahman, A. (2023). The Belt and Road Initiative, communication, and geopolitics. In L. Artz. (Ed.). Global media dialogues: Industry, politics, and culture (pp. 234–259). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003295693-9

Rahman, A., & Hasan, M. (2022). From local to global: Networked activism against multinational extractivism. The Review of Communication, 22(3), 231-255. https://doi.org/10.1080/15358593.2022.2107876

Rahman, A. (2022). Broadcast policymaking in an electoral authoritarian regime: From hope to despair. Journal of Digital Media & Policy, 12(1), 121-139. https://doi.org/10.1386/jdmp_00094_1

Rahman, A., Stewart, N. K, Ackah, B., & Hauck, B. (2022). Dialogues for equity: Precarious parent-scholars in times of crisis. Journal of Applied Communication Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2022.2140595

Stewart, N. K., Rahman, A., Adams, P. R., & Hughes, J. (2021). Same storm, different nightmares: Emergency Remote Teaching by contingent communication instructors during the pandemic. Communication Education, 7(4), 402-420. https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2021.1948084

Al-Rawi, A., & Rahman, A. (2020). Manufacturing rage: The Russian Internet Research Agency’s political astroturfing on social media. First Monday, 25(9). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v25i9.10801

Rahman, A. (2020). The Politico-commercial nexus and its implications for television industries in Bangladesh and South Asia. Media, Culture & Society, 42(7-8), 1153-1174. https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443720908182

Rahman, A. (2020). A political history of state-broadcasting in South Asia and Bangladesh. Interactions: Studies in Communication & Culture, 11(2), 207-225. https://doi.org/10.1386/iscc_00019_1

Rahman, A., Reza, S., & Haq. F. (2017). The politico-commercial nexus and the broadcast policy reform in Bangladesh. In S. Udupa & S. McDowell (Eds.), Media as politics in South Asia (pp. 110-126). Routledge.

Rahman, A. (2016). Print and electronic media. In A. Riaz & M. S. Rahman (Eds.), Routledge handbook of contemporary Bangladesh (pp. 325-339). Routledge.

Rahman, A., & Gregory F. Lowe (Eds.) (2016), Public Service Media initiatives in the Global South. SFU Library Digital Publishing. https://doi.org/10.21810/sfulibrary.1

Rahman, A. (2016). Introduction: Public service media initiatives in the Global South. In A. Rahman & G. F. Lowe (Eds.), Public Service Media initiatives in the Global South (pp. 3-16). SFU Library Digital Publishing.

Rahman, A. (2016). Public media initiatives in Bangladesh: Politics and prospects. In A. Rahman & G. F. Lowe (Eds.), Public Service Media initiatives in the Global South (pp. 21-35). SFU Library Digital Publishing.

Andaleeb, S. S., & Rahman, A. (2015). Television News in Bangladesh: Intersection of Market-oriented Journalism and Perceived Credibility. Asian Journal of Communication, 25(2), 162-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2014.946064

Andaleeb, S. S., Rahman, A., Rajeb, M., Akter, N., & Gulshan, S. (2015). Credibility of TV News in a Developing Country: The Case of Bangladesh. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 89(1), 73-90. https://doi.org/10.1177/1077699011430060

Rahman, A. (2014). The Problems with Reimagining Public Media in the Context of Global South. Stream: Interdisciplinary Journal of Communication, 6(1), 56-65. https://journals.sfu.ca/

Rahman, A. (2012). Television and Public Sphere in Bangladesh: An Uneasy Relationship. Media Asia, 39(2), 83-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/01296612.2012.11689922

Rahman, A. (2009). A Political Economy of the Emerging Television News Industry in Bangladesh. Revista Eptic, 11(2), 1-19. https://seer.ufs.br/

Research interests

Platform geopolitics
Media coverage of space race
Public internet
Political economy of media and journalism
Communication policymaking
Higher education