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