FACULTY BIO

Areas of Expertise

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• The Use of Digital Media
• The Use of Social Media
• Digital Writing, Interface, and Accessibility
• Digital Cultures and Society
• Technology and Media Practice
• Research Methods in Media and Communication

Education

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• Ph.D. in Media and Communication, University of Stendhal, France, 2001
• MA in Media and Communication, University of Stendhal, France, 1995
• Fellow of the Advance High Education, UK

Biography

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• 2003–present: Associate Professor, Department of Media, Tourism, and Arts, College of Arts, University of Bahrain
• 2012–2015: Communication and International Relations Advisor, Ministry of Information Affairs, Bahrain
• 2013–2014: Supervisor of the Government Spokesperson’s Office, Bahrain
• 2007–2012: Head of the Department of Media, Tourism, and Arts, College of Arts, University of Bahrain

Achievements

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• Order of Competence of the First Class, by His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, under Royal Order No. 66 (December 14, 2014)

Affiliations

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• Member, The Athens Institute for Education and Research
• Member, The International Institute for Arabic Renewal
• Member, The Society of Excellence and Academic Research
• Member, The Bahrain Society of Journalists
• Member, The Bahrain Society of Public Relations
• Member, Abdelrahman Kanoo Cultural Center

Grants & Contracts Awarded

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None

Publications & Presentations

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1. The Impact of Utilising Video Games in Media Plans: Case Study of Private Sector Companies in Bahrain (2026)
2. Networked Legitimacy in Crisis and State Failure: Influencers, Digital Publics, and the Derna Floods in Libya – Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 2026
3. News photographs depicting the 2022 Russia–Ukraine conflict across Arab and Non-Arab outlets – International Journal of Conflict Management, 2025
4. The influence of age and gender on social TV acceptance – Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies, April 2025
5. Technology Enhanced Learning Through LMS and VR Goggles – Springer, 2023
6. The Perceptions of Iraqi Internally Displaced Persons of Social Media Use during War and Conflict – Malaysian Journal of Communication, 2023
7. Smart interaction and social TV used by Jordanian University students – Technology in Society, 2022
8. Students’ perceptions of mobile learning technology acceptance during Covid-19: WhatsApp in focus – Educational Media International, 2022
9. Public Service Advertisements and Healthcare Attitudinal Changes in Developing Countries – ICBT Conference, 2022
10. Gulf Elites’ Dependence on International Press in Times of Crisis: US-Iran crisis 2019–2020 – Malaysian Journal of Communication, 2022
11. Perceptions of Online Academics’ and Al-Jazeera.net’s News Coverage of Egyptian Political Transformation 2013–2014 – Malaysian Journal of Communication, 2020
12. War and Journalism: Framing the Syrian and Yemen War – New Media and Mass Communication, 2020
13. Press Coverage of the Syrian Refugee Crisis – New Media and Mass Communication, 2019
14. The Adoption and Use of Social Media and Its Impact on Mainstream Media in Bahrain – Journalism and Mass Communication, 2019
15. The Use of the Internet and the Practice of Journalism in Bahrain – Journalism and Mass Communication, 2018
16. Online News and Young Adults in Bahrain: Patterns of Use and Gratification – Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, 2018
17. News Sites and Fake News in the Egyptian Political Transformation 2013–14 – KnE Social Sciences Conference, 2018