Abdul Aziz

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• PhD
• Lecturer at Monash University Malaysia

The problem of algorithmic bias is being highlighted by recent escalating tensions between India and Bangladesh and cases of violence against Bangladeshi citizens in India and violence against Hindus in Bangladesh. A pro-Indian misinformation and disinformation campaign is exploiting this algorithmic bias to further its agenda – an agenda that has...

This chapter shows how traditional Rohingya food practices help the community to (re)imagine their home in Brisbane and symbolize familial and communal bindings. On the one hand, this study explores how Rohingya refugees use food and food culture as a struggle and manifestation of ethnic identity in urban space. On the other hand, it shows a strate...

While Bangladesh has adopted many digital initiatives, the country continues to grapple with widespread digital disparities and social inequalities. Employing semi-structured interviews, this study explores the dynamics of the digital divide and the perceptions and experiences of current ICT learning among undergraduate students in Bangladesh. The...

This article examines how the Rohingya diaspora employs social media platforms to reclaim their identity narratives through visibility and resistance in the context of genocide and subsequent prolonged displacement. Drawing on qualitative interviews with 15 displaced Rohingya members and activists in Brisbane, Australia, this article demonstrates h...

This paper reports on an ethnographic study that examined smart TV use in low-income migrant households in Australia. We find that the smart TV is used by migrant families for diverse forms of social and cultural participation. In addition, we find that YouTube – which is often accessed using the smart TV – is reshaping family media practices. We a...

There are significant digital inclusion disparities between low‐ and high‐income households across countries. Yet, there is a lack of in‐depth research about the relationship between digital and social participation in low‐income family households, especially in households facing multiple forms of disadvantage and discrimination due to language, cu...

Business has been evolved with religion in a social context. Sociocultural and religious factors remain a significant barrier ensuring access to the broader context of financial services. In this context, Islamic banking has been a very popular banking system that serves financial services to those who want to avoid riba (usury or interest). Follow...

Due to the recent proliferation of digital media use, Islamic Waz-mahfils (sermon gatherings) have been a central form of public (digital) piety and public manifestation in contemporary Bangladesh. Islamic waz programs have been an exclusive socio-cultural and religious phenomenon that has attained immense social significance across rural and urban...

This study explores the intersection of affect, affordance, and agency of the Rohingya diaspora in maintaining the everyday transnational digital communication in a context of prolonged displacement and genocide. Drawing on a qualitative multi-sited research approach, I interviewed 25 Rohingya diaspora living in the Cox’s Bazar refugee camps in Ban...

Human rights activists have been railing against the Bangladeshi government’s use of the controversial ‘Digital Security Act’ to gag media and free speech for a long time, to no avail. Bangladesh continues to fall down the rankings in the World Press Freedom Index: hundreds of people, including journalists, university teachers, cartoonists and phot...

This article provides a new direction in digital media and communication studies and develops an emergent analytical lens of digital media and immobility in the context of forced migration. Drawing on a qualitative multi-sited research approach, I shed light on digitally mediated transnational care in the Rohingya diaspora in refugee camps in Bangl...

This paper gives an overview of digital inequalities and sociocultural factors (e.g., stigma, religious faith) associated with health-related misinformation during COVID-19 in Bangladesh. It aims to explore how digital inequalities, digital surveillance, socio-cultural and religious factors, and health-related misinformation spread through social m...

This paper argues that while digital and social media offer a niche of a repertoire of resistance and the rise of a new form of community in a context of statelessness, the use of such technologies can be juxtaposed with the consequence of digital surveillance and victimisation in everyday life in a refugee camp. This study offers critical insights...

Scholarships of digital media and transnational studies are likely to focus on how the technologies help maintain people's transnational ties in the countries of settlement. However, to date, little attention has been given to how technologies are used by forced migrants in the context of transnational family communication. This paper interrogates...

The state-led investment in digital infrastructure under the ruling party’s political agenda of “Digital Bangladesh” has given rise to scholarly and policy debates, especially around issues of digital surveillance and media censorship. Such concerns have intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. This essay analyses contemporary Bangladesh in the co...

A growing body of literature is advancing the impact of financial inclusion and digital finance on marginalized populations. However, mainstream scholarship has not focused on understanding the potential drivers and challenges of digital approaches to financial inclusion. This study aims to investigate the mismatch between assumptions implicit in t...

The paper explores the COVID-19 in Bangladesh and associated issues related to digital inequalities, sociocultural factors and health communication. We discuss and give an overview of digital inequalities and sociocultural factors (e.g., stigma, religious faith) associated with health-related misinformation spread through social media that have fur...

This study assesses the impact and effectiveness of the National Information and Communications Technology Policy (NIP) in Bangladesh, which is a key legal framework for “Vision 2021” and “Digital Bangladesh”. It investigates the extent to which digital inclusion can be achieved by the NIP strategies, as well as exploring the conceptualisation of d...

Taking advantage of proliferating smartphones and social media platforms, the Rohingya digital diaspora is contributing toward the development of transnational political engagement and identity. Diaspora members should have more digital skills and resources so that they could leverage their transnational engagement in the digital age.

A growing body of literature is advancing the impact of financial inclusion and digital finance on marginalised population. However, mainstream scholarships have caught little attention in the understanding of potential drivers and challenges of digital approaches to financial inclusion. This study aims to investigate the mismatch between assumptio...

This research study investigated the processes of social exclusion and legal recognition of hijra in Dhaka, Bangladesh, focusing on experiences in accessing work and health services. The goal of this study was to explore how official recognition of hijra as a third gender shaped experiences of social exclusion, following the passing of a new policy...

The study explores a critical scrutiny of goals and means behind the ICT policies assessing the policy impact and effectiveness for digital inclusion in Bangladesh. The analysis takes place in two interlinked stages. The first phase is related to the national ICT policies. It investigates to what extent the idea of digital inclusion is set consiste...