Maliha Tabassum

Maliha Tabassum

Assistant Professor

Department of Mass Communication and Journalism
Faculty of Security & Strategic Studies (FSSS)

maliha.tabassum@bup.edu.bd


BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF PROFESSIONALS
Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216

Biography

Maliha Tabassum has been instructing department of mass communication and Journalism as an assistant professor at Bangladesh University of Professionals for about five years. 

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

1.     Tabassum, M. & Partha, S. B. (2026). YouTubeThumbnails as Political Frames: Insights from Bangladesh's July Revolution. InH. Rahman & D. I. Manik (Eds.), Critical Media Perspectives on the 2024Bangladesh Uprising (pp. 215-228). Bloomsbury. doi.org/10.5040/9798216371526.00242.     Tabassum, M. (2026). Redefining Heroism: The ChangingPortrayal of Heroes in Bangla Cinema Posters. BCTI Bangladesh Journal,14th Edition.3.     Tabassum, M. (Accepted, 2026). AI-Armed Disinformationand Election Security in Bangladesh: A Qualitative Case Study of the Six-MonthPre-Election Period (August 2025-February 2026). Accepted by the competentauthority, Centre for Strategic and Peace Studies (CSPS).4.     Tabassum, M., Rakib, M. A. A. & Promi, I. J.(2025). War on Reels: AComparative Study of the 1971 Liberation War in Films from Bangladesh, India,and Pakistan. BUP Journal, 12(1).5.     Tabassum, M., Partha, S. B. & Kundu, P. (2025).Human Rights and Digital Surveillance: A Case Study of Pegasus SnoopingScandal. BUP FSSS Journal, 1(1).6.     Khan, M. A. K., Mehjabin, S. S., Tabassum, M., Partha,S. B. & Biswas, A. K. (2025). Practices andInnovative Approaches in Post-Secondary Media Education during the Covid-19Pandemic in Bangladesh. In Digital Inequalities in MediaEducation in South Asia (pp. 266-281). Routledge.7.     Tabassum, M. (2024). Future of LocalOTT Platforms in Bangladesh: Boon or Bane. Bangladesh Film andTelevision Institute Journal, 13th Edition.8.     Tabassum, M., Partha, S. B., Goni, A. & Kundu, P.(2024). ArtificialIntelligence and Future Newsroom: A Study on Journalists of Bangladesh.Pacific Journalism Review, 29(1). [Q3]9.     Islam, M. A., Das, A. & Tabassum, M. (2023). Factors AffectingTrust in News Media among Young People in Bangladesh. World ofMedia, Issue 3. [Q1]10.  Kundu, P. & Tabassum, M. (2023). Harassed andHushed: Bangladeshi Women Journalists' Experiences of Gender Discrimination andSexual Harassment. Athens Journal of Mass Media &Communications, 9(3). [Q3]11.  Mim, M. B. & Tabassum, M. (2021). A Critical Studyon Female Roles in Television Commercials of Bangladesh. Informasi,51(2), 249-266.12.  Haque, M., Tabassum, M. & Maqbul, N. E. (2021).COVID-19 and Political Leadership: Understanding the Corona-time Metaphors ofBangladesh's Political Leaders. Journal of Bangladesh Studies, 23(1),Special Issue on COVID-19, BDI (USA).13.  Goni, M. A. & Tabassum, M. (2020). Tied to the MobilePhone: Exploring the Nature of Nomophobia among the Students of Bangladesh.BUP Journal, 8(1).14.  Goni, M. A. & Tabassum, M. (2020). ArtificialIntelligence (AI) in Journalism: Is Bangladesh Ready for It? A Study onJournalism Students in Bangladesh. Athens Journal of Mass Mediaand Communications, 6(4), 209-228.15.  Tabassum, M. & Kundu, P. (2020). E-leadership in Social Change: A NewParadigm in Bangladesh. Nepalese Journal of Management Scienceand Research, 84-97.16.  Tabassum, M. & Al Karim, S. S. (2020). Fruitful or EmptyTalks: Analyzing Political Talk Shows before the National Election ofBangladesh. International Journal of Social Sciences andHumanities, 4(1).17.  Tabassum, M. & Hossain, M. S. (2019). Oral CommunicationApprehension among Undergraduate Accounting and Journalism Students inBangladesh. IJLLT, 3(1). doi:10.32996/ijllt.2020.3.1.20Citations: 100+   |   ResearchGate   |   Google Scholar

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

Education
S.S.C, Uttara High School
H.S.C, Milestone College
Honors, Dhaka University
Masters, Coventry University
Masters, Dhaka University

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

Journal Publication
1. Sanjoy Basak Partha, Maliha Tabassum , Md. Ashraful Goni & Priyanka Kundu (2023) "Artificial Intelligence and Future Newsroom : A Study on Journalists of Bangladesh ".Pacific Journalism Review, 29 (1).2.Md Aminul Islam, Apon Das and Maliha Tabassum (2023). Factors affecting trust in news media among young people in Bangladesh. World of Media ( manuscript accepted, yet to be published).3.Moriom Begum Mim & Maliha Tabassum (2021). A critical study on female roles in television commercials of Bangladesh. Informasi, 51(2), 249-266.https://journal.uny.ac.id/index.php/informasi/article/view/429034.Mehnaz Haque, Maliha Tabassum and Nur E Maqbul (2021). COVID-19 and Political Leadership: Understanding the Corona-time Metaphors of Bangladesh’s Political Leaders. JOURNAL OF BANGLADESH STUDIES (ISSN 1529-0905), Volume 23, Number 1, 2021 Special Issue on COVID-19 BANGLADESH DEVELOPMENTINITIATIVE (BDI), USA5.Md Ashraful Goni & Maliha Tabassum (2020). Tied to the Mobile Phone: Exploring the Nature of Nomophobia among the students of Bangladesh. BUP Journal, June 2020, Volume 8, Issue 1.6.Md Ashraful Goni & Maliha Tabassum (2020). Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Journalism: Is Bangladesh Ready for it? A Study on Journalism Students in Bangladesh. Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications- Volume 6, Issue 4, October 2020, Pages 209-228. https://www.athensjournals.gr/media/2020-6-4-1-Goni.pdf7.Maliha Tabassum & Priyanka Kundu (2020). E-leadership in Social Change: A New Paradigm in Bangladesh, in Nepalese Journal of Management Science and Research (NJMSR), Nepal, Pages 84-978.Maliha Tabassum & Shayeed Shahjada Al Karim (2020). Fruitful or Empty talks:Analyzing political talk shows before the national election of Bangladesh.International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, e-ISSN : 25507001 p-ISSN : 2550-701X9.Maliha Tabassum & Md. Sahid Hossain (2019). Oral Communication Apprehension(OCA) among Undergraduate Accounting and Journalism Students in Bangladesh.International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation (IJLLT) ISSN: 2617-0299, Volume 3, Issue 01, Doi : 10.32996/ijllt.2020.3.1.20Total number of citations: 11Research Gate Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maliha-Tabassum-2
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Conference Papers
1. Presented "E-leadership and Social Change in Bangladesh" in 1st Global International Conference- 2019, December 13-14, 2019, Kathmandu, Nepal2.Presented ‘Human Rights Redefined in Digital Age: A case study on Pegasus scandal’ in AICSS 2022 conference arranged by AIUB on January 12-13, 2022.3.China-BD Cultural Exchange Programme, University Representative, June 21-27, 2017

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Researchs
Communication, Culture and Media, Political Communication, Health Communication

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

Awards
Sitara Parven Award for 1ST class 3rd position in BSS final exam of Mass Communication and Journalism26/7/2016
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1st runner up of ‘Young Leaders Programme’ and got a prestigious scholarship to do masters abroad (Worth 25 Lakh)
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Champion of a talent hunt show ‘Rupantor’

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

Courses
MCJ 4837: International Communication
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MCJ 1206: Presentation Skill Development
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MCJ 3629: Information and Communication Technology
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MCJ 2313: Mass Media in Bangladesh
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MCJ 3523: Mass Media Research

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S.S.C, Uttara High School
H.S.C, Milestone College
Honors, Dhaka University
Masters, Coventry University
Masters, Dhaka University

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

1. Sanjoy Basak Partha, Maliha Tabassum , Md. Ashraful Goni & Priyanka Kundu (2023) "Artificial Intelligence and Future Newsroom : A Study on Journalists of Bangladesh ".Pacific Journalism Review, 29 (1).2.Md Aminul Islam, Apon Das and Maliha Tabassum (2023). Factors affecting trust in news media among young people in Bangladesh. World of Media ( manuscript accepted, yet to be published).3.Moriom Begum Mim & Maliha Tabassum (2021). A critical study on female roles in television commercials of Bangladesh. Informasi, 51(2), 249-266.https://journal.uny.ac.id/index.php/informasi/article/view/429034.Mehnaz Haque, Maliha Tabassum and Nur E Maqbul (2021). COVID-19 and Political Leadership: Understanding the Corona-time Metaphors of Bangladesh’s Political Leaders. JOURNAL OF BANGLADESH STUDIES (ISSN 1529-0905), Volume 23, Number 1, 2021 Special Issue on COVID-19 BANGLADESH DEVELOPMENTINITIATIVE (BDI), USA5.Md Ashraful Goni & Maliha Tabassum (2020). Tied to the Mobile Phone: Exploring the Nature of Nomophobia among the students of Bangladesh. BUP Journal, June 2020, Volume 8, Issue 1.6.Md Ashraful Goni & Maliha Tabassum (2020). Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Journalism: Is Bangladesh Ready for it? A Study on Journalism Students in Bangladesh. Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications- Volume 6, Issue 4, October 2020, Pages 209-228. https://www.athensjournals.gr/media/2020-6-4-1-Goni.pdf7.Maliha Tabassum & Priyanka Kundu (2020). E-leadership in Social Change: A New Paradigm in Bangladesh, in Nepalese Journal of Management Science and Research (NJMSR), Nepal, Pages 84-978.Maliha Tabassum & Shayeed Shahjada Al Karim (2020). Fruitful or Empty talks:Analyzing political talk shows before the national election of Bangladesh.International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, e-ISSN : 25507001 p-ISSN : 2550-701X9.Maliha Tabassum & Md. Sahid Hossain (2019). Oral Communication Apprehension(OCA) among Undergraduate Accounting and Journalism Students in Bangladesh.International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Translation (IJLLT) ISSN: 2617-0299, Volume 3, Issue 01, Doi : 10.32996/ijllt.2020.3.1.20Total number of citations: 11Research Gate Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maliha-Tabassum-2
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Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

1. Presented "E-leadership and Social Change in Bangladesh" in 1st Global International Conference- 2019, December 13-14, 2019, Kathmandu, Nepal2.Presented ‘Human Rights Redefined in Digital Age: A case study on Pegasus scandal’ in AICSS 2022 conference arranged by AIUB on January 12-13, 2022.3.China-BD Cultural Exchange Programme, University Representative, June 21-27, 2017

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Communication, Culture and Media, Political Communication, Health Communication

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

Sitara Parven Award for 1ST class 3rd position in BSS final exam of Mass Communication and Journalism26/7/2016
•
1st runner up of ‘Young Leaders Programme’ and got a prestigious scholarship to do masters abroad (Worth 25 Lakh)
•
Champion of a talent hunt show ‘Rupantor’

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026

MCJ 4837: International Communication
•
MCJ 1206: Presentation Skill Development
•
MCJ 3629: Information and Communication Technology
•
MCJ 2313: Mass Media in Bangladesh
•
MCJ 3523: Mass Media Research

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2026