“Bangabandhu and Dhaka University” by Dr A J M Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan won National Film Awards 2022

The documentary film titled "Bangabandhu and Dhaka University," produced and directed by Professor A. J. M Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan, Ph.D., received the National Film Award 2022 as the best documentary. On Tuesday, October 31, 2023, the Ministry of Information unveiled...
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The relevance of Bangabandhu’s philosophy on education

What is Bangabandhu’s philosophy of education? What kind of education system did he envision for the newly independent Bangladesh? My purpose in this article is to shed some light on the education thoughts of the Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh...
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Peripheral View: Conceptualizing the Information Society as a Postcolonial Subject

This article looks into the information society from a postcolonial subject position. It uses concepts from a postcolonial perspective and critical political economy of communication to investigate the information society. It perceives the information society as a discourse of social...
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Universal Access in Developing Countries: A Particular Focus on Bangladesh

The concept of universal access, which originated in the United States, is now part of the telecommunications policy frameworks of many developing countries. This article uses the case of Bangladesh as a vehicle for examining the transferability of the universal...
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The political economy of mass communication in Bangladesh

The political economy of mass communication in Bangladesh

This article deals with the political economy of mass communication in Bangladesh, a small South Asian country. As in many developing countries, media industries in Bangladesh are now in a transition involving a shift from state control and direction to forms of market organisation. This article looks at this transition and analyses how and why it is happening and who benefits from it. It also investigates the impact of this transition on ownership and control of communication media, media content and media users. For these purposes, the article uses the political economy approach to communication as its theoretical framework. It is, therefore, necessary to discuss what the political economy approach to communication involves.

 

A. J.M. SHAFIUL ALAM BHUIYAN MA
Pages 118-136 | Published online: 04 Apr 2012

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