
The Illusion of Public Sphere: Digital Echoes, Synthetic Politics & Democratic Dialogue
How algorithmic silos, automated counter-framing, and synthetic media distort participatory democracy in contemporary South Asia.
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Moshiur Rahman is a faculty member in the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at Comilla University, Bangladesh. He is also a PhD candidate in Journalism at Erciyes University, TÃŧrkiye, where he is currently in the thesis stage. Alongside his academic responsibilities, he serves as the Acting Director of the International Affairs Office at Comilla University.
Born in Barguna, Bangladesh, Rahman completed his Higher Secondary Certificate in 2013. In 2014, he received a Turkish Government Scholarship to pursue higher education in TÃŧrkiye. He studied Journalism at Anadolu University and graduated at the top of his faculty. During his undergraduate studies, he spent an academic year at the University of Warsaw, Poland, through the Erasmus+ exchange programme. He also completed an Erasmus+ internship in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
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A decade of intellectual and academic residency across Anatoliaâfrom Turkish language mastery at Osmangazi and journalism degrees at Anadolu University to doctoral research at Erciyes University and life in Ankara.

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