Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar Biography

Dr. Majid-ul-Ghafar is one of the pioneer faculty members of the Department of Communication & Media Studies, Hazara University. He joined the Department on Nov. 23, 2006. He did MSc. in Journalism and Mass Communication from Gomal University D.I. Khan in 2005 and earned his MPhil in Mass Communication from Islamia University Bahawalpur in 2010. Dr. Majid completed his PhD from Islamia University Bahawalpur in 2017. He is Examination Coordinator (internal) since 2010 to 2021 and looking after all the affairs of the Department examinations of BS, MSc. and M.Phil. He is well versed in Radio and TV journalism and received practical trainings from international organizations. He worked with Internews Network Pakistan from 2010 to 2017 and participated in different trainings of Radio and TV. He worked with William John Rowen Reid Producer/international trainer Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC) from 2010 to 2016 participated in different training of the trainers’ programs arranged by Internews network Pakistan for faculty development program. Dr. Majid also worked with Horea Salajan Producer/International trainer British Broadcast Corporation (BBC) from2012 to 2017 and participated in different TV Journalism trainings. Apart from teaching Dr. Majid has the additional responsibilities as Station Director Campus TV and Campus Radio. He is a lead trainer of Radio and TV. Dr. Majid has extensively travelled both in and outside Pakistan and visited many media organization including voice of America, Al-Jazeera TV, CNBC, China TV etc. He also visited different universities of United States of America including George Washington University, Maryland University, Washington State University and American University. Dr. Majid has supervised 9 MPhil scholars. His research interest area is war reporting, conflict reporting and peace journalism. Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar has more than 20 Research publication both national and international Research Journals. He worked with different national and international scholars and attended international and national conferences. Dr. Majid visited Bangkok to attend the 4th world conference Media and Mass Communication as presenter and received medal as best session presenter, the conference was organized by Technology Institute of International Knowledge Management (TIIKM) held in April 2018. Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar is a member of the scientific committee in international organizations who organized different international conferences related to media studies. He is also working as external examiner of PhD and MPhil in different universities of Pakistan. He is serving with different national journals as article reviewer since 2020.

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Academic Background

S.No	Degree Title	Institute	Degree Completion Year
1	PhD Media Studies	The Islamia University Bahawalpur	2017
2	M.Phil Media Studies	The Islamia University Bahawalpur	2010
3	MSc. Journalism and Mass Communication	Gomal Univerity D.I.Khan	2005
4	BA	Government Degree College No.2 D.I.Khan	2003
5	D.Com Accounts	Government Commerce College, D.I,Khan	1998
6	Metric	Wensom College, D.I,Khan	1994
7	Modern Skills for Teaching Radio Joournalism	Internews Network Pakistan, Islamabad	September, 2012
8	Training of Trainers Practical Radio Journalism (10 days training)	Internews Network Pakistan, Islamabad	September, 2011
9	Modern Skills for Teaching TV Journalism	Internews Network Pakistan, Islamabad	January, 2013
10	TV Program Making	Internews Network Pakistan, Islamabad	May, 2013
11	Live Video Production Using Wirecast	Internews Network Pakistan, Islamabad	November, 2016
12	Training of Trainers Program on Video and TV Journalism	Internews Network Pakistan, Islamabad	August, 2015 to January, 2017
13	Session Best Presenter Award in 2018 4th World Conference held in Bangkok, Thailand 2018	MEDCOM	April, 2018

Publications

S.No	Publication Title	Authors	Action
1	WAR AGAINST TERRORISM IN THE TRIBAL AREAS OF PAKISTAN: A STUDY OF NEWS COVERAGE AND THE CHALLENGES FACED BY THE WORKING JOURNALISTS	Majid Ul Ghafar, Muhammad Shahzad, Muhammad Aslam Pervaz	Click to View
2	USAGE PATTERN OF FACEBOOK AND NEEDS GRATIFICATION OF THE USERS: A GENDER BASED STUDY	Azam Jan, Sajjad Ahmed Paracha, Majid Ul Ghafar	Click to View
3	THE PROSPECTS OF SINO-RUSSIAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION IN THE ARCTIC REGION	Hira Khan, Prof, Dr. M. Iqbal, Dr. Maj Nazir Hussain, Dr. Mumtaz, Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar, Hasrat Zaman	Click to View
4	IMPACT OF HORROR MOVIE VIEWERSHIP ON THE REAL-LIFE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF VIEWERS	Hasrat Zaman, Hassan Ali Man, Dr. Wajiha Raza, Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar, Hira Khan, Syed Mehreen Zara	Click to View
5	Profile of Campus Radio (98.6) Hazara University, Pakistan: The Role of Community Media in Civic Education	Hasrat Zaman Khan, Majid Ul Ghafar, Hira Khan, Hassan Ali Maan	Click to View
6	WAR REPORTING: STRESSES AND THREATS TO WAR REPORTERS	Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar, Hasrat Zaman Khan, Hira Khan	Click to View
7	POLITICS IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL MEDIA, NETWORKING AND GLOBALIZATION: AN EXCITING ENDEAVOUR OR A BANE?	Hira Khan, Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar, Dr. Tanveer Hussain, Aeman Khalid, Hasrat Zaman	Click to View
8	Portrayal of Parents and Children Behavior: A Study of TV Drama Serials in Pakistan	Kiran Tahir, Atif Ashraf, Majid Ul Ghafar	Click to View
9	Source Credibility in Environmental Reporting of Two Different Media Landscapes	Atiya Dar, Majid Ul Ghafar, Rabail Niaz	Click to View
10	PHOTOJOURNALISM IN CONFLICT: A POST APS ATTACK INSIGHT OF WAR ON TERROR IN MAINSTREAM URDU AND ENGLISH PRESS OF PAKISTAN	Saima Khan, Majid Ul Ghafar, Amir Hamza Marwan	Click to View
11	Effects of TV Programs on Children: A Case Study of Bahawalpur	Dr. Huma Khan, Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar, Farid Ullah	Click to View
12	Negative Effects of Children’s Television: A Case Study of Bahawalpur	Huma Khan, Majid Ul Ghafar, Farid Ullah	Click to View
13	POPULAR CHILDREN'S TV PROGRAMS IN PAKISTAN	Huma Khan, Majid Ul Ghafar, Ayesha Sajid Durani	Click to View
14	Children TV Watching Habits: A Case Study of Pakistan	Huma Khan, Majid Ul Ghafar, Anwar Khan	Click to View
15	PORTRAYAL OF FEMALE IN PAKISTANI TV DARAMAS: A CASE STUDY OF HAZARA UNIVERSITY	Majid Ul Ghafar, Noor Nabi Khan, Anwar Khan	Click to View
16	Media Direction and Life Satisfaction among Young Adults of Bahawalpur	Ghulam Mujtaba, Majid Ul Ghafar, Noor Nabi Khan, Anwar Khan	Click to View
17	Effects of Anti-Polio Media Campaign on Knowledge Attitude and Proactive: A Case Study of District Vehari	Rizwan Ahmed, Majid Ul Ghafar, Noor Nabi Khan, Anwar Khan	Click to View
18	Modern Media of Communication and Islamic Concept of Communication	Majid Ul Ghafar, Noor Nabi Khan, Liaqat Khan	Click to View
19	PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF TIKTOK SOCIAL MEDIA APPLICATION ON BEHAVIOR OF YOUTH: A CASE STUDY OF PAKISTAN	Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar, Azhar Rashid, Noor Nabi Khan	Click to View
20	PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FACED BY FEMALE JOURNALISTS: A CASE STUDY OF PAKISTAN	Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar, Azhar Rashid, Anwar Khan	Click to View
21	The Impact of Online Learning on Academic Performance of Youth	Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar, Mansoor Ali Khan, Komal Zulfiqar	Click to View
22	Popularity Of YouTube Podcasters Among Social Media Users	Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar, Muhammad Ishaq, Affifa Anees	Click to View
23	Role of Electronic Media in Political Information: A Comparative Analysis of Geo News and Ary News	Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar, Komal Zulfiqar, Waleed Gul Majeed	Click to View
24	Role of Social Media Applications in Creating Intolerance among Pakistani Youth	Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar,Muhammad Adil Khan, Azhar Rashid	Click to View
25	Examine the Ascending Phenomenon of Female Entrepreneurial Engagement Within Urban Contexts of Pakistan Via Social Media in the Context of a Quantitative Research Study	Naureen Aleem, Majid Ul Ghafar	Click to View
26	IMPACT OF SMARTPHONE APPLICATIONS ON POLITICAL BEHAVIOUR OF YOUTH	Majid Ul Ghafar , Muhammad Shahzad Neelam Zahir	Click to View
27	Broadcast Journalism: A Radio Practical Handbook	Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar	Click to View