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 University, D.I.Khan	2005
4	Bachelor of Arts BA	Govt. Degree College NO.2 Gomal University, D.I.Khan	2003
5	D.Com Accounts	Govt. Commerce College, D.I.Khan	1998
6	Metric Science	Wensom College, D.I.Khan	1994

Publications

S.No	Publication Title	Authors	Action
1	War Against Terrorism in the Tribal Areas of Pakistan: A Study of News Coverage and Challenges Faced By the Working Journalists	Dr. Majid-ul-Ghafar, Dr. Muhammad Shahzad, Dr. Aslam Pervaz	Click to View
2	Role of Social Media in Political Opinion Articulation: A Comparative Analysis of KP & Punjab	Azam Jan, Sajjad Ahmed Paracha, Majid-ul-Ghafar	Click to View
3	Impact of Smartphone Applications on Political Behavior of Youth	Majid-ul-Ghafar, Muhammad Shahzad , Neelam Zahir	Click to View
4	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
5	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
6	Profile of Campus Radio (98.6) Hazara University, Pakistan: The Role of Community Media in Civic EducationVIEWERS	Hasrat Zaman Khan, Majid Ul Ghafar, Hira Khan, Hassan Ali Maan	Click to View
7	WAR REPORTING: STRESSES AND THREATS TO WAR REPORTERS Pakistan: The Role of Community Media in Civic EducationVIEWERS	Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar, Hasrat Zaman Khan, Hira Khan	Click to View
8	POLITICS IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL MEDIA, NETWORKING AND GLOBALIZATION: AN EXCITING ENDEAVOUR OR A BANE?O WAR REPORTERS Pakistan: The Role of Community Media in Civic EducationVIEWERS	Hira Khan, Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar, Dr. Tanveer Hussain, Aeman Khalid, Hasrat Zaman	Click to View
9	Portrayal of Parents and Children Behavior: A Study of TV Drama Serials in Pakistan	Kiran Tahir, Atif Ashraf, Majid Ul Ghafar	Click to View
10	Source Credibility in Environmental Reporting of Two Different Media Landscapes	Atia Dar, Majid Ul Ghafar, Rabail Naz	Click to View
11	PHOTOJOURNALISM IN CONFLICT: A POST APS ATTACK INSIGHT OF WAR ON TERROR IN MAINSTREAM URDU AND ENGLISH PRESS OF PAKISTAN	Siama Khan, Majid Ul Ghafar, Hamza Marwan	Click to View
12	Effects of TV Programs on Children: A Case Study of Bahawalpur	Dr. Huma Kha Dr Majid ul Ghafar, Faridullah	Click to View
13	Negative Effects of Children’s Television: A Case Study of Bahawalpur	Dr. Huma Kha Dr Majid ul Ghafar, Faridullah	Click to View
14	POPULAR CHILDREN'S TV PROGRAMS IN PAKISTAN	Dr Huma Kha, Dr Majid ul Ghafar, Ayesha Sajid Durani	Click to View
15	PORTRAYAL OF FEMALE IN PAKISTANI TV DARAMAS: A CASE STUDY OF HAZARA UNIVERSITY	Dr Majid ul Ghafar Noor Nabi Khan Anwar Khan	Click to View
16	Media Direction and Life Satisfaction among Young Adults of Bahawalpu	Ghulam Mujtaba Majid ul Ghafar Noor Nabi 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	Click to View
18	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
19	The Impact of Online Learning on Academic Performance of Youth. Online Media & Society	Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar, Mansoor Ali Khan, Komal Zulfiqar	Click to View
20	Popularity of Youtube Podcasters Among Social Media Users	Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar, Muhammad Ishaq, Afifa Anees	Click to View
21	PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES FACED BY FEMALE JOURNALISTS: A CASE STUDY OF PAKISTAN	Dr. Majid Ul Ghafar, Azhar Rashid, Anwar Khan	Click to View
22	Children TV Watching Habits: A Case Study of Pakistan	Huma Khan, Majid Ul Ghafar , Anwar khan	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