Bimbisar Irom

I'm so excited for our special issue on Global Mis & Disinformation with the fabulous @JosephineLukito as the guest editor. The first special issue since I joined @IJPOR_Journal as EIC! Check out the articles here👇 shorturl.at/BM98y

This week on CAVRN, @borah, @leedaniellekl, @dimu233, @_avishnevskaya_, @bsirom, Ron Price, @OnurRamazan_, and @YoonJoo4 investigate the associations between VR, empathy, and information sharing intention. Check it out here: cavrn.org/virtual-realit…

CAVRN welcomes @bsirom to explore the promises and dangers of VR use for humanitarian practice from a critical-cultural perspective. Check it out here: cavrn.org/exploring-prop…

📢 Very happy to share that the article by Claudia Soler and myself on UNHCR’s (@Refugees) Instagram communication strategies for the Ukrainian and Syrian crises has been published #openaccess in the @JRefugeeStudies! 😊 academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-ar… 1/

New investigation from @bsirom on how #localnews journalists responded to the "Syrian refugee rape case" disinformation campaign in Twin Falls, Idaho, 2016. Discover how journalistic techniques shaped public perceptions and learn steps to combat #disinformation. Link below.

Excited about the first paper from @MurrowCollege's renovated #VR lab in New Media & Society. We examine the dynamics of VR, empathy/sympathy, and the moderating role of political ideology in the case of the #Syrian refugee crisis. shorturl.at/gjmAK

New in Cultural Politics: @berylpong on the visualization of humanitarian events through drone technology. read.dukeupress.edu/cultural-polit…

Friends! My book WRONGED: THE WEAPONIZATION OF VICTIMHOOD is now available: cup.columbia.edu/book/wronged/9… @ColumbiaUP

Read about how two major U.S. newspapers visually covered the Afghan evacuation at the end of 'the longest war.' Published in Critical Studies in Media Communication. tinyurl.com/4zn4v6ae

Very excited to be working with this stellar team on this special issue. Please consider submitting an abstract! We want to capture the broadest possible range of scholarship - topically, conceptually, methodologically!

Join Us! Tues, Mar 19th @pcbrewery w/ @borah, @amir_asim & @bsirom for their pub talk, “Navigating Misinformation in the Digital Age: Media Influence and Cultivating our Relationship to Critical Reading” Dtls: @palousescience" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">efa.wsu.edu/category/efa-e… @MurrowCollege @wsucoe @wsupullman #GoCougs !

What minefields do local newspapers negotiate while responding to disinformation? My study of the @twinfallstn response to the "Syrian refugee rape case" in Twin Falls, ID suggests steps local journalists can consider to engage with disinformation. tinyurl.com/2jfpj453

Look at this awesome poster by @bsirom @tanianachrin 👀 “From evacuees to refugees: Themes and frames in the U.S. newspaper coverage if Afghan resettlement after ‘the endless war.’” #AEJMC23 #MurrowAEJMC23

New paper on #WhiteFeminism published in @SocialMedia_Soc with a group of brilliant, diverse, female scholars @shreenita_ghosh @jiyoun_suk @darshana_mini @luhang_sun. We examine criticism against the #feminist movement on 5 social media platforms. shorturl.at/arzN7

New publication on remediations and remixes of the iconic visual of Christine Blasey Ford by Instagram users. Check out my latest paper in Online Information Review: tinyurl.com/yck9nhcn

@NitashaKaul Hindutva lens is, at best, an incomplete one to understand the Manipur conflict. Religion just happens to be an incidental variable here. Ancient prejudices (exacerbated by the British) is a far more powerful driver in this case.

I simply cannot bring myself to share even blurred video from #Manipur. The deeply misogynist patriarchal casteist Hindutva society on full display in what that Hindu mob does to those tribal Christian women. Modi silent, as when 8 yo Aasifa was raped by Hindus. Utter horror 1/2

How was the Rohingya refugee crisis visually framed by prominent newspapers in South and Southeast Asia? Find out from my latest publication in Visual Communication @Sage_VCJ : t.ly/grxf

@borah @Bruce_Pinkleton @WSUPullman Trailblazer!

The official letter was delivered by our wonderful Dean @Bruce_Pinkleton! Happy to be promoted to Full Professor on my tenth year at @WSUPullman. I'm also incredibly grateful to be named the Les Smith Distinguished Professor. Thank you to all who have been part of this journey.

Congratulations to @MurrowCollege's @borah & @bsirom! Thanks for 10 great years!

How was the #Rohingya refugee crisis represented in two major U.S. newspapers? Find out from my latest study with @borah and Gibbons in @jmcquarterly using visual semiotics. bit.ly/3IcPH73