collaborate()
  • maximum_effort.py

Sakir Mohammad_

Researching AI – MC, Framing, and the Newsroom

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about_me()
# who am i?
class Sakir:
  • role = "Researcher (beta, bugs expected)"
  • tools = ["Python", "R", "SPSS"]
  • base = "Shanghai Jiao Tong University"
  • vibe = "maximum effort" # 💀
Founder

Global South Initiative for Media Literacy

International Ambassador

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Amateur Stand-up Comedian

Herlarious Club, Shanghai

I collect stories about media, politics, and the people caught in between.

// field_notes, travel_diary, late_night_data_dump

AI-MC

How AI-mediated communication is shaping human communication

Framing

How framing shapes truth

AI & Intimacy

How artificial intimacy is replacing human relationships

// publications

Selected Research

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Cogent Education

Voices in peril: Understanding English public speaking anxiety among university students in Bangladesh

2024
Prothoma Publication

Beyond the statistics: Another story of education life in Shanghai

2025
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// writing

Op-eds & Features

Published in leading newspapers across Bangladesh and China. Because some things need to be said loudly.
The Business Standard

Scammed and deceived: The threat of online disinformation

read_article()
Shanghai Daily

Romance 3.0: No ghosting, simply paywalls

read_article()
The Daily Star

Why study public policy and governance?

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The Daily Observer

The great Bangladeshi disinformation Olympics

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Shanghai Daily

A New Valentine's Day Story: AI and Modern Love

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explore_writing()
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