Academic interests
Cognition, Cinema, Cybernetics, Media aesthetics, Digital culture, Health communication, Development communication
Courses taught
Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
- Information, communication and development
- Information-seeking behavior
- Micro-credit and alternative economy
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB)
- Approaches to film studies
- Reading media texts
- Media ethics
- Social context of media
- Media, technology and society
- Digital Culture
- Communication research methodology
- Online publications
- Introduction to sociology
American International University Bangladesh (AIUB)
- Introduction to communication
- Development communication
- Research methodology
- Basics in social science
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)
Graduate Program:
- Issues in film and TV studies
- Documentary filmmaking
- History of cinema and TV
- Digital culture
- Political economy of media and communication
Undergraduate Program:
- Communication Theories
- Mass media
- Reporting and editing
- Development communication
- Population communication
- Communication and rural development
- Communication technology
- Video communication
- Communication research
- Introduction to social science
Canadian University of Bangladesh
- Introduction to communication concepts and theories
- Film Analysis
Background
Educated in an interdisciplinary area—media and communication, information and cognitive science, film studies, and sociology—, I subscribe to second-order cybernetics in my research. I have taught and researched in various organizations—universities, think tanks, etc.—across the USA, Bangladesh, and Norway. I am developing a neocybernetic film theory while examining the domestication of cinema geared by digitization. My signature lies in understanding people and communities by examining their cognition nested into the social ground.
Education
Ph.D. in Communication, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Specialist in Information Science (SpLIS), Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Embetseksamen in Sociology, University of Oslo, Norway
MSS in Sociology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Work
- Researcher, Oslo University, Media and Communication, November 2023 to date
- Knowledge Generation Researcher (Remotely working), Ruddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, Indiana University, Bloomington, From February 2023 to date
- Advisor, Bangladesh on Record, May 2019 to date
- Professor and Head of Department, Canadian University of Bangladesh, Media, Communication and Journalism, January 2022 – February 2023
- Senior Technical Advisor, Brac University, Bangladesh, September 2020–February 2021
- Additional Director-Communications, Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD), From July 2017 to April 2019
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), Media and Communications, May 2012– December 2016
- Associate Professor, University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), Media Studies and Journalism, September 2009 – January 2012
- Associate Professor, American International of University Bangladesh (AIUB) , Media Studies and Journalism, January 2009 – August 2012
- Faculty, Indiana University, Bloomington, International Studies, January – May 2005
- Faculty, International Summer Institute Indiana University, Bloomington, Summer 2004, 06, 07
- Program Associate, Center for Studies in Global Change, Indiana University Bloomington, August 2002–June 2008
- Assistant Professor, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), Media and Communications, August 1997– December 2000
- Research Fellow, Center for Technology and Culture, Oslo University, October 1995–April 1996(I
- Scientific Associate, Department of Sociology, Oslo University, June 1994–September 1995
- Communication and Development consultant for UNESCO Asia Pacific, UNDP, Oxford University, Brac, Bangladesh Government, Dutch Government, Salvation Army Norway
Publications
Pervez A., (2022). Meaning construction in the film: A second-order cybernetic approach, E-CineIndia, X11
Pervez A., (2021). Death of a samurai: Reader-response analysis of Rashomon, E-CineIndia, X
Pervez A., Haque H.M.J. (2020) Education, Health Care, and Life Expectancy in Bangladesh: Transcending Conventions. In: Barai M. (eds) Bangladesh's Economic and Social Progress. pp. 115-143, Palgrave, Macmillan, Singapore
Pervez, A. (2018). Information, reception and film: A reader-response analysis of Rashomon, Riga: Lambert Academic Publishing
Pervez, A. (2017). A Communication Approach to Information Systems. PEARL: A Journal of Library and Information Science, 11 (1), 28-37.
Pervez, A. (2015). Cognitive theories of film: An overview. Journal of Bangladesh Film Institute, 1 (2). 55-67
Pervez, A. (2015). Methodological Approaches in Information Science Research on Computer-mediated Communication. PEARL: A Journal of Library and Information Science, 9 (1), 37-43.
Pervez, A. (2014). Theoretical approaches in Information Science research on asynchronous computer mediated communication, International Research: Journal of Library & Information Science, 4(3, September), 427-442.
Ohlmacher, J., & Pervez, A. (2014). Negotiating identity: Islam in the films of Tareque and Catherine Masud. In B. Shoesmith & J. W. Genilo (Eds.), Bangladesh's Changing Mediascape: From State Control to Market Forces, pp. 151-174, London: Intellect Ltd
Pervez, A. (2013). Revisiting Stella Dallas from a cognitive theory of film perspective. Offscreen, 17 (12)
Pervez, A., & Samadder, M. (2013). Discourse-centric development approach to popular theatre: A case in Bangladesh. Global Media Journal, 4 (2), 58-64.
Pervez, A. (2013). Computer Mediated Communication: Disseminating Information. Global Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 13(11 version 1.0), 58-64.
Pervez, A. (2012). Music and identity: A frame analysis of contemporary popular Bangladeshi music. Journal of Bangladesh Studies, 137, 42-55.
Pervez, A. (2012). Film as information systems. Celluloid, 33(1-2), 5-12.
Pervez, A. (2009). Information as form. TripleC, 7(1), 1-11.
Pervez, A. (2006). Cybernetic Self and Self-Observation in Email. Cybernetics and Human Knowing, 13(3-4), 73-85.
Haque, R., & Pervez, A. (1998). Food Security: Some Pertinent Issues. Journal of International Affairs, 4(2). 30-41.
Awards
- Best paper at the US Information Science Conference, 2004
- Oslo University Centre for Technology and Human Value Fellowship, 1995-1996