Dr. Aziz is a Lecturer in Media and Communication Studies at Monash University Malaysia. He completed his PhD studies at the School of Communication, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia. His doctoral project explored how Rohingya refugees in Australia and Bangladeshi refugee camps use digital technologies in their everyday lives to negotiate identity, inclusion, and belonging. His work has appeared in many high-quality research journals, including Policy & Internet, New Media & Society, Media Culture & Society, International Journal of Communication, Communication, Culture and Critique, Contemporary South Asia, Media Asia, and Technology in Society. His work has also been presented in scholarly forums, such as ICA, IAMCR & AoIR. He is the recipient of the Transformative Research Award 2023 for the article "Rohingya Diaspora Online" published in the New Media & Society, a flagship Journal.

Additionally, he writes for public media outlets (such as academic blogs and magazines) including The Diplomat and 360info, and has also been interviewed by journalists, including the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS Bangla) Australia.  Dr. Aziz’s recent publications include an article in The Conversation analyzing how algorithmic inequality and biases in Google Search amplify disinformation in Bangladesh [read here], as well as a contribution to Monash Lens that explores intersecting aspects of trust, data privacy, and technocolonialism in the context of Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh [read here].

Dr. Aziz is an interdisciplinary researcher whose work lies at the intersection of media, migration, digital culture and society. Employing an ethnographic lens, his primary research examines the everyday digital media practices among marginalized communities, focusing on the dynamics of (im)mobility, power, and inequality.

He welcomes research projects and collaboration in any and/or some of these intersecting four broader thematic areas: (1) Media, Migration & Diaspora: to explore the everyday media practice among migrants, refugees and diasporas, how digital technologies play a role among them in negotiating identities and the integration/settlement process in intercultural and diverse settings, (2) Digital Inclusion & Participation: to investigate how marginalized communities negotiate the dynamics of socio-cultural issues, such as social (in)equalities/exclusion and digital divide to ensure access, inclusion and participation, (3) Youth, Culture & Media: to explore the youths’ participation in mediated societies– cultural identities and social change, activism and digital citizenship. (4) Religion, Media & Culture: to examine the impacts of digital technology on religious lives and the nature of mediated faith. More specifically, how Islam is mediated/practised online, including everyday religious practices (in diasporic settings), digital transnational religious spaces, and the emergence of Islamophobia online. 

He has expertise in a range of qualitative and digital methods, including multi-sited, visual and digital ethnography (e.g., Social Media Scroll back, Walkthrough, interviews, focus groups and discourse analysis). Find his CV for research updates and a complete list of publications.