Center for Community News

Sima Bhowmik

Assistant Research Professor, Sociology, College of Arts & Sciences

Affiliated Department(s)

Center for Community News

BIO

Sima Bhowmik is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Center for Community News (CCN) at the University of Vermont. 

Her research is in media sociology and primarily concerns itself with how transition of journalism culture led to influence on journalism practice and news production. Specifically, her work examines Socio-institution and organization-level variables’ impact on organizational culture. She is particularly interested in how technology adoption and government enacted law affect journalist's role and shape news production processes. Bhowmik's work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals such as Media, Culture and Society, Newspaper Research Journal, International Communication Research Journal.

Report: Defensive Journalism in Bangladesh: Consequences of the Digital Security Act on Journalism Practice

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator: "The Legal, Institutional, and Cultural Foundations of AI Pedagogy in Global South Journalism Education" by Kevin C. Mudavadi, Sima Bhowmik, Gregory Gondwe, Lenah Chelangat, Samwel Gasuku, and Victor Kalalanda

Sima's Research Corner

Bio

Sima Bhowmik is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Center for Community News (CCN) at the University of Vermont. 

Her research is in media sociology and primarily concerns itself with how transition of journalism culture led to influence on journalism practice and news production. Specifically, her work examines Socio-institution and organization-level variables’ impact on organizational culture. She is particularly interested in how technology adoption and government enacted law affect journalist's role and shape news production processes. Bhowmik's work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals such as Media, Culture and Society, Newspaper Research Journal, International Communication Research Journal.

Report: Defensive Journalism in Bangladesh: Consequences of the Digital Security Act on Journalism Practice

Journalism & Mass Communication Educator: "The Legal, Institutional, and Cultural Foundations of AI Pedagogy in Global South Journalism Education" by Kevin C. Mudavadi, Sima Bhowmik, Gregory Gondwe, Lenah Chelangat, Samwel Gasuku, and Victor Kalalanda

Sima's Research Corner