Dr Shahid Minhas

Dr Shahid Minhas

Dr Shahid Minhas, SCD
School: School of Communication and Design
Department: Professional Communication
Position: Lecturer
Location: RMIT Hanoi
Email: shahid.minhas@rmit.edu.vn
Phone: 0346001420
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2319-3402

I have sound teaching experience; I have held key roles such as Associate Professor at Green International University in Lahore and Assistant Professor at GIFT University in Gujranwala. I also hold a postdoctoral qualification from South Africa.

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  • PhD - Media and Communication Studies, Pakistan
  • Postdoc - Media and Languages, South Africa
  • Certificate of Fake News and Information Literacy from By PeaceX
  • Certificate of Investigative Digital Journalism from Christ Nagar College, Trivandrum, India
  • Certificate of Digital Marketing from Cursa  
  • Certificate of Introduction to Digital Journalism from Reuters

Digital Communication

  • Social Media Communication
  • New Media and Languages
  • Health Communication

Journal article

Minhas, S., and A. Salawu. "Preserving and Promoting Indigenous Languages: Social Media Analysis of Punjabi and Setswana Languages." Journal of Asian and African Studies, vol. 2024, 2024.

Book chapter:

Minhas, Shahid. "Distance Education for the Incarcerated in Pakistan." The Bloomsbury Handbook of Prison Education, 2024, pp. 330-344. North West University South Africa. Scopus.

Online article

Chaudhary, Muhammad Umair, and Abdul Ghani. "Use of Social Media in Electoral Process During General Elections 2018 in Punjab, Pakistan." Zenodo, 2021. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

I supervised four masters students and one PhD dissertation.

  • Editor Board Member in Journal Global Mass Communication Review.
  • PhD Approved Supervisor of Higher Education Communication of Pakistan.
  • Member of Curriculum Development Committee, Pakistan

Reviewer

  1. Journal, Media, War and Conflict ISSN: 1750-6360
  2. Journal, International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction ISSN: 1532-7590
  3. African and Asian studies ISSN: 1569-2108

Shahid Minhas is a seasoned media professional and academic with over 11 years of field experience across prominent media organizations, including contributions to USAID-supported initiatives.

  • 2022 - 2024: Associate Professor Media Studies, Green International University 
  • 2019 - 2022: Assistant Professor Media Studies, GIFT University Gujranwala
  • January 2016 - March 2018: Communication and Advocacy Officer (Al-Abeer Medical Group) 
  • July 2018 - October 2019: Deputy Editor (The Daily Patriot Islamabad) 
  • April 2014 - December 2015: Producer (NPG Media Network Lahore) 
  • August 2011 - March 2014: Creative Writer (PDMA/ PaRRSA) 
  • Jan 2009 - July 2011: News Reporter (Aaj News)