Mahedi Hasan

Biography

Mahedi Hasan is a Ph.D. candidate and instructor in the College of Media & Communication at Texas Tech University. He studies how communication networks and cyberinfrastructure help science organizations stay resilient and innovative during times of change. As the student lead of the Innovation Diffusion Lab (IDL) at COMC, Mahedi works on NSF-funded projects like CI Compass and CI4Resilience, collaborating with researchers across the country. His broader interests include crisis and risk communication, science and technology studies, and community-engaged research that connects people, organizations, and technology.

Research

My research examines how communication networks and cyberinfrastructure shape organizational resilience and innovation in large, science-driven institutions. Using Diffusion of Innovations and other relevant theory, I study how professionals in NSF-funded Research Infrastructures collaborate across social and technical systems to adapt during crises and technological change. Working with the Innovation Diffusion Lab (IDL) and NSF-funded projects CI Compass and CI4Resilience, I explore how storytelling, coordination, and community-building enable science organizations to sustain operations and enhance innovation. Broadly, my work connects organizational communication, crisis communication, and science and technology studies.

Research Areas

• Corporate & Organizational
• Crisis
• Health
• Journalism
• Science

Research Methods

• Mixed Methods (Ethnography, computational)

Publications

Hasan, M., Salman, S., Hossain, M. S., & Siddik, M. A. B. (2025). Cognitive and cultural attitudes to sex educational content on social media in Bangladesh. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 1-17. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13691058.2025.2513642 [Wiley; IF: 1.2]

Siddik, M.A.B., Shakil, M.R., Hasan, M.Z., Ferdos, J., Uddin, A., Pervin, I., Mahmud, A., Masud, A.a., Mahdee, M.T.A., Hasan, M., Miah, S., Mahbub, A.R. and Nabila, S.M. (2025), Unraveling Internet Addiction Among Adolescents in Bangladesh and Its Association With the Risk of Eating Disorders, Body Mass Index, and Other Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study. Health Science Reports, 8: e70771. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hsr2.70771 [Wiley; IF: 2.1]

Hasan, M. (2024). Russia Ukraine Propaganda on Social Media: A Bibliometric Analysis. Journalism and Media, 5(3):980-992. https://www.mdpi.com/2673-5172/5/3/62 [Mdpi; IF: 2.0]

Siddik, M. A. B., Ali, A., Miah, S., Hasan, M., Ahmed, M., & Sunna, T. C. (202). Psychological Disorders Among College Going Students: A Post Covid-19 Insight from Bangladesh. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 15, 100686. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666915323002238?via%3Dihub [Elsevier; IF: 2.78]

Hasan, M. (2024). Symbolic Annihilation: Analyzing Associated Press's Erasure of Vanessa Nakate and Marginalization of Black Women Activists. Journal of Black Studies, 55(3), 253-267. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00219347231220679 [Sage; IF: 0.8]

Leadership

• Student Lead, Innovation Diffusion Lab, College of Media and Communication, Texas Tech University (2024/25, 2025/26)
• General Secretary, Shahjalal University Press Club (2019-20)
• General Secretary, Swapnotthan - A Voluntary Organization for Disadvantaged Children (2017 - 18)