Abdulkrim Ziani, Ph.D

Professor

Abu Dhabi Campus

+971 2 6133544

abdulkrim.ziani@aau.ac.ae

Education

PhD, in Communication and Media Sciences, University of Stendhal, Grenoble 3, France,.

MA, Studies of Developing Societies, Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli,

Diploma, specializing in social development and planning, Faculty of Social and Applied Sciences, Al-Fateh University, Tripoli.

BA, Media Studies, , Benghazi University, Libya,

Research Interests

  • Communications Studies,
  • New Media,
  •  Journalism Studies,
  • Digital Journalism,

 

 

Selected Publications

  • Elareshi, M., Ziani, A., & Matthews, J. (2025). Pandemic disruptions: Social media and pandemic news work of divergent Arab journalists. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies. ‏(SCOPUS)  Q1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/ajms_00160_1
  • Habes, M., Elareshi, M., Alsridi, H., Ziani, A., & Elbasir, M. (2025). The influence of age and gender on social TV acceptance. Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies, 15(2), e202514.‏ . ‏(SCOPUS) Q1 
  • Okela, A. H., Olatokun, W. M., Anumudu, C. E., Ziani, A., Nser, K. K., & Ben Lagha, F. (2025). Parental social media literacy antecedents and children’s digital media addiction: observations from two African countries. Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal.‏(SCOPUS) Q1 
  • Nser, K. K., AL-Tkhayneh, K. M., & Ziani, A. (2025). Visual Representation of Gender in Morocco's Earthquake Coverage in International News Channel. Studies in Media and Communication, 13(1), 53-71.‏ .‏ ‏(SCOPUS) Q3 
  • Elareshi, M., Ziani, A., Alsridi, H., & Tahat, K. (2025). News photographs depicting the 2022 Russia–Ukraine conflict across Arab and Non-Arab news outlets. International Journal of Conflict Management.‏ ‏(SCOPUS) doi.org/10.1108/IJCMA-04-2025-0114 
  • Nser, K. K., AL-Tkhayneh, K. M., & Ziani, A. (2025). Visual Representation of Gender in Morocco's Earthquake Coverage in International News Channel. Studies in Media and Communication, (SCOPUS)13(1). DOI:10.11114/smc.v13i1.7232 Q 2 

  • Elareshi, M., Ziani, A., Alsridi, H., & Tahat, K. (2024). Visualising War/Peace Photographs: A Comparative Analysis of Selected Asian News Sites’ Coverage of the 2022 Russian-Ukrainian Conflict. Treatises and Documents, Journal of Ethnic Studies, (SCOPUS) 92(92), 161-181. Q 2 

  • Elareshi, M., Ziani, A., & Matthews, J. (2025). Pandemic disruptions: Social media and pandemic news work of divergent Arab journalists. Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies. , (SCOPUS) Q 2 

     

  • Elareshi, M., Ziani, A., & Atanasova, D. (2025). Social media, media freedom and misinformation: Challenges faced by journalists in the Middle East and North Africa during early COVID-19. Global Media and Communication, 17427665251349385. , (SCOPUS) Q1 

  • Elareshi M, Al Shami A, Ziani A, Chaudhary S and Youssef N (2024) Predicting the level of social media use among journalists: machine learning analysis. Front. Commun. (SCOPUS) 9:1369961. doi: 10.3389/fcomm.2024.1369961.Q1 
    Elareshi, M., Ziani, A., Mesbah, H., & Alwahaishi, S. (2024). Determinants of journalists’ acceptance of using virtual reality (VR) in news production in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Communications. (SCOPUS) Q2 
    Almestarihi, R.Ahmad, A.Y.A.B. Ziani, A.(2024) Measuring the ROI of paid advertising campaigns in digital marketing and its effect on business profitability, Uncertain Supply Chain Management , Volume 12 Issue 2 pp. 1275-1284 , (SCOPUS) DOI: 10.5267/j.uscm.2023.11.009 .Q1 

Conferences

  • Youssef, N.A., Elareshi, M., Alghizzawi, M., Habes, M., Ziani, A., Romdhane, S.B. (2025). Enhancing Public Satisfaction: The Impact of Interactive Marketing in Social Institutions (the UAE Ministry of Community Development). In: Alareeni, B., Hamdan, A. (eds) Technology: Toward Business Sustainability. ICBT 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 927. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54009-7_34(Springer - SCOPUS).
  • Elareshi, M Ziani, A.,. (2025). Esports Interaction and Influencer Impact: Insights from the League of Legends World Championship. In: Hamdan, R.K. (eds) Tech Fusion in Business and Society . Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 234. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-84636-6_24(Springer - SCOPUS).
  • Alghizzawi, M., AlMomani, K. M. D. K., AlWadi, B. M., Habes, M., Elareshi, M., Ziani, A., & Alsridi, H. (2024, November). The Impact of Intellectual Capital, Public Relations on Firm Performance in Jordanian Industrial Sector. In International Conference on Business and Technology (pp. 493-502). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.‏ Springer - SCOPUS).
  • Tahat, K., Elareshi, M., Saad, H., Habes, M., Ziani, A., & Alsridi, H. (2024, November). Online Newspapers in the Middle East and Cyberbullying Coverage. In International Conference on Business and Technology (pp. 503-512). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.‏ Springer - SCOPUS).
  • Ziani, A., Fyadh, M., Nser, K., Maki, A. (2024). Augmented Reality Applied to Journalism. In: Alareeni, B., Hamdan, A. (eds) Technology: Toward Business Sustainability. ICBT 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 927. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3- 031-54009-7_1(Springer - SCOPUS).
  • Alghizzawi, M., Jarrah, M. A. A., Al-Gasawneh, J., Habes, M., Elareshi, M., Ziani, A., & Alsridi, H. (2024, November). The Effects of Digitalization Features on Work Performance. In International Conference on Business and Technology (pp. 486-492). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.‏ (Springer - SCOPUS).
  • Okela, A. H., Ziani, A., Nser, K., & Alfoghi, A. N. (2024). Towards Equitable Participation: Understanding Gaps in Parental Social Media Literacy Across Nigeria and Egypt. In Business Development via AI and Digitalization: Volume 2 (pp. 887-898). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.‏ (Springer - SCOPUS).

Teaching Courses

 

  • Communication Theories

  • Advanced Communication Theories (Master’s )

  • Communication Research

  • Digital Media Ethics and Legislation (Master’s )

  • Mobile Journalism

  • Seminar in Digital Media and Public Relations (Master’s )

  • Journalism and Social Media

  • Data Journalism

  • Media Legislation and Ethics

  • Research Methods in Media

Memberships

  • Member of the Network of UNESCO Chairs in Communication (Orbicom), Montréal, Canada, (2022).
  • Member of the Artificial Intelligence Journalism Foundation for Research and Foresight, Dubai, (2020). 
  • Founding member, Euro-Mediterranean Union for Press and Media, Berlin, (2020). 
  • Member of the International Institute for International Renewal, Madrid, (2020) 
  • Member of the Bahrain Journalists Association, (2019)
  • Member of the Inspiring Economics Society, Bahrain, (2017) 
  • Member of the Bahrain Academic Association, (2017)
  • Representative of the Arab Federation for Leadership Development in the Kingdom of Bahrain, (2017) 
  • Member of the Arab Federation for Leadership Development, Egypt, (2017) 
  • An active member of the Bahrain Society for Public Relations (2016).
  • Member of the Scientific Research Group on Peace, Philosophy and Media Freedom, Algeria, (2015).

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):