Yasser Abdelrahim is an associate faculty member of visual communication and currently teaches for Master of Arts in Intercultural and International Communication. His published research focused on visual framing, visual discourse, and media representation, and social media. In 2017, he was granted $16,000 by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science for his research about Sustaining the Competitive Identity of Kuwait: The Role of Elites and Social Media Users. His current research examines the photographic framing of Arabs during World War II, and the visual representation of gender protests in Lebanon.
Experience
Yasser’s passion for visual communication was inspired by his early work in 1993 as a publication designer and his study of journalism at Cairo University. He worked for the Supreme Council of the Press in Egypt between 1993 and 1995 and was the art director of the Egyptian Armed Forces newspaper between 1996-2000. After completing his doctoral degree in Communication Studies from McGill University in 2006, he taught at several universities in Egypt and later in Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, and Kuwait. In 2016, he completed a Social Media for Business program at Algonquin College, Ottawa. Before joining Royal Roads University, he was a sessional instructor at the Northern Lights College, BC.
Education
2016
Social Media Program Certificate
Algonquin College
2006
Ph.D. in Communication Studies
McGill University
1997
Master of Arts in Journalism
Cairo University
1991
Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication
Cairo University
Publications
Abdelrahim, Yasser. (2019). Visual Analysis of ISIS Discourse Strategies and Types in Dabiq and Rumiyah Online Magazines”. Visual Communication Quarterly 26(2), 63-78.
Abdelrahim, Yasser. (2018). Demonstrations in Visual Frames: Syntagmatic Analysis of Online Photo Albums of Two Egyptian Revolutions. Visual Communication Quarterly, 25:1, 31-44, DOI: 10.1080/15551393.2017.1417049
Al-Kandari, Ali, Abdelaziz, Yasser. (2017). Selfie-taking motives and social psychological dispositions as predictors of selfie-related activities among university students in Kuwait. Media Mobile and Communication. Doi: /doi.org/10.1177/2050157917737124