Abdul Rohman

Abdul Rohman

SCD Abdul Rohman
School: School of Communication & Design
Department: Communication
Position: Lecturer
Location: RMIT Saigon South
Email: abdul.rohman@rmit.edu.vn
Phone: (+84) 243 2012514
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9826-903X

Prior to joining RMIT Vietnam, Abdul has taken teaching related roles in Indonesia, Singapore, and the US. He was recipient of USAID democratic and governance scholarship and fellow at reputable centers in Australia and Germany.

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PhD, School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

New media, media communication in Asia

The socio-technical impact of information communication technologies, social movements, and historically marginalized groups in Southeast Asia.

  • Rohman, A. (2023). Conflict, Continuity, and Change in Social Movements in Southeast Asia. Routledge.
  • Rohman, A. (2022). Hybrid self-repairs in everyday misinformation sharing. International Journal of Communication. 16. 1220-1238.
  • Rohman, Abdul. (2021). How to reconnect different small worlds : Deconstructing the past that divides , pursuing a future that unites. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/09610006211022406.
  • Rohman, Abdul. (2021). The emergence, peak, and abeyance of an online information ground: The lifecycle of a Facebook group for verifying information during violence. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 72(3), 302–314. https://doi.org/10.1002/ASI.24402
  • Rohman, Abdul, & Ang, P. H. (2021). Disconnection for Protection (D4P): An addition to the disconnection repertoire. Media, Culture & Society.
  • Rohman, A., Pitaloka, D., Dang, D., Prastyani, A., & Erlina, E. (2021-2022). Social media and vaccination in Indonesia and Viet Nam. Vaccine Confidence Fund. 
  • Rohman, A. & Pitaloka, D. (2021). Disconnecting effect of technology on the differently able communities in Indonesia and Vietnam. the US Social Science Research Council.
  • Duester, E., Teague, M., Rohman, A. (2020). Digitizing the creative industries in Hanoi: Harnessing digital communication tools for collections accessibility, preservation and international connection. RMIT Vietnam
  • Rohman, A. (2019). Counteracting false information in everyday life: Cases from Viet Nam and Indonesia. RMIT Vietnam
Open to research supervision.
  • Top Paper. Intercultural Communication Division. International Communication Association. 2021.
  • Best Dissertation Award. Activism, Communication, and Social Justice. International Communication Association. 2020.

He has worked for several local and networked radio stations in Indonesia as reporter, broadcaster, assistant program director, and marketing public relations officer. He was a broadcaster at an internet-community radio station for Indonesian diaspora in Tallahassee, Florida. He was community organizer, facilitator, and researcher in non-for-profit organizations focusing on consumer rights, gender equality, and child education in Indonesia.