Dr Jasbeer Musthafa Mamalipurath is a lecturer in media and broadcast studies at the School of Arts, English and Languages, Queen’s University Belfast, UK. His research sits at the intersection of media, society and culture. His previous research looked at the emerging discourses due to Islam’s encounter with the secular through digital platforms. Currently, he is researching how different societies experience and combat misinformation and disinformation in their everyday engagement with digital media.