Ahmed Al-Rawi, Simon Fraser University

Research

democracy racism journalism Canadian news social media visible minorites opioid crisis illicit drugs

Latest papers

Misinformation in Social Media Narratives on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Systematic Content Analysis of Facebook and Instagram Posts.
Journal of medical Internet research · 2026 · first author
Twitter Misinformation Discourses About Vaping: Systematic Content Analysis.
Journal of medical Internet research · 2023 · first author
Science Communication as a Collective Intelligence Endeavor: A Manifesto and Examples for Implementation.
Science communication · 2023

All 12 publications

Latest funding

Framing the opioid crisis in Canada
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$71,250
Mediated democracy and racism discourses in Canada
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$112,300
Mediated democracy and racism discourses in Canada
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$49,500

All 6 grants and awards

12 publications.

01

Misinformation in Social Media Narratives on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Systematic Content Analysis of Facebook and Instagram Posts.

Al-Rawi A, Ackah B, Fakida A, Lee K

Journal of medical Internet research2026First author

DOI: 10.2196/73275 PMID: 41955459

02

Twitter Misinformation Discourses About Vaping: Systematic Content Analysis.

Al-Rawi A, Blackwell B, Zemenchik K, Lee K

Journal of medical Internet research2023First author

DOI: 10.2196/49416 PMID: 37948118

03

Science Communication as a Collective Intelligence Endeavor: A Manifesto and Examples for Implementation.

Holford D, Fasce A, Tapper K, Demko M, Lewandowsky S, Hahn U, Abels CM, Al-Rawi A, Alladin S, Sonia Boender T, Bruns H, Fischer H, Gilde C, Hanel PHP, Herzog SM, Kause A, Lehmann S, Nurse MS, Orr C, Pescetelli N, Petrescu M, Sah S, Schmid P, Sirota M, Wulf M

Science communication2023

DOI: 10.1177/10755470231162634 PMID: 37994373

04

Tiktoking COVID-19 with frontline workers.

Al-Rawi A, Zemenchik K

Digital health2023First author

DOI: 10.1177/20552076231152766 PMID: 36776404

05

Investigation of COVID-19 Misinformation in Arabic on Twitter: Content Analysis.

Al-Rawi A, Fakida A, Grounds K

JMIR infodemiology2022First author

DOI: 10.2196/37007 PMID: 35915823

06

Sex Workers' Lived Experiences With COVID-19 on Social Media: Content Analysis of Twitter Posts.

Al-Rawi A, Zemenchik K

JMIR formative research2022First author

DOI: 10.2196/36268 PMID: 35767693

07

The convergence of social media and other communication technologies in the promotion of illicit and controlled drugs.

Al-Rawi A

Journal of public health (Oxford, England)2022First author

DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdaa210 PMID: 33367816

08

The gendered dimensions of the anti-mask and anti-lockdown movement on social media.

Al-Rawi A, Siddiqi M, Wenham C, Smith J

Humanities & social sciences communications2022First author

DOI: 10.1057/s41599-022-01442-8 PMID: 36466705

09

News loopholing: Telegram news as portable alternative media.

Al-Rawi A

Journal of computational social science2022First author

DOI: 10.1007/s42001-021-00155-3 PMID: 34981037

10

A thematic analysis of Instagram's gendered memes on COVID-19.

Al-Rawi A, Siddiqi M, Li X, Vandan N, Grepin K

Journal of visual communication in medicine2021First author

DOI: 10.1080/17453054.2021.1941808 PMID: 34278917

Framing the opioid crisis in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Al-Rawi, Ahmed

Keywords: opioid crisis; illicit drugs; public health crisis

$71,250

Mediated democracy and racism discourses in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Al-Rawi, Ahmed K.

Keywords: democracy; racism; journalism; Canadian news; social media; visible minorites

$112,300

Mediated democracy and racism discourses in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Al-Rawi, Ahmed AKA.

Keywords: democracy; racism; journalism; Canadian news; social media; visible minorites

$49,500

Understanding and mitigating real-time differential gendered effects of the COVID-19 outbreak

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Public health response and its impact

Principal investigators: Lee, Kelley; Smith, Julia; Wenham, Clare

Keywords: Social, Cultural, Environmental And Population Health

$494,524

Fake News perceptions and discourses on social media and Canadian mainstream media

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Al-Rawi, Ahmed

Keywords: (1) Fake news; (2) Disinformation; (3) Misinformation; (4) Social Media; (5) Journalism; (6) News; (7) Canada; (8) Mainstream media; (9) Canadian journalists; (10) Twitter

$64,878

Responsible AI for Inclusive, Democratic Societies: A cross-disciplinary approach to detecting and countering abusive language online

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Canada-UK Artificial Intelligence Initiative

Principal investigators: Chun, Wendy H.

$503,483

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Journalism, Broadcasting
Interdisciplinary Studies
Management and trade

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Julia Smith

Interdisciplinary Studies

3 shared papers, latest 2022

Kelley Lee

Management and trade

2 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: democracy Dear Professor Al-Rawi, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Misinformation in Social Media Narratives on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza: Systematic Content Analysis of Facebook and Instagram Posts." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Framing the opioid crisis in Canada" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]