Contact Us

Prof. Dr. Moch Fakhruroji

Prof. Dr. Moch Fakhruroji is a Professor in New Media and Communication Studies at Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati, Indonesia. He also teaches in Master program at Universitas Islam Negeri Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, Indonesia. His research interests including; new media, digital culture, digital religion, Islamic studies, social media, and deep mediatization. He is the co-founder of the Center for Digital Culture and Society (CDiCS) and currently serves as the Director of the Center.

 

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D in Media and Cultural Studies, Graduate School of Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia (2014)
  • M.A. in Sociology of Religion, Graduate School of Institut Agama Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati, Indonesia (2003)
  • B.A. in Islamic Studies, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati, Indonesia (2000)

 

RESEARCH PROJECTS

  • Principal Researcher, “Dakwah digital dan Aksesibiltas Gen-Z” Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati, Indonesia (2025)
  • Research Assistant, “Islamic Bureaucracies and Pious Publics in Indonesia and Turkey,” a joint research project between Monash University, Australia and Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati, Indonesia (2022)
  • Principal Researcher, “Social Media and Religious Authority: The Use of Social Media by Islamic Mass Organizations in Maintaining Religious Authority in Indonesia,” Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati, Indonesia (2022).
  • Research Assistant, “Public Islam and Deliberative Public Sphere in Indonesia,” a joint research project between Monash University, Australia, and Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati, Indonesia (2017).
  • Principal Researcher, “Islamic Proselytizing in Secular State: Da’wa Movement, Solidarity and Negotiation of Identity among Indonesian Muslims in Australia,” Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati, Indonesia (2016).

 

AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS

  • Research grant from Ministry of Religious Affairs, Republic of Indonesia (2022)
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Islamic Higher Education, Western Sydney University, Australia (2018)
  • Travel grant from The British Council, United Kingdom (2017)
  • Research grant from Ministry of Religious Affairs, Republic of Indonesia (2016)

 

SPEAKERS

  • Invited speaker in Workshop on Islamic Bureaucracies and Pious Publics: New Frontiers, Monash University, Australia (2025)
  • Keynote speaker in Seminar on New Media, ASKOPIS, Indonesia (2025)
  • Invited speaker in 2nd International of Media, Digital Culture dan Religion Congress, International Balkan University, Macedonia (2025)
  • Keynote speaker in International Conference on Preaching and New Media, IAI-N Laa Raiba, Indonesia (2024)
  • Keynote speaker in International Conference of Da’wa and Communication, Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati, Indonesia  (2024)
  • Keynote speaker in 1st International of Media, Digital Culture dan Religion Congress, Erciyes University, Turkiye (2024)
  • Invited speaker in Workshop on Islamic Bureaucracies and Pious Publics: New Frontiers, Monash University, Selangor, Malaysia (2023)
  • Invited speaker in Annual International Conference of Islamic Studies, Indonesia (2019)
  • Invited speaker in Workshop on Public Islam and Deliberative Public Sphere, Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO), Berlin, Germany (2018)
  • Invited speaker in International Conference of Islamic Studies, British Association of Islamic Studies (BRAIS), University of Chester, United Kingdom (2017)

 

PUBLICATIONS

  • Socially Distanced, Digitally Engaged: Mediatization of religious practices of Indonesian digital natives during COVID-19 pandemic, Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture 14 (1) (2025)
  • Teori-teori New Media: Perspektif Komunikasi, Sosial-Budaya dan Politik-Ekonomi, Simbiosa Rekatama Media, Bandung (2024)
  • Scroll and Shop: Exploring Online Shopping Culture in the Digital Media Era (co-authored), Jurnal Profetik, vol 17 (1) (2024)
  • Clickbait Journalism: Media Logics in Journalism Practices on Online Media (co-authored), Communicatus: Jurnal Ilmu Komunikasi, vol 7 (2) (2023)
  • Commodification of Islamic Practices in Advertisement: A Case Study of “Go-jek” Advertisement in Indonesian Media (co-authored), MEDIAD: Journal of Media and Religion Studies, Vol 6 (2) (2023)
  • Public Islam and preacher-disruptors in Indonesia: A case study, book chapter, The ‘Crossed-Out God’ in the Asia-Pacific, Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore (2023)
  • The Discipline of Dakwah in Indonesia’s State Education System (co-authored), Bijdragen tot de Taal, Land- en Volkenkunde, Vol. 179 (1) (2023)
  • Utilizing WhatsApp for Mutaba’ah during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Experiences of Ruquu Community Members in Bandung (co-authored), Jurnal Ilmu Dakwah, Vol. 16 (1) (2022)
  • Mediatisasi Agama: Konsep, Kasus dan Implikasi, LEKKAS, Bandung (2021)
  • Texting condolences on WhatsApp as a mediatized mourning practice, Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, John Wiley & Sons, Vol. 3 (5) (2021)
  • Bahasa Agama di Media Sosial: Analisis Framing pada Media Sosial “Islam Populer” (co-authored), Jurnal Bimas Islam Kementerian Agama RI, Vol. 13 (2) (2020)
  • Belajar Al-Quran Kapan Saja, Dimana Saja: Kampanye Platform QuranCall PPPA Darul Quran melalui Instagram @qurancall, Asyahid Journal of Islamic and Quranic Studies (AJIQS), Vol. 2 (2) (2020)
  • Islamic Preaching and State Regulation in Indonesia (co-authored), Policy Paper 18, Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society (CILIS), Melbourne Law School (2020)
  • Internet and Islamic Learning Practices in Indonesia: Social Media, Religious Populism, and Religious Authority (co-authored), Religions, 11 (1), 19 (2020)
  • Muslims Learning Islam on the Internet, book chapter, Handbook of Contemporary Islam and Muslim Lives, Springer, Cham (2019)
  • Texting Culture dan Perilaku Empati di Era Media Baru: Memahami Ekspresi Belasungkawa di WhatsApp, Jurnal Sosioteknologi FSRD-ITB Bandung, Vol. 18 (2) (2019)
  • Digitalizing Islamic lectures: Islamic apps and religious engagement in contemporary Indonesia, Contemporary Islam, Vol. 13 (2018)
  • Dakwah di Era Media Baru: Teori dan Aktivisme Dakwah di Internet, Penerbit Simbiosa Rekatama Media, Bandung (2017)
  • Religiously Fashionable: Constructing Identity of Urban Muslimah in Indonesia (co-authored), Jurnal Komunikasi: Malaysian Journal of Communication, Vol. 33 (1) (2017)
  • Sikap Akademisi Dakwah terhadap Internet sebagai Media Dakwah (co-authored), Jurnal Sosioteknologi FSRD-ITB Bandung, Vol. 16 (1) (2017)
  • Being Muslims in A Secular State: Gerakan Dakwah, Solidaritas dan Negosiasi Identitas Muslim Indonesia di Australia (co-authored), Penerbit LEKKAS, Bandung (2016)
  • Mediatization of Religion in ”Texting Culture”: Self-Help Religion and the Shifting of Religious Authority, Indonesian Journal of Islam and Muslim Societies, Vol. 5 (2) (2015)
  • SMS Tauhiid sebagai Tekno-Religion: Perspektif Teknokultur atas Penyebaran Pesan Agama Melalui SMS, Jurnal Sosioteknologi FSRD-ITB Bandung, Vol. 14 (3) (2015)

 

ACADEMIC JOURNAL REVIEWERS

  • Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture (Brill, the Netherlands)
  • HTS Teologiese (AOSIS Publishing, South Africa)
  • International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction (Taylor-Francis, USA)
  • Oxford Intersections: Social Media in Society and Culture (Oxford University, USA)
  • Humanities and Social Sciences Communications (SpringerNature, the Netherlands)
  • New Media and Society (SAGE Publications, USA)
  • Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies (Wiley Publications, USA)
  • MEDIAD: Journal of Media and Religion Studies (Erciyes University, Turkiye)
  • Komunikasi: Malaysian Journal of Communication (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia)
  • Jurnal Religious (Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati, Indonesia)
  • Jurnal Wawasan (Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Gunung Djati, Indonesia)
  • Jurnal Tatar Pasundan (Balai Diklat Keagamaan Bandung, Indonesia)
  • Jurnal Dialog (Kementerian Agama RI, Jakarta, Indonesia)
  • Jurnal Sosioteknologi (Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia)