Edson C. Tandoc Jr.

President's Chair Professor of Communication Studies · Nanyang Technological University Singapore · company speakers →

Edson C. Tandoc Jr. (Ph.D., University of Missouri) is President's Chair Professor of Communication Studies at Nanyang Technological University Singapore. He is the Associate Chair for Research and Strategy at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI) and the Director of the Centre for Information Integrity and the Internet (IN-cube). He is also the Chair of the Journalism Studies Division of the International Communication Association (ICA). His research focuses on the sociology of message construction in the context of digital journalism. He has conducted studies on the construction of news and social media messages. His studies about influences on journalists have focused on the impact of journalistic roles, audience feedback, and emerging technologies on the various stages of the news gatekeeping process. He earned his BA in Journalism degree from the University of the Philippines (Summa cum Laude) and his Master of Mass Communication degree from the Nanyang Technological University, where he was awarded the Media Development Authority Award (top MMC graduate). He also worked as a newspaper journalist for six years before pursuing his doctoral studies at the Missouri School of Journalism as a Fulbright Scholar.

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