Edson Tandoc
Edson C. Tandoc Jr. (Ph.D., University of Missouri) is an Associate Professor at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. His research focuses on the sociology of message construction. 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 and audience feedback on the various stages of the news gatekeeping process. His papers have won awards from the International Communication Association (ICA), World Communication Association (WCA), and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). His research has appeared in the following journals: Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking; Asian Journal of Communication; Journal of Information, Technology and Politics; Social Indicators Research; Howard Journal of Communications; Journalism and Mass Communication Educator; Digital Journalism; Journalism Practice; Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism; and New Media & Society. He earned his undergraduate 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).
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popularity, as measured by audience metrics, and quality, as operationalized by winning a journalistic award.
The findings revealed that while metrics and awards did not matter for young online news audiences, they
were important for online journalists. But even among journalists, the importance of metrics and awards varied
depending on whether the journalists were evaluating stories or their peers. For online journalists, popular
stories were more newsworthy than those that were not. Awards did not influence their judgment of
newsworthiness. But when evaluating the authors of the articles, online journalists rated authors of articles
that won awards more favorably than authors of articles without awards. The popularity of stories did not
matter in their evaluation of the authors.
popularity, as measured by audience metrics, and quality, as operationalized by winning a journalistic award.
The findings revealed that while metrics and awards did not matter for young online news audiences, they
were important for online journalists. But even among journalists, the importance of metrics and awards varied
depending on whether the journalists were evaluating stories or their peers. For online journalists, popular
stories were more newsworthy than those that were not. Awards did not influence their judgment of
newsworthiness. But when evaluating the authors of the articles, online journalists rated authors of articles
that won awards more favorably than authors of articles without awards. The popularity of stories did not
matter in their evaluation of the authors.