1). I am Dr. Muhammad Ramzan Pahore, Lecturer Department of Media and Communication Studies, University of Sindh Jamshoro. I have been teaching in this department since 2008 as a lecturer. During this period of time, I availed a scholarship for higher studies under faculty development. I went to Universiti Utara Malaysia for doing higher Studies (PhD) in Communication at the School of Multimedia Technology and Communication in 2014. During my stay in Malaysia, I have produced quality publications; published papers in a web of science, peer-reviewed national and international research journals. Besides, I have presented my research finding in various national and international conferences like Malaysia, Pakistan, Indonesia, and China. Further, I have attended many training workshops during my PhD journey, Like Smart PLS-SEM, AMOS, SPSS, Mendeley Reference Manager, tips for thesis writings, and many others.
During my PhD Period, I remained International Students Ambassador at the International office at UUM, Malaysia. My job was to introduce new students and guide them about university admission and visa policies and help them to get an offer letter on time therefore, the university has awarded me a certificate of appreciation. In addition to this, I remained postgraduate students coordinator for International and national students at the school of multimedia and technology and communication. During this period, I have arranged many lecture series on different research topics including qualitative research methods, qualitative research methods, how to do a literature review, tips for writing a thesis, theory and its importance in research, questionnaire design, research design, tools for data analysis, analysis through PLS-SEM, AMOS and many others. Furthermore, my task was to coordinate postgraduate students of SMMTC and resources person.
While doing PhD I was active in research and in academics. I served as a visiting Lecturer at Asia Institute of Cambodia for a period of four months and Hence, I taught undergraduate students Promotion Strategy course at UUM, Malaysia.
In addition to this, I am offered Associate Editor, Jurnal The Messenger is a Scientific Journal, peered review and web of science journal published by the Department of Communication, FTIK, Universitas Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia. More importantly, I was the part of the organizing committee for four mega academic events at school of Multimedia and Technology and Communication.
Moreover, I have been awarded a degree of Doctor of Philosophy in September 2019 by the university senate. (HP: +92-3337596055).
1). Norsiah Abdul Hamid is an Associate Professor at the School of Multimedia Technology and Communication, Universiti Utara Malaysia. She received her PhD in Information Science from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. Her areas of interest include the impact of media on society, media psychology, women issues, and knowledge society. Current projects include research on the positive psychology of social media among housewives, media literacy among community members, as well as editing a book on social media in Malaysia.
1). Dr. Awan Bt Ismail (awan@uum.edu.my) is a lecturer for Bachelor of Media Technology (Hons), School of Multimedia Technology and Communication, UUM. Her Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication majoring in Journalism, was obtained from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM). She obtained her Masters of Science Corporate Communication from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). Her PhD on Journalism practices in Malaysia was awarded by The University of Adelaide, Australia. She taught graduate and undergraduate courses on journalism, broadcast journalism and media. Her expertise is on journalism and media. Her early research was focused on risk communication on smoking in the print media. Her other research is on television popularity in Malaysia, political communication and Journalism Education in Malaysia. She also has experience as a journalist at Berita Harian and worked in Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad (TV3) and was attached to Malaysia Institute of Integrative Media (institute) as a corporate and marketing executive for 8 years. She has 10 years of teaching experience, including as a part-time lecturer at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Kolej Yayasan Melaka (KYM) and Akademi TV3. She has presented numerous papers at international conference and also lead several research grants on media and journalism. Besides, she also conducted several workshops on managing media and media strategic planning for government departments.
View My Stats [Jurnal The Messenger] is an International Scientific Journal, Published by the Department of Communication, Faculty of Information Technology and Communication, Universitas Semarang (Central Java, Indonesia). Itis licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.