Zureena Abdullah
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Academic Qualifications
BA in Professional Communications and the Media (First Class Hons.) (UBD)
Research Interests
- The role of new media and how news is consumed through technological devices such as smartphones focusing on news consumers in Brunei Darussalam
- Smartphones and social media
- Citizen Journalism
- Role of news in shaping the audience
- The influence in news message content
- Passive vs. Active news consumption
PhD Research Title
News consumption through the use of smartphones in Negara Brunei Darussalam (supervisors: Dr. James McLellan, Mohd Gary Jones)
Academic Awards
- Recipient of UBD Book Prize Award for 1st year Academic Session FASS : Level 1000 (2009/2010)
- Recipient of UBD Book Prize Award for 2nd/ 3rd Year Academic session FASS : Level 2000/3000 (2010/2011)
- Recipient of UBD Book Prize Award for 2nd / 3rd Year Academic Session for Professional Communications and the Media Major : Level 2000/3000 (2010/2011)
- Recipient of UBD Book Prize Award for 4th Year Academic session FASS : Level 4000 (2012/ 2013)
- Recipient of UBD Book Prize Award for 4th Year Academic session for Professional Communications and the Media Major: Level 4000 (2012/ 2013)
Confrence Presentation
Zureena Abdullah (2018). Accessing news among the elderly (50-75) in Brunei Darussalam. Paper presented at Malaysia-Brunei Forum 2018, Universiti Malaya, 7–8 November 2018.
Media Product
- Produced one episode of 45-minute Radio Documentary Program based on Brunei’s One Kampong One Product, titled The Amazing Wonders of Brunei as an alternative for Final year thesis 2013.