- McQuail Honorary Fellow 2019-2020
- Best Published Paper Award 2019 awarded by the International Communication Association’s Children, Adolescents, and Media Division.
- 2018 McQuail Award for best article advancing communication theory
- Nanyang Technological University Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences International Postdoctoral Fellowship (HIPF) 2017
- Scholarship for the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Inaugural Research Summit: Digital Methods & Social Development (21-27 August 2016)
- Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Summer School Scholarship 2015 at the University of Essex
- NTU Research Scholarship 2013 to 2017 [PhD in Communication Studies]
- NTU Research Scholarship 2011 to 2013 [Master of Communication Studies]
- Tan Chin Siong Scholarship for Financial Journalism (Year 2010)
- Best in History (A levels)