Tien Ee Dominic YEO, Dr

Dominic Yeo (pronounced “Yo”) is a tenured associate professor at the Department of Communication Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University. Born and raised in Singapore, he graduated with a PhD in social psychology from University of Cambridge and a first class honours bachelor’s degree in communication from National University of Singapore.

Dr. Yeo’s research primarily examines communication practices and sociocultural phenomena around sexuality, health, and technology, particularly among sexual minorities and youth. The overarching concern of his scholarship is how social actors negotiate emergent and problematised ideas and practices. He was awarded two competitive research grants from Hong Kong’s Research Grants Council (RGC), under the General Research Fund (GRF) and Early Career Scheme (ECS) respectively, to investigate young people’s use of social media (mobile apps & social network sites) and the implications for their wellbeing. His work has been published in flagship communication journals such as Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Mobile Media & Communication, Health Communication, and Journal of Health Communication. He serves on the editorial boards of Mobile Media & Communication, Personal Relationships, and Frontiers in Communication (as an associate editor of the health communication section).

• Social media use, encompassing social network sites, mobile apps, and user-generated content
• Impacts of information communication technologies on intimacy and wellbeing
• Digitally mediated self-disclosure and supportive communication
• Health and self-care among gender and sexual minorities
• Diffusion of innovation, particularly artificial intelligence, digital, and biomedical ones