About Me

Yonghwan Kim received his doctoral degree at the University of Texas at Austin. His research interests include new communication technologies, media psychology, public opinion, and media effects. His recent projects focus on digital/social media and their individual and societal effects such as discussion network heterogeneity and citizen engagement.

His research has appeared or is forthcoming in Journal of Communication, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic MediaComputers in Human Behavior, International Journal of Communication, Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, Information, Communication and Society, Telematics and Informatics, Asian Journal of Communication, International Journal of Strategic Communication, Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism, International Journal of Mobile Communications, Mass Communication and Society, and International Journal of Public Opinion Research. He teaches courses in digital/social media, multimedia, digital media production, communication research methods, and mass communication research. University of Alabama