Position Title
Graduate Student
Education
- M.A in Communication, Yonsei University, South Korea, 2017
- B.A in Communication, Yonsei University, South Korea, 2012
About
He is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Communication.
Research Focus
As a media scholar, he has interest in explicating processes of media effects in various socio-political contexts. Specifically, his research has examined (1) uses and effects of digital media technologies on political attitude, behavior and public opinion, and (2) psychological mechanisms of the effects. For empirical investigation, experiments, surveys, and observational data analysis are employed.
Publications
Lee, S., Cho, J., & Kim, S. (2023). Pathways to youth political participation: Media literacy, parental intervention, and cognitive mediation. Mass Communication and Society, 26(1), 99-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2022.2122846
Lee, S., & Kim, K. (2022). Perceived influence of partisan news and online news participation: Third-person effect, hostile media phenomenon, and cognitive elaboration. Communication Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502221127494
Lee, S., & Cho, J. (2022). When CNN praises Trump: Effects of content and source on hostile media perception. Sage Open, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440221079890
Wojcieszak, M., Leeuw, S., Menchen-Trevino, E., Lee, S., Huang-Isherwood, K. M., & Weeks, B. (2021). No polarization from partisan news: Over-time evidence from trace data. The International Journal of Press/Politics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612211047194
Yu, X., Wojcieszak, M., Lee, S., Casas, A., Azrout, R., & Gackowski, T. (2021). The (null) effect of happiness on affective polarization, conspiracy endorsement, and deep fake recognition: Evidence from five survey experiments in three countries. Political Behavior, 43, 1265-1287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-021-09701-1
Teaching
Associate Instructor
- CMN102 Empirical Methods in Communication (Summer I 2022)
- CMN123 Intercultural Communication (Summer II 2021)
Teaching Assistant
- CMN101 Communication Theories (Winter 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021)
- CMN102 Empirical Methods in Communication (Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2022, Winter 2023)
- CMN140 Introduction to Mass Communication (Spring 2020)
- CMN143 Analysis of Media Messages (Spring 2019, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2022)
- CMN145 Political Communication (Fall 2018, Spring 2022)
Awards
2022 - Top Student Paper, Mass Communication Division at the 108th National Communication Association Convention
2021 - Departmental Dissertation Award, Department of Communication at the University of California, Davis
2020 - Dean's Summer Graduate Fellowship, Graduate Studies at the University of California, Davis
2018 - Top Conference Paper at the Korean Society for Journalism and Communication Studies, South Korea
2016 - Top Student Paper at the Korean Society for Journalism and Communication Studies, South Korea