PEOPLE


Whasun Jho, Principal Investigator

whasun

Education
Ph.D., Political Science, Northwestern University
M.A., Political Science, Yonsei University
B.A., Political Science, Yonsei University

Research Areas
Political Economy of Information and Communication Technology
Politics of Information Society/e-Government
Governance in the Information Age

E-mail
wsjho@yonsei.ac.kr

Publications
Building telecom markets: evolution of governance in the korean mobile telecommunication market. London: Springer
『사이버 공간의 문화코드』 서울: 한울아카데미.
『한국 정당의 미래를 말하다』 서울: 한울아카데미.
“Institutional and technological determinants of civil e-Participation: Solo or duet?” Government Information Quarterly.
“Socioeconomic Contexts of Government Expenditure Across OECD Countries: A Complementary Perspective From Trust and State-Business Relations.” Administration & Society. 47(2) 122–150.
“Hegemonic Disputes and the Limits of the ASEAN Regional Forum.” PACIFIC FOCUS, 29(2): 237-259
“Ideas, Networks, and Policy Change: Explaining Strategic Privatization in Korea.” KOREA OBSERVER, 45(2): 179-210.


Young Min Baek, Co-Principal Investigator

Education백영민 교수

Ph.D., Communication, University of Pennsylvania.
M.A., Communication, Iowa State University.
M.A., Communication, Seoul National University.
B.S., Communication, Yonsei University.

Research Areas

Interaction between people and messages.
Public Opinion Research.
Audience Research (new media as well as conventional mass media), especially measurement of media exposure.
Quantitative research methods.
Big Data: how to use it and how it influences our way of life.

E-mail
ymbaek@yonsei.ac.kr

Publications

Shin, H. K., & Baek, Y. M. (2015). Forms of Expression of Angry Voters and Sad Voters: the Effects of Discrete Emotions and Emotional Expression on the Voting Participation through Approach-Avoidance Action Tendencies. Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research, 2(4), 248-278.
Baek, Y. M. & Kim, H. M. (2016). Cultural Distance and Foreign Drama Enjoyment: Perceived Novelty and Identification with Characters. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media [SSCI, main & corresponding author].
Kim, K., Baek, Y. M., Kim, N. (2015). Online news diffusion dynamics and public opinion formation: A case study of the controversy over judges’ personal opinion expression on SNS in Korea. The Social Science Journal. 52(2), 205-216. [SSCI, co-author]
Baek, Y. M. (2015). Relationship Between Cultural Distance and Cross-cultural Music Video Consumption on YouTube. Social Science Computer Review. 33(6), 730-748.
Baek, Y. M. (2015). Political Mobilization Through Social Network Sites: The Mobilizing Power of Political Messages Received From SNS Friends. Computers in Human Behaviors, 44, 12-19. [SSCI, single author]
Baek, Y. M., & Jung, C. S. (2015). Focusing the mediating role of institutional trust: How does interpersonal trust promote organizational commitment? The Social Science Journal. 52(4), 481-489.
백영민 (2016). 《R을 이용한 사회과학데이터 분석: 응용편》. 서울: 커뮤니케이션 북스.
백영민 (2015). 《R을 이용한 사회과학데이터 분석: 기초편》. 서울: 커뮤니케이션 북스.


Jae-mook Lee, Co-Principal Investigator

Education이재묵 교수

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Iowa.
M. A., Political Science, Yonsei University
B. A., Political Science, Yonsei University

Research Areas

political process.
Korean politics.
American politics
Methodology of Political Science

E-mail
jaemook@gmail.com

Publications

– Jaemook Lee, Youngdeuk Park, and Gidong Kim. 2018. “Social Media and Regional Voting Behavior: The Case of the 19th Presidential Election in South Korea.” Issues and Studies 54(3)

– Jho, Whasun, Lee, Jaemook, Min, Song and Kim, E.H.J. (2017). “Ideological Bias and Extremism among Twitter Networks in South Korea.” Taiwanese Political Science Review, 21(2), 235-276.

– Hansoo Lee and Jae-Mook Lee. 2015 “Televised Presidential Debates and Learning in the 2012 Korean Presidential Election: Does Political Knowledge Condition Information Acquisition?” International Journal of Communication (SSCI) Vol 9.


Juyong Park, Co-Principal Investigator

Education박주용 교수

Ph.D., Physics, University of MIchigan-Ann Arbor
B.S., Physics, Seoul National University

Research Areas

Statistical Physics
Network Science
Culture Technology

E-mail
fyzixx@gmail.com

Publications

Quantifying Discrepancies in Opinion Spectra from Online and Offline Networks, PloS One 30125722
Bayesian Inference of Natural Rankings in Incomplete Competition Network, Scientific Reports 4:6212
Ranking Competitors Using Degree-Neutralized Random Walks, PloS One e113685
Statistical Mechanics of Networks, Physical Review E 70:066146


Hoon Lee, Co-Principal Investigator

Education

Ph.D, Communication, University of Michigan
M.A., Statistics, University of Michigan
M.A., in Political Science, Stanford University
B.A., Political Science, Yonsei University

Research Areas

Political Communication
Social Media
Research Methods

E-mail
hlee730@gmail.com

Publications

– Lee, H., & Park, Y. J. (2018). Mobile use, personal values, and connectedness with civic life.” The Social Science Journal, 55, 52-61. doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2017.07.010

– Jang, S. M., Park, Y. J., & Lee, H. (2017). Round-trip agenda setting: Tracking the intermedia process over time in the ice bucket challenge. Journalism, 18, 1292-1308. doi:10.1177/1464884916665405

– Lee, H., & Jang, S. M. (2017). Talking about what provokes us: Political satire, emotions, and interpersonal talk. American Politics Research, 45, 128-154. doi:10.1177/1532673×16657805

– Lee, H., & Kwak, N. (2016). Mobile communication and cross-cutting discussion: A cross-national study of South Korea and the US. Telematics and Informatics, 33, 534-545. doi:10.1016/j.tele.2015.07.006

– Mobile communication and cross-cutting discussion: A cross-national study of South Korea and the US (with Nojin Kwak and Scott W. Campbell; 2015 Communication Research 42(4): 569-596)

– Mobile communication and political participation in South Korea: Examining the intersections between informational and relational uses (with Nojin Kwak and Scott W. Campbell; 2014 Computers in Human Behavior 38: 85-92)

– The more friends, the less political talks? Predictors of Facebook discussions among college students (with Jang, S. Mo and Yong Jin Park; 2014 Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 17: 271-275)


Beom Soo Kim, Research Professor

Education김범수

Ph.D., Political Science, Yonsei University
M. A., Political Science, Yonsei University
B. A., Political Science, Yonsei University

Research Areas

Media Effects on Voter Behaviors and Local Elections.
Local Governance and E-Government.
Comparative Studies on Local Power Structure.

E-mail
goyangdavid@gmail.com

Publications

– 김범수. 2018. “인터넷시대의 사회운동과 정치변동: 다중운동이론의 적용(Social Movement and Political Change in the Internet Age: Application of Multitude Movement Theory).” 『글로벌정치연구』 11(2): 1-29.

– 김범수, 장우영. 2018. “온라인기반 시민참여정치의 탐색적 연구: 14개 국내외 사례 비교 분석(The Exploratory Study on the 14 Cases of Online Based Citizen Participation Politics).” 『동서연구』. 30(1): 5-30.

– 김범수, 조화순. 2017. “네트워크사회의 변동요인과 포스트대의제의 등장(Institutional Factors of the Network Society and Advent of the Post-Representative Systems).” 『사회이론』, 225-262.


Byung-Jae Lee, Research Professor

Education

Ph.D., Government, The University of Texas at Austin
M.A., Political Science, University of Washington, Seattle
M.A., Political Science, Yonsei University
B.A., Political Science, Yonsei University

Research Areas

Statistical Methods (Causal Modeling, Adaptive Treatment, and Machine Learning)
Human Rights, Transitional Justice and Democratization
Public Opinion and Voting Behavior
Latino Voting Behavior in the US
Game Theory and Social Choice

E-mail
bjleemail@gmail.com

Publications

– 이병재. 2019. “미국의 2018년 중간선거와 라티노 투표: 다양성과 변화(The 2018 US Midterm Elections and the Latino Voting: Diversity and Change).” 『의정연구』 특별호.

– Lee, Byung-Jae. 2019. “An Introduction to Statistical Causal Inference: Concepts, Models and Some Methodological Issues.” 『연구방법논총』 4집 1호, 111-149.

– 조화순·이병재·김승연. 2018. “인터넷 뉴스 댓글을 통한 정치커뮤니케이션(Friends or Foes to Democratic Deliberation? : The Effects of Internet User Comments on the Perception of Media Bias and on Information Selection).” 『한국정치학회보』52집 5호, 115-139.

– McCann, James, Byung-Jae Lee, and David L. Leal. 2012. “Transnational Absentee Voting in 2006 Mexican Presidential Election: The Roots of Participation.” Electoral Studies 31(3): 540-549.

– Huang, Taofang, David L. Leal, Byung-Jae Lee, and Jill Strube. 2012. “Assessing the Online Legislative Resources of the American States.” Policy and Internet 3(3-4): 72-90.


Jungmin Song, Research Professor

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, University of Iowa
M.A., Political Science, Seoul National University
B.A., Political Science, Seoul National University

Research Areas

Comparative Politics, Party Politics, Electoral Behavior, Immigration Politics, Radical/Populist Parties, Polarization in Online Environment, European Politics

E-mail
jungmin.song.316@gmail.com

Publications

Woo, Byung-Deuk, and Jungmin Song. 2022. “Voter Waiting Times and Voter Turnout: Reneging Effect and Racial Disparity.” Korean Political Science Review 56(6). 

송정민, 조화순. 2022. “인터넷 이용과 반이민태도: 교육수준과 극우정당 지지의 영향력을 중심으로.” <미래정치연구> 12(1).

송정민. 2022. “유럽의 백신 접종 거부 태도: 극우적 정파성의 영향력을 중심으로.” <한국정치연구> 31(2).

Solt, Frederick, Yue Hu, Kevan Hudson, Jungmin Song, and Dong ‘Erico’ Yu. 2017. “Economic Inequality and Class Consciousness.” Journal of Politics 79(3): 1079-1083.

Solt, Frederick, Yue Hu, Kevan Hudson, Jungmin Song, and Dong ‘Erico’ Yu. 2016. “Economic Inequality and Belief in Meritocracy in the United States.” Research and Politics 3(4): 1-7.

강원택, 송정민. 2013. “한국 선거에서의 세대효과: 1997년부터 2012년까지의 대선을 중심으로.” <한국정당학회보> 12(1).

박원호, 송정민. 2012. “정당은 유권자에게 얼마나 유의미한가?: 한국의 무당파층과 국회의원 총선거.” <한국정치연구> 21(2).

송정민. 2012. “정당 내 파벌의 “항의(voice)”와 정치적 효과: 2008년 이후 친박계의 활동을 중심으로.” <사회과학연구> 38(2).


Jeongyeon Kim, Research Professor

Education

Ph.D., Political Science, Yonsei University
M.A., Political Science, Yonsei University

Research Areas

Comparative Studies on Korean Politics
Political Communication
Quantitative text analysis

E-mail
kimjy7894@naver.com

Publications

– 민희, 김정연. 2019. “지능정보기술과 민주주의: 알고리즘 정보환경과 정치의 문제(Intelligence Information Technology and Democracy: Algorithm-driven Information Environment and Politics).” 『정보화정책』 26(2)

– 김정연. 2018. “텍스트 분석 방법론을 활용한 국회 정책 의제의 이념성향 분석(Measuring Policy Orientations through the Automated Text Analysis).” 『미래정치연구』 8(2): 59-91.

– 조화순, 한규섭, 김정연, 장슬기. 2016. 『빅데이터로 보는 한국정치트렌드(Seeing the New Trend in Korean Politics through Big Data)』. 한울아카데미