Phone:
(205)
348-8652
Office:
432A
Phifer
Email:
ykim@ua.edu
Personal web page: www.tcf.ua.edu/commfac/ykim
Research/Teaching/Creative Work:
His research
focuses on impacts of new and old communication technologies on social
change and community development. His research addresses substantive
issues including the role of communication resources on building
community/civil society, the relationship between new and old media
in people's everyday lives, children's use of new media, contextual
and geographical effects on communication behaviors, digital divides,
and communication approaches to globalization issues. He is also
interested in advanced methods in multi-level and ecological communication
research
Classes recently taught:
Mass Media Research Methods
Communication in the Virtual Group
Select Publications and Creative
Work:
Kim, Y. C. (2003). Storytelling community: Communication infrastructure
and civic engagement in urban spaces. Dissertation.
Jung, J., Kim, Y. C., Lin, W., & Cheong, P. (Forthcoming).
Social context and Internet connectedness: An examination of the
digital divide in adolescents of Seoul, Singapore and Taipei. New
Media & Society.
Kim, Y. C., Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Cohen, E. L., & Jung, J.
(2002). Metamorphosis of civic action: From local storytelling
to national action. In B. Greenberg (ed.). Communication and
terrorism. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.
Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Kim, Y. C., & Matei, S. (2001). Storytelling
neighborhood: Paths to belonging in diverse urban environments. Communication
Research, 28 (4), 392-428.
Jung, J., Qiu, J., & Kim, Y. C. (2001). Internet connectedness
and inequality: Beyond the digital divide. Communication Research,
28 (4), 507-535.
Gibbs, J., Ball-Rokeach, S. J., Jung, J., Kim, Y. C., & Qiu,
J. (2003). The globalization of everyday life: Visions and
reality. In M. Sturken, D. Thomas, & S. J. Ball-Rokeach (Eds.). Reinvention
of technology: Cultural narratives of technological change.
Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.
Kim, Y. C. (2003, May). The Internet and traditional media in "geo-ethnic" urban
communities: A contextual approach. Top four paper presented at
the International Communication Association Conference. San Diego,
CA. May 23-27, 2003.
Kim, Y. C. & Jung, J. (2003, May). "Geo-ethnicity" and
neighborhood engagement: A communication infrastructure perspective.
Top four student paper presented at the International Communication
Association Conference. San Diego, CA. May 23-27, 2003.
