Research
#Media processes and effects #media perception
#politics #health #civic engagement #misinformation #comparative research
Publication
Refereed journal articles *If you have any questions or need online copies of my work, please feel free to contact me.
Chen, B., Lukito, J., & Koo, G. H. (2023). Mobilizing the “Stop the Steal” Movement: Comparing Discourse in Facebook, Twitter, and Parler. Social Media + Society. [Link]
Koo, G. H., Johnson, T. J., Lee, T. & Jia, C. (2023). Politically Contested Beliefs: Support for Trump Better Predicts Having Inaccurate Beliefs About COVID-19 Than Conservative/Republican Political Identity. Mass Communication and Society. [Link]
Lee, T., & Koo. G. H. (2022). What Drives Belief in COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories? Examining the Role of Uncertainty, Negative Emotions, and Perceived Relevance and Threat. Health Communication. [Link]
Chen, B., & Koo, G. H. (2022). Journalistic Roles and News Framing: A Comparative Framing Analysis of COVID-19 Pandemic Across China, South Korea, and the United States. International Journal of Communication. [Link]
Peifer, J., Lee, T. & Koo, G. H. (2022). Selectively sharing satirical news: Strengthening an empirical understanding of how agreement, mirth, and perceived informativeness contribute to the diffusion of mediated comedy. Computers in Human Behavior. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2021.107108 [Link]
Koo, G. H. (2021). Are You Frightened? Children’s Cognitive and Affective Reactions to News Coverage of School Shootings. Mass Communication and Society. doi:10.1080/15205436.2021.1996609 [Link]
Book review
Koo, G. H. (2021). Numbers that Matter in Journalism: How to Use Numbers Effectively and Ethically. International Journal of Communication. 15.
Conference papers (Selected)
2023
Koo, G. H., Johnson, T. J. Santillana, M., & Jeon, G. (2023). Toxicity of Political Participation and News Cynicism: How Social Media News Use Predicts Disinformation Beliefs and Support for Political Violence. Paper presented at the 105th Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington DC, 2023 *Second Place Top Faculty Paper Award, Mass Communication and Society Division
Koo, G. H., Masullo, G. M., Orr, B., & Huang, E. Q. (2023). Understanding the Twitter Discourse Around Anti-LGBTQIA+ Legislation Through Topic Modeling, Sentiment Analysis, and Toxicity Detection. Paper presented at the 105th Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Washington DC, 2023 *Top Faculty Paper Award, LGBTQ Interest Group
Koo, G. H., Chen, B., & Jeon, G. (2023). It's Not Just “8 Dead”: News and Twitter's social construction of the Atlanta spa shootings. Paper presented at the 73rd International Communication Association, Toronto, 2023
Johnson, T. J., Koo, G. H., Kim, S., & Lacasa-Mas, I. (2023). Fanning or Extinguishing Protest Flames? How Media Skepticism, Media Cynicism and the Gamson Hypothesis for News Influences Support for Moderate and Extreme Protests. Paper presented at the 73rd International Communication Association, Toronto, 2023
2022
Tamar, W., Koo, G. H., & McCann, C. (2022). Defining, validating and testing news skepticism: A news literacy approach. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2022 * Top Student Paper Award, Mass Communication and Society Division
Koo, G. H. (2022). Agenda Setting in COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage: Role of Media Trust, Skepticism, and Cynicism. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2022.
Lukito, J., Huang, Q. E., Chen. B., & Koo. G. H. (2022). Mobilizing the “Stop the Steal” Movement: A Comparison of Four Social Media Platforms. Paper presented at the 72nd International Communication Association, 2022.
Yoo, J., Koo. G. H., & Johnson, T. J. (2022). Discuss, verify, and trust: Examining an associative relationship among social media discussions, intent to verify, and trust in news media on beliefs in COVID-19 conspiracy theories. Paper presented at the 72nd International Communication Association, 2022.
2021
Koo, G. H. (2021). Learning from online news: How selective and incidental exposure work differently. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2021
Koo, G. H., Johnson, T., Lee, T. & Jia, C. (2021). Politically contested beliefs: Why do conservatives tend to have more inaccurate beliefs about COVID-19?. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2021
Chen, B., & Koo, G. H. (2021). Framing COVID-19 pandemic: A Comparative study on news frames in China, Korea, and the U.S. Paper presented at the 71st International Communication Association, 2021
2020
Koo, G. H. (2020). Are You Frightened? Children’s cognitive and affective reactions to news coverage of school shootings. Paper presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2020
Koo, G. H. (2020). The Silence Breakers: Understanding the development of #MeToo based on Spiral of silence theory. Paper presented at the 70th International Communication Association, 2020
Lee, T., Johnson, T. & Koo, G. H. (2020). Bridging between political engagement and fake news sharing: The Role of Third-person Perception and Partisanship. Paper presented at the 70th International Communication Association, 2020
2019
Peifer, J. T., Lee, T. & Koo, G. H. (2019). Selectively sharing the jokes: How agreement, mirth, and information utility propel the social transmission of satirical news. Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Toronto ON, 2019
Kilgo, D.K., Wilkerson, H. & Koo, G. H. (2019). Preferring and maintaining homophilous networks: Unfriending’s contribution to polarized politics. Presented at the 69th International Communication Association, Washington DC, 2019
