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- E-Mail:
- kwak@umich.edu
- Role(s):
- Researcher
Current Institutional Affiliation(s) (Past Affiliations)
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Department of Communication Studies
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI, Michigan, United States
Biography
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies. Professor Kwak joined the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan in the Fall of 2000. His main research centers around political and social effects of mediated and interpersonal communication, including communication and social capital, media and political learning/attitudes, and the influence of new technology. Professor Kwak’s current research project focuses on the influence of Internet use on political and civic engagement, by analyzing the relationships of various Internet use patterns with interpersonal trust, volunteering, political participation, political knowledge, and informal social associations. Professor Kwak’s research has generated top paper awards at national conferences and has been published in Communication Research, Journal of Communication, Human Communication Research, Political Communication, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Political Research Quarterly, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, Journal of Official Statistics, and Gazette.
Publications and Resources
Journal Articles
- Nathaniel Poor, Nojin Kwak, Marko Skoric. Honey, I Shrunk the World! The Relation Between Internet Use and International Engagement. Mass Communication & Society. 2006.
- Dhavan Shah, Nojin Kwak, William "Chip" Eveland. Information and Expression in a Digital Age: Modeling Internet Effects on Civic Participation. Communication Research. 2005.
- Nojin Kwak, Ann Williams. Talking Politics and Engaging Politics: An Examination of the Interactive Relationships Between Structural Features of Political Talk and Discussion Engagement. Communication Research. 2005.
- William "Chip" Eveland, Dhavan Shah, Nojin Kwak. Understanding the relationship between communication and political knowledge: A model-comparison approach using panel data. Political Communication. 2005.
- William "Chip" Eveland, Dhavan Shah, Nojin Kwak. Observations on estimation of communication effects on political knowledge and a test of intracommunication mediation. Political Communication. 2005.
- Nathaniel Poor, Marko Skoric, Nojin Kwak, Ann Williams. To Broadband or Not to Broadband: The Relationship Between High-Speed Internet and Knowledge and Participation. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media. 2004.
- Nojin Kwak, Dhavan Shah, R. Lance Holbert. Connecting, trusting, and participating: The interactive effects of social associations and generalized trust on collective action. Political Research Quarterly. 2004.
- Nojin Kwak, Naewon Kang. A Multilevel Approach to Civic Participation: Individual Length of Residence, Neighborhood Residential Stability, and Their Interactive Effects With Media Use. Communication Research. 2003.
- William "Chip" Eveland, Dhavan Shah, Nojin Kwak. Assessing causality: A panel study of motivations, information processing and learning during campaign 2000. Communication Research. 2003.