Publications

From Access to Agency: The Generative AI Divide and AI Literacy
생성형 AI 활용 격차와 AI 리터러시

Soeun Yang, Sukyoung Choi, Byungjun Kim. (2025).
Korea Press Foundation. 한국언론진흥재단 연구서

The Anxious Generation and Media Literacy
불안 세대와 미디어 리터러시

Min-jeong Jin, Soeun Yang, Eun-kyung Lee, Hana Lee. (2025).
Korea Press Foundation. 한국언론진흥재단 연구서

Essential Literacy in the Age of Misinformation: Fact-Checking Competence and Educational Strategies
허위정보시대의 필수적 리터러시, 팩트체크 능력과 팩트체크 교육방안

Soeun Yang. (2024).
Seoul National University Press 서울대학교 출판문화원
*Book chapter in Fact-Check Journalism (허위정보와 팩트체크 저널리즘)

Media Communication
매체의사소통

Jee-sun Lee, Amie Kim, Kyung-Ga Byun, Yeo-ju Song, Soeun Yang & Ae-gyeong Jang. (2024).
Chunjae Education 천재교육
**Korean Language Arts textbook (government-approved)

Simulating the Self: Exploring Human Identity through Large Language Model Doppelgangers
‘나’는 무엇으로 구성되는가: 대규모 언어 모델 기반의 커뮤니케이션 기초 연구 가능성의 탐색

Soeun Yang, Yena Ko, Keyeun Lee, Eun-mee Kim, Hajin Lim. (2026).

Published in Korean Journal of Journalism & Communication Studies 한국언론학보

A Two-Wave Study of Avatar Customization and Psychological Benefits in Social Virtual Reality: The Role of Identification

Jeong-woo Jang, Soeun Yang*. (2026). *corresponding author

Published in Health Communication

Self-expression and identity exploration through digital media: A literature review and directions for positive youth development
디지털 미디어 기반 자아 표현과 정체성 탐색: 디지털 네이티브의 긍정적 발달 궤적 탐색을 위한 이론적 검토 및 연구 제언

Soeun Yang. (2025).

Published in Journal of Communication Research 언론정보연구

SPeCtrum: A Grounded Framework for Multidimensional Identity Representation in LLM-Based Agent

Keyeun Lee, Seo Hyeong Kim, Seolhee Lee, Jinsu Eun, Yena Ko, Hayeon Jeon, Esther Hehsun Kim, Seonghye Cho, Soeun Yang, Eun-mee Kim, Hajin Lim. (2025).

Published in NAACL 2025

Letters from Future Self: Augmenting the Letter-Exchange Exercise with LLM-based Agents to Enhance Young Adults’ Career Exploration

Hayeon Jeon, Suhwoo Yoon, Keyeun Lee, Seo Hyeong Kim, Esther Hehsun Kim, Seonghye Cho, Yena Ko, Soeun Yang, Laura Dabbish, John Zimmerman, Eun-mee Kim, Hajin Lim. (2025).

Published in CHI 2025

Designing an effective fact-checking education program: The complementary relationship between games and lectures in teaching media literacy

Soeun Yang, Ji Soo Choi, Jae Woo Lee, Eun-mee Kim. (2024).

Published in Computers & Education

Blurred lines of responsibility: The antecedents of air pollution-reducing behavior against transnational particulate matter

Hana Kim, Gyuhwan Kim, Soeun Yang, Chris AB Zajchowski, Joohee Lee. (2024).

Published in Energy & Environment

Analysis of media literacy education contents and themes in the 2022 Revised Curriculum and its Implications to the elementary and secondary school education - Semantic network Analysis of achievement standards of the national curriculum-
2022 개정 교육과정의 초·중등 미디어 리터러시 교육 내용 분석과 시사점 -교육과정 성취기준에 대한 의미연결망 분석을 중심으로

Kyung-ga Byun, Amie Kim, Jeesun Lee, Soeun Yang. (2024).

Published in Korean Education Inquiry 한국교육문제연구

Study on the Media Literacy Framework for Media Literacy Education in Elementary, Middle, and High Schools
초ㆍ중등 미디어 리터러시 교육을 위한 프레임워크 연구

Soeun Yang, Jeesun Lee, Amie Kim, Kyung-ga Byun. (2024).

Published in The Journal of Education 교육논총

Understanding older adults’ Internet use and psychological benefits: The moderating role of digital skills

Soeun Yang, Jeong-woo Jang. (2024).

Published in Behaviour & Information Technology

The double-edged influence of self-expansion in the metaverse: A two-wave panel assessment of identity perception, self-esteem, and life satisfaction

Soeun Yang, Haesoo Kim, Minwoo Song, Seunghyun Lee, Jeong-woo Jang. (2024). *co-first author

Published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Social disparities in online health-related activities and social support: findings from health information national trends survey

Soeun Yang, Chul-joo Lee, Jiyen Beak. (2023).

Published in Health Communication

Social News Use and News Engagement on Civic Engagement
소셜 뉴스 이용과 뉴스 관여가 세대별 정치 참여 행동에 미치는 영향

Yeji Kwon, Jee Young Lee, Soeun Yang*. (2021). *corresponding author

Published in Korean Journal of Journalism & Communication Studies 한국언론학보

Can an online educational game contribute to developing information literate citizens?

Soeun Yang, Jae Woo Lee, Hyoung-Jee Kim, Minji Kang, EunRyung Chong, Eun-mee Kim. (2021).

Published in Computers & Education

Why do people believe misinformation and how can we combat it?: A theoretical review of the acceptance and correction of misinformation
오정보, 왜 믿는가? 어떻게 정정할 것인가?: 오정보와 그 정정에 대한 이론적 검토

Hyunjung Hwang, Jang Won Kim, Hyo Eun Lee, Yoo Ji Suh, Yena Ko, Soeun Yang, Hyun Suk Kim. (2020).

Published in Journal of Communication Research 언론정보연구

What It Means to Be Performing Arts Audiences: Exploring Communicative Experiences
커뮤니케이션 과정으로서의 공연 관람 경험의 탐색

Soeun Yang, Yena Ko, Joongseek Lee, Eun-mee Kim. (2020).

Published in Journal of Arts Management and Policy 예술경영연구

Fake News and Fact Check News Differences: Focusing on News Usage, Perception, and Literacy in Multi-Media Environments
가짜뉴스와 팩트체크 뉴스 노출 집단의 미디어 이용과 뉴스 인식, 그리고 리터러시 관계

Hyoung-Jee Kim, EunRyung Chong, Eun-mee Kim, Soeun Yang, Jae Woo Lee, Minji Kang. (2020).

Published in Korean Journal of Communication & Information 한국언론정보학보

Associations between witnessing and perpetrating online hate in eight countries: The buffering effects of problem-focused coping

Sebastian Wachs, Michelle F Wright, Ruthaychonnee Sittichai, Ritu Singh, Ramakrishna Biswal, Eun-mee Kim, Soeun Yang, Manuel Gámez-Guadix, Carmen Almendros, Katerina Flora, Vassiliki Daskalou, Evdoxia Maziridou. (2019).

Published in International journal of environmental research and public health

The effect of adolescents’ social media use on exposure to contact risks and engagement in problematic behavior
소셜미디어 이용이 청소년의 대인적 위험 경험과 문제행동에 미치는 영향

Soeun Yang, Hye-mi Lee, Eun-mee Kim. (2017).

Published in Journal of Cybercommunication Academic Society 사이버커뮤니케이션학보

The Effects of Online Networks and Internet Literacy on Adolescents’ Online Participation
관계망과 인터넷리터러시가 청소년의 온라인 참여행동에 미치는 영향

Eun-mee Kim, Soeun Yang. (2017).

Published in Korean Journal of Journalism & Communication Studies 한국언론학보

Differences in friendship networks and experiences of cyberbullying among Korean and Australian adolescents

Jee Young Lee, Yeji Kwon, Soeun Yang, Sora Park, Eun-Mee Kim, Eun-Yeong Na. (2017).

Published in The Journal of genetic psychology

Influencing Factors on the Exposure to Internet Harmful Contents and Cyber-delinquency among Adolescents: Parental Mediation versus Peer Norms
청소년의 온라인 유해정보 노출과 온라인 일탈행동에 미치는 요인: 부모의 중재와 또래의 책동 사이: 부모의 중재와 또래의 책동 사이

Hyemi Lee, Soeun Yang, Eun-mee Kim. (2016).

Published in Korean Journal of Journalism & Communication Studies 한국언론학보

Internet literacy and digital natives’ civic engagement: Internet skill literacy or Internet information literacy?

Eun-mee Kim, Soeun Yang. (2016).

Published in Journal of Youth Studies

Who are They Communicating with: Connected youth’s Development of Competencies of Civic Life
누구와 소통하는가: 연결된 청소년의 공동체적 삶 역량 계발

Soeun Yang, Eun-mee Kim. (2014). Based on master’s thesis

Published in Korean Journal of Journalism & Communication Studies 한국언론학보

The New Citizenship of Digital Natives and the Influence of Network Media
‘디지털 네이티브’의 시민성

Soeun Yang, Eun-mee Kim. (2013).

Published in Korean Journal of Journalism & Communication Studies 한국언론학보