Publications
[* denotes student co-authors at the time of submission]
Journal Publications
Xiao, X., Borah, P., Lee, D. K. L.*, Su, Y.*, & Kim, S. C. (2023). A story is better told with collective interests: An experimental examination of misinformation correction during the COVID-19 pandemic. American Journal of Health Promotion. * AEJMC COMMUNICATING SCIENCE, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, AND RISK (COMSHER) DIVISION 2022 TOP PAPER AWARD (2ND PLACE) *
Cook, J., Ecker, U. K. H., Trecek-King, M., Schade, G., Jeffers-Tracy, K., Fessmann, J., Kim, S. C., Kinkead, D., Orr, M., Vraga, E., Roberts, K., & McDowell, J. (2023). The Cranky Uncle game—Combining humor and gamification to build student resilience against climate misinformation. Environmental Education Research, 29(4), 607-623, https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2022.2085671. * THE INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION LITERACY AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY 2022 BEST PUBLICATION AWARD WINNER *
Borah, P., Kim, S. C., & Hsu, Y. C.* (2022). “Masks don’t work”: COVID-19 misinformation perceptions and theory-driven corrective strategies on Facebook. Online Information Review. 47 (5), 880-905. https://doi.org/10.1108/OIR-11-2021-0600
Hong, Y. A., Yee, S., Bagchi, P., Juon, H., Kim, S. C., & Le, D. (2022). Social media-based intervention to promote HBV screening and liver cancer prevention among Korean Americans: Results of a pilot study. Digital Health, 8, 1-8.
Kim, S. C., Zhao, X., Brophy, N. S.*, Walker, M., & Alexander, T. (2022). Visual attention to the source matters: Using eye tracking to understand the FDA’s “Every Try Counts” campaign message effectiveness. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 24(2), 280-284. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntab185
Aroke, O.*, Esmaeili, B., & Kim, S. C. (2021). Impact of climate change on transportation infrastructure: Comparing perception differences between the U.S. public and the Department of Transportation (DOT) professionals. Sustainability, 13(21), 11927.
Borah, P., Kim, S. C., Xiao, X.*, & Lee, D. K. L.* (2021). Correcting misinformation using theory-driven messages: Misinformation perception, information seeking, and the moderating role of reflection. Atlantic Journal of Communication, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2021.1912046
Lee, Y-C., Malcein, L. A.,* & Kim, S. C. (2021). Information and Communication Technology (ICT) usage during COVID-19: Motivating factors and implications. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(7), 3571. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073571
Kim, S. C., Pei, D.*, Kotcher, J., & Myers, T. (2021). Predicting responses to climate change health impact messages from political ideology and health status: Cognitive appraisals and emotional reactions as mediators. Environment and Behavior, 53(10), 1095-1117. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916520942600
Akerlof, K. L., Bromser-Kloeden, T., Timm, K.*, Rowan, K. E., Olds, J. L., Clarke, C., Rohring, E. B., Cloyd, E. T., Curran, K., Duesterhoeft, E. C., Farooque, M., Goldman, E., Gring-Pemble, L., Hampton, S. E., Kim, S. C., Kotcher, J., Milligan, D., Muñoz Brenes, C. L., Sandoval, C., Sklarew, D., Smith, C., Suhay, E., Tomblin, D., Upperman, C., Wingfield, A., Zhao, X. (2021). Categorizing professionals’ perspectives on environmental communication with implications for graduate education. Environmental Communication, 15(4), 447-464. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2020.1862890
Kim, S. C., Vraga, E. K., & Cook, J. (2021). An eye tracking approach to understanding misinformation and correction strategies on social media: The mediating role of attention and credibility to reduce HPV vaccine misperceptions. Health Communication, 36(13), 1687-1696. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1787933
Kim, S. C., Hawkins, R. P., Shah, D. V., Gustafson, D. H., & Baker, T. B. (2020). Understanding how e-Health intervention meets psychosocial needs of breast cancer patients: The pathways of influence on quality of life and cancer concerns. Psycho-Oncology, 29(10), 1704-1712. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.5512
Kim, S. C., & Cooke, S. (2020). Using a Health Belief Model to explore the impact of environmental empathy on behavioral intentions to protect ocean health. Environment and Behavior, 53(8), 811-836. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916520932637
Kim, S. C., & Hawkins, K. H.* (2020). The psychology of social media communication in influencing prevention intentions during the 2019 U.S. measles outbreak. Computers in Human Behavior. 111, 106428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106428
Vraga, E. K., Kim, S. C., Cook, J., & Bode, L. (2020). Testing the effectiveness of correction placement and type on Instagram. The International Journal of Press and Politics, 25(4), 632-652. https://doi.org/10.1177/1940161220919082 * AEJMC COMMUNICATING SCIENCE, HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, AND RISK (COMSHER) DIVISION 2021 ARTICLE OF THE YEAR AWARD (1ST PLACE) *
Vraga, E. K., Kim, S. C., & Cook, J. (2019). Testing logic-based and humor-based corrections for science, health, and political misinformation on social media. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 63(3), 393-414. https://doi.org/10.1080/08838151.2019.1653102
Cooke, S., & Kim, S. C. (2019). Exploring the “Evil Twin of Global Warming”: Public understanding of ocean acidification in the U.S. Science Communication, 41(1), 66-89. https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547018821434
Conference Presentations
[* denotes student co-authors at the time of submission]
Kim, S. C., Zhao, X., & Brophy, N. S.* (2021). Visual attention to the source matters: Using eye tracking to understand the FDA’s “Every Try Counts” campaign message effectiveness Presented to the Biannual D.C. Health Communication Conference, Fairfax, VA.
Kim, S. C., Vraga, E. K., & Cook, J. (2020). An eye tracking approach to understanding misinformation and correction strategies on social media: The mediating role of attention and credibility to reduce HPV vaccine misperceptions. Virtually Presented to the Annual Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Kim, S. C., & Hawkins, K. H.* (2020). The psychology of social media communication in influencing prevention intentions about the measles vaccination. Virtually Presented to the Annual Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Hawkins, K. H.*, Tim, K.*, Alvarez, S.*, Toure, M.*, & Kim, S. C. (2019). College students’ risk perception of climate change health impacts. Presented to the Biannual D.C. Health Communication Conference, Fairfax, VA.