- 김용찬 Kim Yong-Chan
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- Campus : Seoul Campus
- Department : Department of Communication
- E-mail : YONGCKIM@YONSEI.AC.KR
- Tel : 02)2123-2974
- Office : 304 Yeonhui-kwan
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- Professor of media and communication
- Vice President for International Affairs (국제처장)
Short Bio
Yong Chan Kim is Vice President for International Affairs and Professor in the Department of Communication at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. He is also a professor at Pohang University of Science and Technology (Postech) at courtesy. He directs two research units at Yonsei: The Urban Communication Center and the Urban Communication Lab. He is also a board member of the Urban Communication Foundation. Prior to joining the faculty at Yonsei, he was on the faculty at the University of Iowa and the University of Alabama. He received his BA and MA from the Department of Communication at Yonsei University and his PhD from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California, USA. For the past 20 years, his research program has been built around three key areas: urban communication, new media technology, and risk society. His recent books include “Post Mass Media” (2023, Culture Look), “Risk, Society, and Media” (2023, Culture Look), “The Candlelight Movement, Democracy, and Communication in Korea” (2021, Routledge), “The Communication Ecology of 21st Century Urban Communities” (2018, Peter Lang), “Media and Community” (2018, Culture Look), and “Writing a Paper as Storytelling” (2020, Culture Look). He has published more than 80 articles in prestigious journals such as Communication Research, New Media & Society, Human Communication Research, Communication Monographs, Political Communication, Communication Theory, Journal of Health Communication, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, and others.
Education
Ph.D. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. 2003.
Certificate. Geographical Information Systems. University of Southern California & ESRI, 2001.
M.A. Communication, University at Albany–State University of New York, 1996.
M.A. Communication, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. 1992.
B.A. Communication, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. 1990.
Certificate. Geographical Information Systems. University of Southern California & ESRI, 2001.
M.A. Communication, University at Albany–State University of New York, 1996.
M.A. Communication, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. 1992.
B.A. Communication, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. 1990.
Professional Positions
2024-Present: Vice President for International Affairs, Yonsei University
2023-Present: President, Korea Health Communication Association
2023-Present: Professor, POSTECH (by courtesy)
2023-Present: Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Communication Theories (커뮤니케이션이론)
2013-Present: Director, Urban Communication Center (UCC), Yonsei University
2010-Present: Director, Urban Communication Lab (UCL), Yonsei University
2022-2004: Faculty Editor-in-Chief, Yonsei Chunchu (연세춘추)
2021-2023: Editor-in-Chief, Studies of Broadcasting Culture (방송문화연구)
2015-2016: Shapiro Fellow, College of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University
2007-2009: Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
2003-2007: Assistant Professor, University of Alabama
2023-Present: President, Korea Health Communication Association
2023-Present: Professor, POSTECH (by courtesy)
2023-Present: Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Communication Theories (커뮤니케이션이론)
2013-Present: Director, Urban Communication Center (UCC), Yonsei University
2010-Present: Director, Urban Communication Lab (UCL), Yonsei University
2022-2004: Faculty Editor-in-Chief, Yonsei Chunchu (연세춘추)
2021-2023: Editor-in-Chief, Studies of Broadcasting Culture (방송문화연구)
2015-2016: Shapiro Fellow, College of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University
2007-2009: Assistant Professor, University of Iowa
2003-2007: Assistant Professor, University of Alabama
Research interests
new media technology, urban communication, risk society
Teaching
<media and society>, <platform society>, <urban communication>, <digital city>, <risk, society, and media>