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Kim, Hun Shik

Associate Professor

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Research

research overview

  • Dr. Hun Shik Kim's research areas include broadcast and multimedia journalism, international communication, war and conflict reporting, and media performances in Asia-Pacific nations. Dr. Kim has researched the transformation of the news media environment during and after wartime in the Middle East. He has worked on a series of research projects to investigate how news media cover military conflicts and political upheavals in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Ukraine. Dr. Kim's ongoing research focuses on public diplomacy and news media performances during global crises. Dr. Kim's research has appeared in numerous scholarly journals, including Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, Mass Communication and Society, and Journalism Studies.

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  • broadcast news, multimedia storytelling, international communication, war and conflict reporting, news media in social and political transitions, emerging telecommunication technologies, public diplomacy, global journalism

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Teaching

courses taught

  • APRD 7004 - Doctoral Professionalization Seminar
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2022
    Introduces you to the university and gives you a chance to think out loud about what your academic future might look like. The course is designed to be responsive to your needs regarding your career, getting a job, getting tenure and teaching. In short, the course prepares you for a career in academia. Same as JRNL 7004.
  • JRNL 1000 - Principles of Journalism and Networked Communication
    Primary Instructor - Summer 2022
    Surveys the history, practices and responsibilities of journalism in a democracy. Examines ethics, best practices in institutional and network settings, reporting and writing, international news systems, personal branding, and strategies for creating and distributing content across media platforms. Promotes the highest professional values and encourages students to be leaders who recognize the possibilities of journalism in a democratic society.
  • JRNL 2001 - Fundamentals of Reporting Technologies
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2022
    Develops news-gathering skills for work in news enterprises. Students learn skills for working with technologies used in news reporting and in storytelling for various media formats. Students are introduced to a range of technologies for recording, editing and producing. Students encouraged to take concurrently with JRNL 2000.
  • JRNL 3401 - Sociology of News
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2019 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2023
    Provides students with an introduction to the factors that shape news reporting and production, including gatekeeping, intermedia agenda setting, pack journalism, beat structures, news values and issues unique to the various platforms on which news is delivered.
  • JRNL 4351 - Reporting Wars, Conflict and Peace
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024
    Explores how journalists report international breaking news with a focus on war, disaster and peace and how these news events affect peoples' lives, governmental decisions and news media operations.
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