Nanyang Technology University

Academic Profile
Asst Prof Kim Hyo Jung 

Assistant Professor 
Division of Public & Promotional Communication 
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information 
College of Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences 



Email: HJKIM@ntu.edu.sg
Phone: (+65)6316-8892 
Office: SCI 03-05 
Education
  • PhD (Journalism) Missouri-Columbia 2010
  • MA (Comm) Syracuse University 2005
  • MA (VisMedia Comm) Sogang University 2004
  • BA (Politics & Lit) (Hons) Handong University 1999
Biography
Dr. Hyo Jung Kim received her Ph.D in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia (2010); an MA in Mass Communication from Syracuse University (2005); an MA in Visual Communication from Sogang University (2004) and a BA double majoring Politics and Literatures from Handong University (1999) in South Korea. Her research interests include health communication, public relations, psychological influence of mass media, non-profit/ PSA (public service announcement) communication, and the effects of social marketing messages. Hyo believes that her research backgrounds, teaching experience, and professional experience as a TV producer have made her ready for the next step as a young professor in strategic communication fields.
Research Interests
Health Communication; Public Relations; Psychological Effects of Mass Media Messages;
Social Marketing Campaigns
Research Grant
  • Start Up Grant (2011-)
Current Projects
  • Effect of Stealing Thunder in Crisis Management through Social Networking
  • Multistage Testing of the Integrated Crisis Mapping (ICM) Model: Toward a Publics-based, emotion-driven Conceptualization in Crisis Communication
  • Psychological Reactance and Public Campaigns: The Effects of Message Source and Message Features on Young Adults' Response to Campaign Messages in Singapore
  • Testing a Health Message Processing Model (HMPM) to Predict the Effects of Health Messages on Health Behavioral Intentions
Selected Publications
  • Kim, H. (2013). They will help, so I don’t need to?: Third-person effect and donation aid advertising. Journal of Current Issues and Research in Advertising, 34, 93-106.
  • Kim, J., Kim, H., & Cameron, G. (2012). Finding primary publics: A test of the third-person effect in corporate crisis. Journal of Public Relations Research, 24(5), 391-408.
  • Kim, H. (2012). Increasing the persuasiveness of gain vs. loss framing: The effects of gender on processing gain- vs. loss-framed breast cancer screening messages. Communication Research, 39(3), 385-412.
  • Kim, H., & Cameron, G. (2011). Emotions matter in crisis: The role of anger and sadness in the publics’ response to crisis news framing and corporate crisis response. Communication Research, 38(6), 826-855.
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