Conference Papers

List of Conference Presentations (Selected)

Lee, T.,  Lukito, J., Varma, A., & Ozawa, J. (2023, August). Catalyzing Effects: Paradoxical Effects of Attempts to Chill on Journalism. Paper accepted at the Annual Conference for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Washington, DC.

Lee, T.,  Johnson, T.J., & Jia, C., & Lacasa, I. (2022, August). When and How Social Media Users Become Misinformed: The Roles of News-Finds-Me Perception, Misinformation Exposure, and News Self-Efficacy in COVID-19 Misperception.  Paper presented in the Political Communication division at the 105th Annual Conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Detroit, MI.

Lukito, J., Lee, T., Martin, Z., Glover, K., An, H. & Cui, Z. (2022, August). Connective action in Myanmar: A mixed-method analysis of Spring Revolution.  Paper presented at the Annual Conference for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Detroit, MI.

Ozawa, J, Lukito, J., Lee, T., Varma, A. (2022, August). Violence against journalists in Brazil: the effects of two years of Jair Bolsonaro's government.  Paper presented at the Annual Conference for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Detroit, MI.

Masullo, G. M., Wilhelm, C., Lee, T., Riedl, M. J., Gonçalves, J., & Stroud, N. (2022, May). Transparency Can Signal News Outlet Trustworthiness in a Google Knowledge Panel: A Conjoint Experiment in Brazil, Germany, and the United States. Paper presented in the mass communication division at the 72nd Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA). Paris, France.

Lukito, J., Cui, Z. Hu, A., Lee, T., & Ozawa, J.V.  (2022, May). Propaganda before violence: A study of state coercion in five countries. Paper presented in the Global Communication & Social Change Division at the 72nd Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA). Paris, France.

Lee, T., Johnson, T. J., & Weaver, D. (2021, August). Which Way Do I Go? Need for Orientation, Media Use, and Knowledge about COVID-19. Paper presented in the political communication division at the 104th Annual Conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Converted from New Orleans to virtual due to COVID-19. 

Lee, T., Santillana, M., Lacasa, & Ashe, I. (2021, August). The Antecedents and Consequences of Conspiracy Beliefs Around COVID-19 Antecedents and Consequences of conspiratorial beliefs around Covid-19. Paper presented it the political communication division at the 104th Annual Conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Converted from New Orleans to virtual due to COVID-19. 

Koo, G.H., Johnson, T. J., Lee, T., & Jia, C. (2021, August). Politically Contested Beliefs: Why Do Conservatives Tend to Have More Inaccurate Beliefs About COVID-19? Paper presented at the 104th Annual Conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Converted from New Orleans to virtual due to COVID-19. 

Masullo, G.M., Lee, T., & Riedl, M. (2021, May). Signaling Credibility at the Domain Level: Can the Google Knowledge Panel Cue News Outlet Trustworthiness? Paper presented at the 71st Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA), Converted from Denver to virtual due to COVID-19. 

Jia, C., Johnson, T. J., Wallace, R., & Lee, T. (2021, May). News Algorithm Appreciation or Aversion? Examining Media Trust and Algorithm Attitudes. Paper presented at the 71st Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA), Converted from Denver to virtual due to COVID-19. 

Lee, T., Johnson, T. J., & Ozawa, J. V. (2020, August). What’s fake news to you: How divided  epistemologies shape perception of fake news. Paper presented in the Political Communication division at the 103rd Annual Conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Converted from San Francisco to virtual due to COVID-19. 

* AEJMC Research Prize for Professional Relevance (Third place)

Lee, T., Johnson, T. J., Koo, H. (2020, May). Bridging between Political Engagement and Fake News Sharing: The Role of Third-person Perception and Partisanship. Paper presented in the Political Communication division at the 70th Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA), Converted from Gold Coast, Australia to virtual due to COVID-19

Lee, T. (2019, October). Digital Disinformation in South Korea: How “KakaoTalk” and “chirashi” contribute to the Spread of Disinformation. Paper presented at the Comparative Approaches to Disinformation Workshop, The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.

Lee, T., Johnson, T. J., & Sturm, H.A. (2019, August). You can’t handle the lies!: How the Gamson hypothesis explains Third-person Perceptions of being fooled by fake news, Paper presented at the 102nd Annual Conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Toronto, Canada.

Peifer, J. T., Lee, T., & Koo, G. H. (2019, August). Selectively sharing the jokes: How agreement, mirth, information utility, and perceived influence propel the social transmission of polarizing satirical news, Paper presented at the pre-conference of the 102nd Annual Conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Toronto, Canada.

Lee, T. (2019, May). Perceived Influence of Fake News and Its Consequences. Paper presented in the Journalism division at the 69th Annual Conference of International Communication Association (ICA), Washington, DC.

Lee, T. (2019, March). Biased headlines or biased Stories? Exploring the role of news headlines in the Hostile Media Perception. Paper presented at the Midwinter conference of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Norman, OK.