Suhwoo Ahn

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Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication

318 Murphy Hall

206 Church St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Curriculum Vitae

Collegiate Affiliation

Post-Doctoral Associate,

Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication

Minnesota Journalism Center

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Suhwoo Ahn is a postdoctoral research associate in the Minnesota Journalism Center at the Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

Suhwoo’s research centers on how the media shape attitudes and beliefs about the political world, for better or for worse. This connects his work on political media use to misinformation. Specifically, he is interested in a) the mechanisms underlying selection behavior and cognitive processing of pro- and counter-attitudinal news, b) the influence of political news consumption on animosity toward and beliefs in misinformation about opposing party members, and c) the effectiveness of communication strategies aimed at mitigating negative affect toward those with opposite viewpoints. He is also interested in applying computational methods in examining communication phenomena.

He received his PhD in Communication from Michigan State University in 2024. His work has led to scholarly publications in leading journals in the field, such as Journal of Communication, Communication Monographs, and Journal of Medical Internet Research. He employs various methods, including surveys, online experiments, natural language processing, and machine learning.

Educational Background & Specialties

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Educational Background

Ph.D.: Communication, Michigan State University, 2024
M.A.: Communication, Seoul National University, 2019
B.A.: Mass Communication & Sociology, Sogang University, 2016

Specialties

Political communication
Journalism
Computational social science

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Publications

Ahn, S., Lee, C., & Bae, I. (2024). Patients’ Use of Electronic Health Records Facilitates Patient-Centered Communication: Findings From the 2017 Health Information National Trends Survey. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26, e50476. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/50476
Ahn, S., Bergan, D. E., Ma, S. & Carnahan, D. (2023). Estimating the Impact of Immediate Versus Delayed Corrections on Belief Accuracy. Communication Monographs, 90(3). 372- 392. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2023.2202728
Carnahan, D., Ahn, S., & Turner, M. M. (2023). The Madness of Misperceptions: Evaluating the Ways Anger Contributes to Misinformed Beliefs. Journal of Communication, 73(1), 60-72. https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqac041
Ma, S., Bergan, D., Ahn, S., Carnahan, D., Gimby, N., Virtue, I., & Mcgraw, J. (2023). Fact-Checking as a Deterrent? A Conceptual Replication of the Influence of Fact-Checking on the Sharing of Misinformation by Political Elites. Human Communication Research, 49(3). 321-338. https://doi.org/10.1093/hcr/hqac031
Carnahan, D., Bergan, D. E., Ulusoy, E., Ahn, S., & Wade, R. B. (2022). Assessing the Potential of Partisan Group Cues in Promoting Accurate Beliefs. Mass Communication and Society. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2022.2127367
Ahn S., Lee, C., & Ko, Y. (2022). Network Social Capital and Health Information Acquisition. Patient Education and Counseling, 105(9), 2923-2933. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2022.05.007
Ahn, S., Bergan, D. E., Carnahan, D., Barry, R., & Ulusoy, E. (2021). Out-Party Cues and Factual Beliefs in an Era of Negative Partisanship. Journal of Political Marketing, 20(3-4), 269-288. https://doi.org/10.1080/15377857.2021.1939570
Ulusoy, E., Carnahan, D., Barry, R. C., Bergan, D. E., Ma, S., Ahn, S., & Mcgraw, J. (2021). Flooding the Zone: How Exposure to Implausible Falsehoods Shapes Subsequent Belief Judgments. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 33(4), 856-872. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edab022

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