9:00 – 9:10 welcome
9:10 – 10:30 Session 1: Exploring New Media’s Role in Recent Elections
A Trigger or a Muffler? Examining the Dynamics between Online Social Media Use and Participation in the 2012 Presidential Election of South Korea
- Soo Young Bae University of Michigan, USA
Social Media, Political Efficacy, and Political Engagement
- Chang Sup Park Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA
Social Media and Offline Political Participation: Uncovering the Paths from Digital to Physical
- Marko Skoric Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
The Impact of Social Media on Political Participation: The Case of Taiwan’s 2012 Presidential Elections
- Tai-Li Wang National Taiwan University, Taiwan
10:45 – 12:05 Session 2: New Media – Novel Pathways to Civic Engagement
Does Internet Use Encourage All Types of Engagement? A National Survey Study on the Democratic Effects of the Internet in China
- Baohua Zhou Fudan University, China
Getting News Everywhere: How Incidental News Exposure on the Internet Promotes Young Adults’ Political Participation
- Jung Hwan Yang University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
- Byung Gu Lee University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Use of Political Podcast in South Korea During Election Campaign: Twitter-Mediated Communication Network of “Naggomsu”
- Jiyoung Kim Yeungnam University, Korea
- Steven Sam Brunel University, England
- Han Woo Park Yeungnam University, Korea
Where They Agree: Factors Influencing Consonance in Online and Offline Public Opinion
- Debbie Goh Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Natalie Pang Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Peng Hwa Ang Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
1:30 - 2:30 SESSION 3: Agenda-Setting and Framing Effects in the Digital Era
Playing with Hegemony: Changing Receptions of the CCTV’s Annual Spring Festival Gala in China
- Jing Wang New York University, USA
Framing and Mis-framing in Micro-blogging Sites in China: Online Propagation of Animal Cruelty Campaigns
- Yuanxin Wang Temple University, USA
How Is the Television Political Program Twittered? Twitter’s Inter-Media Agenda-Setting Effect
- Seunghee Lee Ewha Women’s University, Korea
- Sohei Lim Ewha Women’s University, Korea
2:45 – 4:10 Session 4: Emerging Perspectives on New Media and Democracy
Media Scandals in China
- Ruoyun Bai University of Toronto, Canada
New Media and Citizenship: Online Communicative Spaces and the Dialectics of Identity-Based Political Mobilizations
- T.T. Sreekumar National University of Singapore, Singapore
- Cheryll Ruth R. Soriano National University of Singapore, Singapore
Developing Bridging Social Capital Using Smartphones
- Tetsuro Kobayashi National Institute of Informatics, Japan
- Jeffrey Boase Ryerson University, Canada
- Tsutomu Suzuki Research Organization of Information and Systems, Japan
- Takahisa Suzuki The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan
South Korean Young Adults’ Dependency on Parents and Their Political Engagement in the Digital Age
- Jiwoo Park Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA
- Chang Sup Park Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA
Being a Real Journalist Who Tells the Truth: A Case Study of the Newstapa
- Wooyeol Shin University of Minnesota, USA
Mobile Communication and Civic Engagement in South Korea: Examining the Interactions between Public and Private Realms of Use
- Hoon Lee University of Michigan, USA
- Nojin Kwak University of Michigan, USA
- Scott Campbell University of Michigan, USA
- Rich Ling IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
4:10 – 4:30 wrap -up and conclusion
