최지향 교수는 커뮤니케이션∙미디어학부 소속 부교수로 저널리즘과 정치커뮤니케이션 관련 과목을 가르치고 있다. 연세대학교 (학사), 인디애나대학교 (석∙박사)에서 수학했으며 한국일보사에서 다년간 언론 실무를 경험했다.
변화하는 뉴스 미디어 환경이 이견노출, 양극화, 정치참여 등 시민들의 정치 관련 정보 획득, 태도 형성 및 행동에 미치는 영향에 대해 연구하고 있으며, 커뮤니케이션/저널리즘 분야에서 높은 인용지수를 보이는 Digital Journalism, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Journal of Communication, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly 등 주요 저널에 관련 논문을 발표하고 있다.
[학술지논문] The Role of News Sharing in Curbing the Negative Impact of Misperceptions on Prosocial Behavior During the COVID-19 Pandemic
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION, 2024, v.18
no.1
, 2368-2387
SSCI
[학술지논문] Who is using ChatGPT and why? Extending the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) model
INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL, 2024, v.29
no.1
, 54-72
SSCI
[학술지논문] 한국의 인지적 무당파는 누구이며 왜 양대 정당과 단절되었는가?: 심층인터뷰 결과를 중심으로
정치커뮤니케이션연구, 2024, v.72
no.0
, 49-95
KCI
[학술지논문] Excluding and Including: News Tailoring Strategies in an Era of News Overload
DIGITAL JOURNALISM, 2023, v.11
no.6
, 943-961
SSCI
[학술지논문] Social Media as Risk-Attenuation and Misinformation-Amplification Station: How Social Media Interaction Affects Misperceptions about COVID-19
HEALTH COMMUNICATION, 2023, v.38
no.6
, 1232-1242
SSCI
[학술지논문] Confusing Effects of Fake News on Clarity of Political Information in the Social Media Environment
JOURNALISM PRACTICE, 2022, v.16
no.10
, 2147-2165
SSCI
[학술지논문] Effects of online incivility and emotions toward in-groups on cross-cutting attention and political participation
BEHAVIOUR & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, 2022, v.41
no.14
, 3013-3027
SSCI
[학술지논문] Engagement in Emotional News on Social Media: Intensity and Type of Emotions
JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY, 2021, v.98
no.4
, 1017-1040
SSCI
기성언론보다 소셜미디어 뉴스를 선호하면서 식견 있는 시민이 될 수 있는가?: 기성언론회피형 뉴스소비에 대한 탐색언론정보연구, 2024, v.61 no.1, 50-93
Cross-Cutting Scanning, Integrating, and Interacting: Dimensions of Cross-Cutting Exposure on Social Media and Political ParticipationINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION, 2021, v.15, 1595-1616
Investigating effects of social media news sharing on the relationship between network heterogeneity and political participationComputers in Human Behavior, 2017, v.75, 25-31
Differential Use, Differential Effects: Investigating the Roles of Different Modes of News Use in Promoting Political ParticipationJournal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 2016, v.21 no.6, 436-450
News Internalizing and Externalizing: The Dimensions of News Sharing on Online Social Networking SitesJOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION QUARTERLY, 2016, v.93 no.4, 816-835
Why do people use news differently on SNSs? An investigation of the role of motivations, media repertoires, and technology cluster on citizens' news-related activitiesCOMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR, 2016, v.54, 249-256
All things considered? Investigating the diversity of public affairs issues that individuals think about in the Internet ageCOMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR, 2014, v.32, 112-122