Junghyun Moon

Biography

Junghyun Moon is a Ph.D. student in The Media School. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Journalism and Mass Communication from Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea. After receiving his master’s degree, he worked as a researcher in the National Credit Union Federation of Korea (NACUFOK) for several years. The primary foci of his research interest lie in political information processing and public perceptions of media.

Publications.

Chung, S., Heo, Y. J., & Moon, J. H. (2018). Perceived versus actual polling effects: Biases in perceptions of election poll effects on candidate evaluations. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 30, 420-442. http://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edx004

Moon, J. H., & Chung, S. (2018). Testing overestimation of polling effect on other voters and underestimation of polling effect on oneself: Perceived and actual bandwagon and underdog effect of election polls. Korean Journal of Journalism and Communication Studies, 62(3), 7-36.

Selected Conference Papers.

Heo, Y. J., Chung, S., & Moon, J. H. (May 21-25, 2020). When private opinion meets public opinion: Actual impact and biases in poll effect perceptions. Paper presented at the 70th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association. Gold Coast, Australia (Changed to online presentation).

Moon, J. H., & Chung, S. (May 28, 2019). Actual versus perceived polling effects on candidate evaluation: Underestimated effect on oneself but overestimated effect on other voters. Paper presented at the 69th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C.

Moon, J. H. (November 7, 2015). The effect of election poll reports on voter’s candidate evaluation: The difference between the actual effect and the perceived effect. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Korean Associations for Broadcasting and Telecommunication Studies, Yongin, Korea. (Best Conference Paper Award)

Chung, S., Heo, Y. J. & Moon, J. H. (August 7, 2015) The actual and perceived effects of election poll coverage on candidate evaluations. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, San Francisco, CA.

Heo, Y. J., & Moon, J. H. (February 9, 2015). The actual and perceived effect of election poll coverage on candidate evaluations of self and others. Paper presented at the Graduate Students’ Conference of the Korean Society for Journalism and Communication Studies, Daejeon, Korea.