S Mo Jang

Biographic Data

ID7576560
NAMES Mo Jang
GIVEN NAMESS Mo
FAMILY NAMEJang
SIGNATUREJANG S M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of South Carolina
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS108
AUTHOR COUNT11
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
H-INDEX5

  • Third person effects of fake news: Fake news regulation and media literacy interventions

    Open AccessM Jones-Jang, S Mo Jang et al.ARTICLEComputers in Human Behavior2017

  • Public attention, social media, and the Edward Snowden saga

    Open AccessYong Jin Park, M Jones-Jang et al.ARTICLEFirst Monday2017

    Although prior research indicated the power of social media in drawing attention to particular issues, little research explored precise patterns by which an issue sustains its salience in mediated social platforms. We dissected the issue-attention cycle of Snowden revelations over a one-year period. We tackled this, using real-time large-scale Twitter data, and found that social media attention varied dramatically over time by the specificities o…

  • Round-trip agenda setting: Tracking the intermedia process over time in the ice bucket challenge

    Open AccessM Jones-Jang, S Mo Jang et al.ARTICLEJournalism2016Cited by: 8References: 16

    Despite the social media’s agenda-setting power, the literature provides little understanding of how social media agendas survive and last long enough to trigger substantial public discussions. This study investigates this issue by tracking the ice bucket challenge campaign over an 18-week period. This article claims that the pattern of the intermedia process evolves over time along with the issue-attention cycle. We observed a round-trip interme…

  • Getting attention online in election coverage: Audience selectivity in the 2012 US presidential election

    Open AccessM Jones-Jang, S Mo Jang et al.ARTICLENew Media & Society2015Cited by: 6References: 21

    This study investigates how citizens select election news online. Voluntary national samples ( n = 372) browsed a news website featuring four types of election news (horserace, candidates’ issue positions, campaign trails, and voters). Their online activities, including article selection and the length of exposure, were unobtrusively measured by behavior tracking software. The results revealed that participants tended to choose issue-based electi…

  • Polarized frames on “climate change” and “global warming” across countries and states: Evidence from Twitter big data

    Open AccessM Jones-Jang, S Mo Jang et al.ARTICLEGlobal Environmental Change2015Cited by: 52References: 16

  • African American Internet Use for Information Search and Privacy Protection Tasks

    Open AccessYong Jin Park, M Jones-Jang et al.ARTICLESocial Science Computer Review2015Cited by: 2References: 5

    This study used in-depth observations to investigate the differences in digital literacy among African American young adult Internet users. Sampled Internet users participated in one-to-one real-time observation sessions, in which each user completed Internet-related functions in two dimensions: (1) information search and (2) privacy protection. Observations recorded whether and how quickly each participant completed the assigned tasks. We found …

  • The Dynamics of Issue Frame Competition in Traditional and Social Media

    Open AccessLauren Guggenheim, M Jones-Jang et al.ARTICLEThe Annals of the American…2015Cited by: 30References: 40

    This study examines the dynamics of the framing of mass shooting incidences in the U.S. occurring in the traditional commercial online news media and Twitter. We demonstrate that there is a dynamic, reciprocal relationship between the attention paid to different aspects of mass shootings in online news and in Twitter: tweets tend to be responsive to traditional media reporting, but traditional media framing of these incidents also seems to resona…

  • The Dynamics of Public Attention: Agenda-Setting Theory Meets Big Data

    Open AccessW Russell Neuman, Lauren Guggenheim et al.ARTICLEJournal of Communication2014

    Researchers have used surveys and experiments to better understand communication dynamics, but confront consistent distortion from self-report data. But now both digital exposure and resulting expressive behaviors (such as tweets) are potentially accessible for direct analysis with important ramifications for the formulation of communication theory. We utilize “big data” to explore attention and framing in the traditional and social media for 29 …

  • Can Marketing Data Aid Survey Research? Examining Accuracy and Completeness in Consumer-File Data

    Josh Pasek, M Jones-Jang et al.ARTICLEPublic Opinion Quarterly2014Cited by: 6References: 27

    Survey research depends crucially on its ability to collect data from a targeted sample and for that sample to mirror the population of interest. Increasingly, survey firms are using data purchased from marketing firms such as Experian and Acxiom (consumer-file marketing data) as a means to improve correspondence between survey respondents and the general public. These data hold tremendous promise, not only for sampling at a reduced cost, but als…

  • Seeking Congruency or Incongruency Online: Examining Selective Exposure to Four Controversial Science Issues

    Open AccessM Jones-Jang, Mo Jang et al.ARTICLEScience Communication2014Cited by: 4References: 55

    This study examined how citizens select science information online based on their preexisting issue attitudes. Voluntary national samples browsed through an online news magazine featuring divergent viewpoints about four controversial science topics (stem cell, evolution, genetically modified foods, and global warming). Their online activities, including article selection and the length of exposure, were unobtrusively measured by behavior tracking…

  • The Internet, selective learning, and the rise of issue specialists

    Open AccessM Jones-Jang, S Mo Jang et al.ARTICLEFirst Monday2012

    Using national survey data (N = 1,208) in the U.S., the present study found that individuals relying upon the Internet translated their interest in the health care issue into issue–specific knowledge. However, those who depended on network TV, newspapers, and radio failed to display a high level of issue–specific knowledge, even when they were interested in the issue. The findings suggest that the Internet plays an important role in fostering iss…