Byung Lee, Associate Professor
School of Communications
Elon University

 

Byung Lee's Home Page

 

Courses taught at Elon University:

JCM218: Information Gathering and Writing
JCM270: Polling, Research and Presentation
JCM325: Editing and Layout
COM110: Media Writing
COM350: Web Publishing
COM360: Interactive Media
COM495: Senior Seminar

Education:

Ph.D., Journalism, University of Missouri, May 1993, Dissertation: Power and knowledge: Newspapers' coverage of the Steel Strike of 1919-1920
M.A., Journalism, University of Missouri, May 1988
B.S., Major in International Economics, Minor in Western History, Seoul National University, Korea, Feb. 1978

Publications:

Lee, B., Jung, Y. & Synn, W. (2003). Korean investors' adoption of Innovation: Online trading. Journal of Human Subjectivity, 1, 87-113.

Lee, B, & Synn, W. (2003). Clashes between Businesses and Consumers Over Unsolicited Commercial E-Mails, In B. Rockenbach & T. Mendina (Eds.), Ethics and electronic information: A Festschrit (pp. 177-195). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

Lee, B, & Anderson, J. (2001). An analysis of Internet adopters. Operant Subjectivity, 25(1), 11-36.

.Lee, B., & Synn, W. (2001). Investors' response to online stock trading: A study using Q methodology. Operant Subjectivity, 24(3), 109-131.

Lee, B. (2000). Information privacy: How much privacy does the public want on the web? Operant Subjectivity, 23(4), 170-191.

Lee, B. (2000). Users' perspective on regulation to protect privacy on the Web. The International Information and Library Review, 32(3) 379-402.

Hamm, B., Lee, B., Shaw, D., & Knott, D. (2000). Historical agenda setting: The path toward reconstructing public opinion. Egyptian Journal of Public Opinion Research, 1(1) 40-61.

Lee, B., & Padgett, G. (2000). Evaluating the effectivenessof a mass media ethics course. Journalism & Mass Communication Educator,55, 27-39.

Lee, B. (1998). Attitudes of photographers and readerstoward digital manipulation of feature photos,pp. 401-437, Proceedings of 14th Annual Conference of the InternationalSociety for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity, Nov. 26-28, 1998, HanyangUniversity, Seoul, Korea.
Lee, B. (1997). Power and knowledge: Newspapers' coverageof a Steel Strike, In Beyond the Horizon of Journalism. (pp.433-477) . Seoul, Korea: Byukho Publishing.

Lee, B. (1997). [Review of the book Presslaw in South Korea]. The Journal of International Communication.4(2), 130-132.

Gunaratne, S., & Lee, B. (1996, summer).Integration of Internet resources. Journalism & Mass CommunicationEducator, 51, 25-35.

Lee, B. (1995). [Review of the book Thepeople's right to know: Media, democracy, and the Information Highway].The Journal of International Communication. 2(2), 116-118.

Lee, B. (1995). The Internet for collegestudents. Moorhead, MN: Moorhead State University.

Thornburg, K., Ipsa, J., Adams, N., &Lee, B. (1992). Testing the simplex assumption underlying the Erikson psychosocialstage inventory. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 52, 431-436.

Parker, J., Smarr, K., Angelone, E., Mothersead,P., Lee, B., Walker, S., Bridges, A., & Caldwell, C. (1992). Psychologicalfactors, immunologic activation, and disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis.Arthritis Care and Research, 5(4), 196-201.

Lee, B. (1990, Fall). Press freedom during Korea's5th and 6th Republics. Sungkok Journalism Review, 1, 15-35.

Conference Papers:

Lee, B, & Padgett, G. (2002, September 19-22). Attitudinal study of the why and how of improving newsroom diversity. Paper presented at the 2002 Conference off the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity, University of Durham, UK.

Lee, B. (2002, September 11-14). Small dailies' plan for their websites in an economic slowdown: Comparison with big dailies. Paper presented at the National Newspaper Association Convention, Portland, OR.

Lee, B. (2002, August 7-10). Small dailies' websites: The current status and their strategies in an Economic Slowdown. Paper presented at the AEJMC convention, Miami, FL.

Lee, B (2002, April 3 - 7). Big dailies' websites: The current status and their strategies in an economic slowdown. Paper presented at the Southern States Communication Association's 2002 Convention, Winston Salem, NC.

Lee, B, & Synn, W. (2001, October 18 - 21). Clashes between Businesses and Consumers Over Unsolicited Commercial Emails. Paper presented at the 6th Ethics of Electronic Information in the 21st Century Annual Convention, Memphis, TN.

Lee, B, & Anderson, J. (2001, October 4-6). Different Types of Internet Adopters: An Analysis of Assimilators, Hoppers and Sensors. Paper presented at the 17th Annual Q Conference, Ball State University, Muncie, IN.

Lee, B. (2001, February). U.S. Dailies' information gathering on online readers and their privacy policies. Paper presented at the AEJMC Northeast Colloquium, New York, NY.

Lee, B. (2000, October). Strategies for determining reader interest and their usefulness, Paper proposal accepted for the115th National Newspaper Association's Annual Convention, Louisville, KY.

Lee, B. (2000, October). Users' Perspective on Regulationto Protect Privacy on the Web, Paper proposal accepted for the 4th Ethics of Electronic Information in the 21st Century Annual Convention, Memphis,TN.

Lee, B, & Synn, W. (2000, October). Why do investors go onlinefor stock trading?, Paper proposal accepted for the 16th InternationalSociety for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity Annual Convention, Tulsa,OK.

Lee, B. (1999, October).Information privacy: How muchprivacy does the public want on the web? Paper presented at the 15thAnnual Conference of the International Society for the Scientific Studyof Subjectivity, Columbia, MO.

Lee, B. (1999, September). Online weekly newspapers'contents and their strategies to meet challenges, Paper presented atthe 114th National Newspaper Association's Annual Convention, Boston.

Hamm, B., Lee, B., Shaw, D., & Knott, D. (1999, September).Historical agenda setting: The path toward reconstructing public opinion.Paper presented at the annual conference of the World Association for PublicOpinion Research, Paris, France.

Lee, B. (1998, November). Attitudes of photographersand readers toward digital manipulation of feature photos, Paper presentedat the 14th Annual Conference of the International Society for the ScientificStudy of Subjectivity, Seoul, Korea.

Lee, B. S. (1995, April). Uses of the World Wide Webfor education. Paper presented at the Instructional Computing Conference,Fargo, ND.

Wilson, J., & Lee, B. (1993, August). Concernsof the U.S. newspaper and its strategies: Analysis of the 1990 and 1992NDN surveys. Paper presented at the AEJMC convention, Kansas City, MO.
Lee, B. (1997, Fall). Analysis of five U.S. newspapers' editorials onthe Korean War. Sungkok Journalism Review. 8, 29-40.

 

Workshops:

"Don't let graphic compression lead to depression"a workshop conducted at the Associated College Press and College Media AdvisersConvention, Washington, D.C., November 8-12, 2000.


"Software programs for the web."

"Innovative ways to use graphics for web publication."

Workshops conducted at the ACP/CMA Convention, Atlanta,GA, October 1999.


"Use E-mail to create surveys for your student media."

"Innovative ways to use graphics for web publication."Workshops conducted at the ACP/CMA Convention, Kansas City, MO, November1998.


"How to garner information while driving the InformationHighway." Workshop conducted at the Instructional Computing Conference,Fargo, ND, April 1994.


Fellowships:

Civic Journalism 2000: New Dimensions in Storytellingin Philadelphia, sponsored by the Pew Center and RTNDF, June 9-11, 2000.

Visual Journalism fellow, the journalism educationworkshop at The Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, FL., June 3 - June7, 2000.

ASNE Journalism in Excellence Fellowship, editing fornational and world sections at washingtonpost.comduring Summer 1999

Teaching fellow, the journalism education workshop atThe Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, FL., May 30 - June 2, 1995.

Grants:

Summer Fellowship Grant ($4, 425) from Elon College, Summer2000

Quality Improvement Grant for course developmentfrom the Minnesota State Universities, Fall 1994.

Academic Honors:
Editorial Board Member of Journal of Human Subjectivity (since 2002)
Reviewer for Bedford/St. Martin's College Publishers when it revised Roy Peter Clark and Don Fry's Coaching writers: editors and reporters working together, 1992 edition (2001)

Reviewer for Bedford/St. Martin's College Publishers when it revised the Missouri Group's News Reporting and Writing, 6th edition(2000)

Reviewer for Journalism & Mass CommunicationEducator (1997, 1999, 2000)

Reviewer for AEJMC Communication Technology andPolicy Division (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)

New Directions for News Fellowship, 1993

O. O. McIntyre Fellowship, 1989-1990

How to contact:

2850 Campus Box
School of Communications
Elon University
Elon, NC 27244

e-mail:byunglee@elon.edu
e-mail:byungleeusa@yahoo.com

TEL: 336-278-5675 (o) FAX: 336-278-5734