research
Peer-Reviewed Journals
Kim, M. D. (2024). Deconstructing big data for development (BD4D): Continuities and reflections of development discourse in the age of ratification. Information Technology for Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/02681102.2024.2352382
Kim, M. D. (2023). Communicating development through US news: Toward decolonizing 'news about development.' Journalism Studies, 24(6), 738-762. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670X.2023.2187649
Kim, M. D., & Lee, K. S. (2023). Mapping participation in ICT4D: A meta-analytic review of development communication research. International Communication Gazette, 85(2), 141-163. https://doi.org/10.1177/17480485221111308.
Kim, M. D. (2022). Advocating “refugees” for social justice: Questioning victimhood and voice in NGOs’ use of Twitter. International Journal of Communication, 16, 719-739. full text.
Kim, M. D. (2022). News values and human values in mediated terrorism: Photographic representations of the 2015 Beirut and Paris attacks by global news agencies. Media, War & Conflict, 15(4), 486-503. https://doi.org/10.1177/1750635220974980.
Kim, M. D., & Wilkins, K. G. (2021). Representing ‘development’ on Instagram: Questioning ‘what,’ ‘who,’ and ‘how’ of development in the digital space. The Journal of International Communication, 27(2), 192-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/13216597.2021.1921009.
Book Chapters
Kim, M. D. (2022). Reflecting Paulo Freire on communication for social change in the digital age. In A. C. Suzina & T. Tufte (Eds.). Freire and the Perseverance of Hope: Exploring Communication and Social Change. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures. (pp. 120-124). full text.
Wilkins, K. G., & Kim, M. D. (2021). Advocacy communication for social justice. In S. Melkote & A. Singhal (Eds.). Handbook of Communication and Development. Edward Elgar Publishing. (pp. 172-188). https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789906356.00018
Conference Papers/Presentations
Lee, K. S., & Kim, M. D. (2024, Aug). Mediating sustainability at the World's Fair: How socioeconomic conditions of countries shape their discursive narratives. AEJMC, Philadelphia, US. *Selected as the Top Paper Award (4th place) by the Communicating Science, Health, and Environmental Risk Division.
Kim, M. D. (2024, June). Communicating Big Data for Development (BD4D): Development discourse in the age of big data. International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia. *Selected as the Top Faculty Paper by the Global Communication and Social Change Division.
Kim, M. D., & S. D. (2024, June). Do we look good? Mediating NGO legitimacy in social media. International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia. *Selected as the Top Research Poster (honorable mention) at ICA.
Kim, M. D. (2024, June). Looking cool to look good: Determinants and challenges of NGO social media communication. International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia.
Kim, M. D. (2024, Feb). Big Data discourse in international development. Big Data Discourses: Communicating, Deliberating, and Imagining Datafication, Leipzig, Germany.
Wilkins, K. G., & Kim, M. D. (2023, July). Conceptualizing 'social change' and 'social justice' in communication research. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Lyon, France.
Kim, M. D. (2023, July). The 'digital face' of INGOs: Exploring productional dynamics of INGOs' social media mediation. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Lyon, France.
Lee, K. S., & Kim, M. D. (2023, May). How do countries communicate sustainable development? Unpacking contested understandings of technology and progress. International Communication Association (ICA), Toronto, Canada.
Kim, M. D. (2022, May). Development assistance in US news: Not so newsworthy but it matters to ‘US.’ International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France.
Kim, M. D., & Lee, K. S. (2022, May). Relating participation to ICT4D: A meta-analytic study of development communication research. International Communication Association (ICA), Paris, France.
Kim, M. D. (2021, July). Deconstructing ‘(big) data’ for development. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Nairobi, Kenya. Virtual Conference.
Kim, M. D. (2021, July). Framing international development: News about development (N@D) in the United States. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Nairobi, Kenya. Virtual Conference.
Lee. K. S., & Kim, M. D. (2021, July). How TED talks talk about big data: A critical big data literacy approach. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Nairobi, Kenya. Virtual Conference.
* Kim, M. D. (2021, May). Post-humanitarian audiences: Audiences’ responses to post-humanitarian communication. International Communication Association (ICA), Virtual Conference. *Selected as the Top Student Paper (Second place) by the Visual Communication Studies Division.
* Kim, M. D., & S, D. (2021, May). Advocating ‘refugees’ for social justice: Questioning victimhood and voice in NGOs’ use of Twitter. International Communication Association (ICA), Virtual Conference. *Selected as the Best Student Paper (Runner-up) by the Global Communication and Social Change Division.
Kim, M. D., & Lee, K. S. (2020, July). Ten years of ICT4D research in development communication: From 2009 to 2019. International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), Tampere, Finland. Virtual conference.
* Kim, M. D., & Wilkins, K. G. (2020, May). Communicating development through development agency representation: Development discourse on Instagram. International Communication Association (ICA), Gold Coast, Australia. Virtual Conference. *Selected as the Best Student Paper (Runner-up) by the Global Communication and Social Change Division.
Kim, M. D. (2019, November). The dual process of transnational news agency: News value and human value. National Communication Association (NCA), Baltimore, Maryland, USA.