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Research paper thumbnail of Interplay of Threat, Efficacy, and Uncertainty in Cancer News Coverage: Analysis of News Content and Effects in South Korea

Asian Communication Research, Dec 30, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Unpacking Different Approaches to Understanding Cultural Variations in Attribution Patterns

Academy of Management Proceedings

Research paper thumbnail of Cancer Risk Factors in Korean News Media: a Content Analysis

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Community-based health information network and disease-specific health literacy

Aims: This is a study about health literacy in a community context. It introduces a new measure o... more Aims: This is a study about health literacy in a community context. It introduces a new measure of disease specific health literacy that is grounded in the everyday life problem-solving dimensions of prevention and detection and examines the effect of residents' connections to community-based health information resources. People connect to health information sources that are available in their local communities, including interpersonal, media, and community organizational communication resources. These resources do not exist in isolation as they are joined into a network of health information resources through everyday communication activities, hence forming a community-based health information network. We expect to find positive relationships between residents' connections to community-based health information network (RC-CHIN) and health literacy. The primary hypothesis is that health literacy is influenced by residents' connection to RC-CHIN in addition to socio-econo...

Research paper thumbnail of Attention to News Media, Emotional Responses, and Policy Preferences about Public Health Crisis: The Case of Fine Dust Pollution in South Korea

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

This study examines how attention to science and political news may influence the way people feel... more This study examines how attention to science and political news may influence the way people feel about an environmental risk, and how this in turn impacts policy preferences. Using an online survey conducted on the issue of fine dust pollution in South Korea, this study found that science news attention was associated with greater anxiety and anger about the issue, whereas political news attention was associated with fear and sadness/depression (as well as anxiety and anger). Furthermore, mediation analysis showed that science news attention indirectly influenced support for preventive policy through anxiety, whereas political news attention indirectly influenced punitive policy support through anger and fear. Theoretical and practical implications of this study are discussed.

Research paper thumbnail of News Portrayal of Cancer: Content Analysis of Threat and Efficacy by Cancer Type and Comparison with Incidence and Mortality in Korea

Journal of Korean Medical Science, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Communication and difference in urban neighborhoods: A communication infrastructure theory perspective

Communication Monographs, 2022

Based on communication infrastructure theory (CIT), this study developed and assessed communicati... more Based on communication infrastructure theory (CIT), this study developed and assessed communication concepts to understand the various ways in which residents in a metropolitan city experience and manage differences through their neighborhood communicative actions. We investigated three urban communities in Seoul with in-depth interviews (<i>n</i> = 30) and 12 focus group interview meetings (<i>n</i> = 120). We conceptualized two types of community storytelling actions to address differences – difference-reducing community storytelling (DRCS) and difference-managing community storytelling (DMCS). We also identified four neighborhood relational types – denial, rivalry, cohabitation, and coexistence – in the study areas as interacting in various forms with community storytelling to address the issue of difference in urban neighborhoods.

Research paper thumbnail of How do social media affect people’s compassion and civic action? The case of the Sewol Ferry disaster in Korea

Asian Journal of Communication, Apr 11, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Difference-managing and difference-reducing community storytelling in urban neighborhoods: a communication infrastructure theory perspective

Human Communication Research

This study is to understand how urban residents experience and address difference through communi... more This study is to understand how urban residents experience and address difference through communicative actions in urban neighborhoods. The first purpose of this study was to test the scales of difference-managing community storytelling (DMCS) and difference-reducing community storytelling (DRCS) as two communicative actions for addressing differences in urban neighborhoods. The second was to identify socioeconomic and community engagement variables correlated with the two scales. We used both qualitative and quantitative data collected in Seoul by adopting a mixed-method research design, and the study was theoretically guided by communication infrastructure theory. Based on exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, we confirmed the two-dimensional model of community storytelling, with DMCS being positively related to integrated connectedness to a community storytelling network (ICSN) and all of the community engagement variables included in the current study. In comparison, DRC...

Research paper thumbnail of Localized Social Media and Post-Earthquake Civic Engagement

Korean Journal of Journalism & Communication Studies, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Are You an Opinion Giver, Seeker, or Both? Re-Examining Political Opinion Leadership in the New Communication Environment

International Journal of Communication, 2016

This study revisits concepts of opinion leadership and followership in the current social and med... more This study revisits concepts of opinion leadership and followership in the current social and media environment and proposes that the two concepts should be reexamined as complementary and interactional rather than as competing. Based on survey data collected in Seoul, Korea, the study proposes four types of individuals depending on how they manage and form opinions on issues: opinion givers/seekers, opinion givers, opinion seekers, and nondiscussants. The study result indicates that those who both give and seek opinions are more connected to various types of media, have higher curating skills, and are more likely to participate in offline and online political activities than others. The implication of opinion givers/seekers in relation to the traditional meaning of opinion leadership will be further discussed.

Research paper thumbnail of Community Should Be Invented : Focusing on Maeul Media in Seoul

Korean Journal of Communication & Information, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Rainbows in the society: A measure of hope for society

Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2018

The aim of this study was to develop and validate a measure of social hope. Previous studies have... more The aim of this study was to develop and validate a measure of social hope. Previous studies have extensively reported on personal hope and its outcomes. Although a few studies have suggested the concept of collective or social hope, there is no instrument to assess the construct. In this study, we created a 5item scale, drawing on Snyder’s hope theory, and collected two sets of survey data online. Analysis of these data sets revealed that the new scale was structurally unidimensional and internally consistent. In association with Snyder’s State Hope Scale, the Social Hope Scale showed convergent and discriminant validity. The social hope construct also exhibited theoretically meaningful relationships with political efficacy and self-construal (concurrent validity). Finally, social hope was higher for those who had participated in certain types of social activism than it was for those who had not (predictive validity). These results suggest that the Social Hope Scale is a reliable and valid self-report measure of hopeful thinking for society.

Research paper thumbnail of Localized Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Seoul’s Urban Neighborhoods

American Behavioral Scientist, 2015

Theoretically guided by communication infrastructure theory and theory of planned behavior, this ... more Theoretically guided by communication infrastructure theory and theory of planned behavior, this study has two aims: to assess the experiences and intentions of Seoul residents with regard to their localized use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and to identify the factors influencing those experiences and intentions. Online survey data ( n = 901) were collected from adult residents of Seoul in the summer of 2013. The results indicate that various ICT channels (especially websites, online news sites, blogs, online cafés, and smartphone apps) could potentially be customized to serve urban neighborhoods. Positive attitudes and subjective norms related to localized ICT use behavior were significant factors for use of almost all ICT channels considered in the current study. Individuals’ integrated connectedness to community storytelling network was a consistently significant and positive factor in relation to both experience and intention of localized uses of ICTs. Am...

Research paper thumbnail of Trusting Social Media as a Source of Health Information: Online Surveys Comparing the United States, Korea, and Hong Kong

Journal of medical Internet research, Jan 14, 2016

The Internet has increasingly become a popular source of health information by connecting individ... more The Internet has increasingly become a popular source of health information by connecting individuals with health content, experts, and support. More and more, individuals turn to social media and Internet sites to share health information and experiences. Although online health information seeking occurs worldwide, limited empirical studies exist examining cross-cultural differences in perceptions about user-generated, experience-based information compared to expertise-based information sources. To investigate if cultural variations exist in patterns of online health information seeking, specifically in perceptions of online health information sources. It was hypothesized that Koreans and Hongkongers, compared to Americans, would be more likely to trust and use experience-based knowledge shared in social Internet sites, such as social media and online support groups. Conversely, Americans, compared to Koreans and Hongkongers, would value expertise-based knowledge prepared and appro...

Research paper thumbnail of SNS Dependency and Community Engagement in Urban Neighborhoods: The Moderating Role of Integrated Connectedness to a Community Storytelling Network

Communication Research, 2015

The purposes of the current study were (1) to examine the relationship between social networking ... more The purposes of the current study were (1) to examine the relationship between social networking service (SNS) dependency and local community engagement among Seoul residents, (2) to test the hypothesis that integrated connectedness to a community storytelling network (ICSN) is positively related to local community engagement, and (3) to investigate the moderating role of ICSN between SNS dependency and local community engagement. The current study is theoretically guided by communication infrastructure theory (CIT). We used online survey data collected during summer 2013 from a sample of 890 SNS users between the ages of 19 and 59 who lived in 25 districts in Seoul. We focused on four variables as local community engagement outcomes: neighborhood belonging, two collective efficacy variables (informal social control and social cohesion), and community activity participation. We found that SNS dependency and ICSN were positively associated with all local community engagement variable...

Research paper thumbnail of Protest Participation Experiences and Media Uses in Urban Protests: A Conceptualization and Empirical Examination

International Journal of Communication, 2020

The current study investigates multiple dimensions of individual participants’ protest participat... more The current study investigates multiple dimensions of individual participants’ protest participation experiences (PPEs) and identifies different clusters involved in candlelight protests in South Korea. An online survey was conducted with 225 participants who attended at least one of the candlelight protests demanding President Park’s impeachment that were held in South Korea over a span of 27 weeks in 2016 and 2017. We found that protest participants’ experiences could be classified into five categories: independent, entertaining, reflective, solidary, and distributive. Based on these five PPEs, we identified three clusters of participant groups in the candlelight protests: carnivalesque, consumerist, and autonomous/critical. The three groups were different not only in terms of their PPEs but also their media use patterns and sociodemographic characteristics.

Research paper thumbnail of 공동체는 발명되어야 한다 -서울시 마을미디어 형성과 활동을 중심으로: Community Should Be Invented : Focusing on Maeul Media in Seoul

서울시 마을미디어에 관한 분석작업을 통해 이 연구는 첫째, 공동체의 생성 원리는 본질적으로 정해져 있지 않으며 하나이지도 않으며 각기 고유성과 서로 간의 상이성을 띤다는 점,... more 서울시 마을미디어에 관한 분석작업을 통해 이 연구는 첫째, 공동체의 생성 원리는 본질적으로 정해져 있지 않으며 하나이지도 않으며 각기 고유성과 서로 간의 상이성을 띤다는 점, 둘째, 공동체 생성에 있어 역사적 맥락성, 사회적 조건성, 문화적 정향성, 주체의 의지와 열망의 접합이 주요한 요인으로 작동한다는 점, 셋째, 공동체의 형성에는 상이한 권력과 욕망이 전략적으로 연동한다는 점, 넷째, 공동체의 생성은 공동체의 활동, 특히 소통적인 활동과 동시적으로 이루어지며 공동체는 곧 소통과 동의어라는 점, 다섯째, 공동체는 사회의 순조건 안에서 배양되는 것이라기보다는 위태성, 부정성, 한계성을 껴안으며 되어가는 것이라는 점, 마지막으로 공동체는 고유한 감수성과 표현성을 생성하면서 특이한 문화적 언어를 표현한다는 점을 제안한다. 이를 통해 동질적이고 동질적 총체로 단순화하는 대신, 이질적인 타자들 사이의 접속과 해리, 수렴과 발산, 동일성과 차이의 계속되는 역동으로서 공동체를 개념화할 수있다.

Research paper thumbnail of Effects of Health Literacy and Social Capital on Health Information Behavior

Journal of health communication, Jan 11, 2015

This study aimed to examine whether social capital (bonding and bridging social capital) attenuat... more This study aimed to examine whether social capital (bonding and bridging social capital) attenuate the effect of low functional health literacy on health information resources, efficacy, and behaviors. In-person interviews were conducted with 1,000 residents in Seoul, Korea, in 2011. The authors found that respondents' functional health literacy had positive effects on the scope of health information sources and health information self-efficacy but not health information-seeking intention. Respondents' social capital had positive effects on the scope of health information sources, health information efficacy, and health information-seeking intention. The authors found (a) a significant moderation effect of bridging social capital on the relation between health literacy and health information self-efficacy and (b) a moderation effect of bonding social capital on the relation between health literacy and health information-seeking intention.

Research paper thumbnail of Effects of an integrated connection to a neighborhood storytelling network (ICSN) and education on chronic disease knowledge gaps among African Americans and Latinos in Los Angeles

Journal of Health Communication

Research paper thumbnail of Interplay of Threat, Efficacy, and Uncertainty in Cancer News Coverage: Analysis of News Content and Effects in South Korea

Asian Communication Research, Dec 30, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Unpacking Different Approaches to Understanding Cultural Variations in Attribution Patterns

Academy of Management Proceedings

Research paper thumbnail of Cancer Risk Factors in Korean News Media: a Content Analysis

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 2015

Research paper thumbnail of Community-based health information network and disease-specific health literacy

Aims: This is a study about health literacy in a community context. It introduces a new measure o... more Aims: This is a study about health literacy in a community context. It introduces a new measure of disease specific health literacy that is grounded in the everyday life problem-solving dimensions of prevention and detection and examines the effect of residents' connections to community-based health information resources. People connect to health information sources that are available in their local communities, including interpersonal, media, and community organizational communication resources. These resources do not exist in isolation as they are joined into a network of health information resources through everyday communication activities, hence forming a community-based health information network. We expect to find positive relationships between residents' connections to community-based health information network (RC-CHIN) and health literacy. The primary hypothesis is that health literacy is influenced by residents' connection to RC-CHIN in addition to socio-econo...

Research paper thumbnail of Attention to News Media, Emotional Responses, and Policy Preferences about Public Health Crisis: The Case of Fine Dust Pollution in South Korea

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

This study examines how attention to science and political news may influence the way people feel... more This study examines how attention to science and political news may influence the way people feel about an environmental risk, and how this in turn impacts policy preferences. Using an online survey conducted on the issue of fine dust pollution in South Korea, this study found that science news attention was associated with greater anxiety and anger about the issue, whereas political news attention was associated with fear and sadness/depression (as well as anxiety and anger). Furthermore, mediation analysis showed that science news attention indirectly influenced support for preventive policy through anxiety, whereas political news attention indirectly influenced punitive policy support through anger and fear. Theoretical and practical implications of this study are discussed.

Research paper thumbnail of News Portrayal of Cancer: Content Analysis of Threat and Efficacy by Cancer Type and Comparison with Incidence and Mortality in Korea

Journal of Korean Medical Science, 2016

Research paper thumbnail of Communication and difference in urban neighborhoods: A communication infrastructure theory perspective

Communication Monographs, 2022

Based on communication infrastructure theory (CIT), this study developed and assessed communicati... more Based on communication infrastructure theory (CIT), this study developed and assessed communication concepts to understand the various ways in which residents in a metropolitan city experience and manage differences through their neighborhood communicative actions. We investigated three urban communities in Seoul with in-depth interviews (<i>n</i> = 30) and 12 focus group interview meetings (<i>n</i> = 120). We conceptualized two types of community storytelling actions to address differences – difference-reducing community storytelling (DRCS) and difference-managing community storytelling (DMCS). We also identified four neighborhood relational types – denial, rivalry, cohabitation, and coexistence – in the study areas as interacting in various forms with community storytelling to address the issue of difference in urban neighborhoods.

Research paper thumbnail of How do social media affect people’s compassion and civic action? The case of the Sewol Ferry disaster in Korea

Asian Journal of Communication, Apr 11, 2022

Research paper thumbnail of Difference-managing and difference-reducing community storytelling in urban neighborhoods: a communication infrastructure theory perspective

Human Communication Research

This study is to understand how urban residents experience and address difference through communi... more This study is to understand how urban residents experience and address difference through communicative actions in urban neighborhoods. The first purpose of this study was to test the scales of difference-managing community storytelling (DMCS) and difference-reducing community storytelling (DRCS) as two communicative actions for addressing differences in urban neighborhoods. The second was to identify socioeconomic and community engagement variables correlated with the two scales. We used both qualitative and quantitative data collected in Seoul by adopting a mixed-method research design, and the study was theoretically guided by communication infrastructure theory. Based on exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses, we confirmed the two-dimensional model of community storytelling, with DMCS being positively related to integrated connectedness to a community storytelling network (ICSN) and all of the community engagement variables included in the current study. In comparison, DRC...

Research paper thumbnail of Localized Social Media and Post-Earthquake Civic Engagement

Korean Journal of Journalism & Communication Studies, 2021

Research paper thumbnail of Are You an Opinion Giver, Seeker, or Both? Re-Examining Political Opinion Leadership in the New Communication Environment

International Journal of Communication, 2016

This study revisits concepts of opinion leadership and followership in the current social and med... more This study revisits concepts of opinion leadership and followership in the current social and media environment and proposes that the two concepts should be reexamined as complementary and interactional rather than as competing. Based on survey data collected in Seoul, Korea, the study proposes four types of individuals depending on how they manage and form opinions on issues: opinion givers/seekers, opinion givers, opinion seekers, and nondiscussants. The study result indicates that those who both give and seek opinions are more connected to various types of media, have higher curating skills, and are more likely to participate in offline and online political activities than others. The implication of opinion givers/seekers in relation to the traditional meaning of opinion leadership will be further discussed.

Research paper thumbnail of Community Should Be Invented : Focusing on Maeul Media in Seoul

Korean Journal of Communication & Information, 2017

Research paper thumbnail of Rainbows in the society: A measure of hope for society

Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 2018

The aim of this study was to develop and validate a measure of social hope. Previous studies have... more The aim of this study was to develop and validate a measure of social hope. Previous studies have extensively reported on personal hope and its outcomes. Although a few studies have suggested the concept of collective or social hope, there is no instrument to assess the construct. In this study, we created a 5item scale, drawing on Snyder’s hope theory, and collected two sets of survey data online. Analysis of these data sets revealed that the new scale was structurally unidimensional and internally consistent. In association with Snyder’s State Hope Scale, the Social Hope Scale showed convergent and discriminant validity. The social hope construct also exhibited theoretically meaningful relationships with political efficacy and self-construal (concurrent validity). Finally, social hope was higher for those who had participated in certain types of social activism than it was for those who had not (predictive validity). These results suggest that the Social Hope Scale is a reliable and valid self-report measure of hopeful thinking for society.

Research paper thumbnail of Localized Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Seoul’s Urban Neighborhoods

American Behavioral Scientist, 2015

Theoretically guided by communication infrastructure theory and theory of planned behavior, this ... more Theoretically guided by communication infrastructure theory and theory of planned behavior, this study has two aims: to assess the experiences and intentions of Seoul residents with regard to their localized use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and to identify the factors influencing those experiences and intentions. Online survey data ( n = 901) were collected from adult residents of Seoul in the summer of 2013. The results indicate that various ICT channels (especially websites, online news sites, blogs, online cafés, and smartphone apps) could potentially be customized to serve urban neighborhoods. Positive attitudes and subjective norms related to localized ICT use behavior were significant factors for use of almost all ICT channels considered in the current study. Individuals’ integrated connectedness to community storytelling network was a consistently significant and positive factor in relation to both experience and intention of localized uses of ICTs. Am...

Research paper thumbnail of Trusting Social Media as a Source of Health Information: Online Surveys Comparing the United States, Korea, and Hong Kong

Journal of medical Internet research, Jan 14, 2016

The Internet has increasingly become a popular source of health information by connecting individ... more The Internet has increasingly become a popular source of health information by connecting individuals with health content, experts, and support. More and more, individuals turn to social media and Internet sites to share health information and experiences. Although online health information seeking occurs worldwide, limited empirical studies exist examining cross-cultural differences in perceptions about user-generated, experience-based information compared to expertise-based information sources. To investigate if cultural variations exist in patterns of online health information seeking, specifically in perceptions of online health information sources. It was hypothesized that Koreans and Hongkongers, compared to Americans, would be more likely to trust and use experience-based knowledge shared in social Internet sites, such as social media and online support groups. Conversely, Americans, compared to Koreans and Hongkongers, would value expertise-based knowledge prepared and appro...

Research paper thumbnail of SNS Dependency and Community Engagement in Urban Neighborhoods: The Moderating Role of Integrated Connectedness to a Community Storytelling Network

Communication Research, 2015

The purposes of the current study were (1) to examine the relationship between social networking ... more The purposes of the current study were (1) to examine the relationship between social networking service (SNS) dependency and local community engagement among Seoul residents, (2) to test the hypothesis that integrated connectedness to a community storytelling network (ICSN) is positively related to local community engagement, and (3) to investigate the moderating role of ICSN between SNS dependency and local community engagement. The current study is theoretically guided by communication infrastructure theory (CIT). We used online survey data collected during summer 2013 from a sample of 890 SNS users between the ages of 19 and 59 who lived in 25 districts in Seoul. We focused on four variables as local community engagement outcomes: neighborhood belonging, two collective efficacy variables (informal social control and social cohesion), and community activity participation. We found that SNS dependency and ICSN were positively associated with all local community engagement variable...

Research paper thumbnail of Protest Participation Experiences and Media Uses in Urban Protests: A Conceptualization and Empirical Examination

International Journal of Communication, 2020

The current study investigates multiple dimensions of individual participants’ protest participat... more The current study investigates multiple dimensions of individual participants’ protest participation experiences (PPEs) and identifies different clusters involved in candlelight protests in South Korea. An online survey was conducted with 225 participants who attended at least one of the candlelight protests demanding President Park’s impeachment that were held in South Korea over a span of 27 weeks in 2016 and 2017. We found that protest participants’ experiences could be classified into five categories: independent, entertaining, reflective, solidary, and distributive. Based on these five PPEs, we identified three clusters of participant groups in the candlelight protests: carnivalesque, consumerist, and autonomous/critical. The three groups were different not only in terms of their PPEs but also their media use patterns and sociodemographic characteristics.

Research paper thumbnail of 공동체는 발명되어야 한다 -서울시 마을미디어 형성과 활동을 중심으로: Community Should Be Invented : Focusing on Maeul Media in Seoul

서울시 마을미디어에 관한 분석작업을 통해 이 연구는 첫째, 공동체의 생성 원리는 본질적으로 정해져 있지 않으며 하나이지도 않으며 각기 고유성과 서로 간의 상이성을 띤다는 점,... more 서울시 마을미디어에 관한 분석작업을 통해 이 연구는 첫째, 공동체의 생성 원리는 본질적으로 정해져 있지 않으며 하나이지도 않으며 각기 고유성과 서로 간의 상이성을 띤다는 점, 둘째, 공동체 생성에 있어 역사적 맥락성, 사회적 조건성, 문화적 정향성, 주체의 의지와 열망의 접합이 주요한 요인으로 작동한다는 점, 셋째, 공동체의 형성에는 상이한 권력과 욕망이 전략적으로 연동한다는 점, 넷째, 공동체의 생성은 공동체의 활동, 특히 소통적인 활동과 동시적으로 이루어지며 공동체는 곧 소통과 동의어라는 점, 다섯째, 공동체는 사회의 순조건 안에서 배양되는 것이라기보다는 위태성, 부정성, 한계성을 껴안으며 되어가는 것이라는 점, 마지막으로 공동체는 고유한 감수성과 표현성을 생성하면서 특이한 문화적 언어를 표현한다는 점을 제안한다. 이를 통해 동질적이고 동질적 총체로 단순화하는 대신, 이질적인 타자들 사이의 접속과 해리, 수렴과 발산, 동일성과 차이의 계속되는 역동으로서 공동체를 개념화할 수있다.

Research paper thumbnail of Effects of Health Literacy and Social Capital on Health Information Behavior

Journal of health communication, Jan 11, 2015

This study aimed to examine whether social capital (bonding and bridging social capital) attenuat... more This study aimed to examine whether social capital (bonding and bridging social capital) attenuate the effect of low functional health literacy on health information resources, efficacy, and behaviors. In-person interviews were conducted with 1,000 residents in Seoul, Korea, in 2011. The authors found that respondents' functional health literacy had positive effects on the scope of health information sources and health information self-efficacy but not health information-seeking intention. Respondents' social capital had positive effects on the scope of health information sources, health information efficacy, and health information-seeking intention. The authors found (a) a significant moderation effect of bridging social capital on the relation between health literacy and health information self-efficacy and (b) a moderation effect of bonding social capital on the relation between health literacy and health information-seeking intention.

Research paper thumbnail of Effects of an integrated connection to a neighborhood storytelling network (ICSN) and education on chronic disease knowledge gaps among African Americans and Latinos in Los Angeles

Journal of Health Communication

Research paper thumbnail of Localized Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Seoul's Urban Neighborhoods

Theoretically guided by communication infrastructure theory and theory of planned behavior, this ... more Theoretically guided by communication infrastructure theory and theory of planned behavior, this study has two aims: to assess the experiences and intentions of Seoul residents with regard to their localized use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and to identify the factors influencing those experiences and intentions. Online survey data (n = 901) were collected from adult residents of Seoul in the summer of 2013. The results indicate that various ICT channels (especially websites, online news sites, blogs, online cafés, and smartphone apps) could potentially be customized to serve urban neighborhoods. Positive attitudes and subjective norms related to localized ICT use behavior were significant factors for use of almost all ICT channels considered in the current study. Individuals' integrated connectedness to community storytelling network was a consistently significant and positive factor in relation to both experience and intention of localized uses of ICTs. Among four community engagement variables included in the current study, community activity participation was associated with the experience (but not with the intention) of localized ICT uses. Keywords local social networking site use, theory of planned behavior, communication infrastructure theory, community engagement Some recent studies of new media have focused on the potential for information and communication technologies (ICTs) to lower the transaction costs of relating to others, as well as for organizing and participating in collective activities in local community