RESEARCH

JOURNALS & PROCEEDINGS

Kim, Y. W., Harding, A., Behre, J., Sim, U., & Subramaniam, M. (2025). Beyond barriers and borders: Digital literacy support for English language learners via communities of practice. Information Research at International Electronic Journal, 30(CoLIS). 392-407. https://doi.org/10.47989/ir30CoLIS52342


Kim, Y. W., Harding, A., & Subramaniam, M. (2025). Toward inclusive e-government services: Building better digital literacy infrastructure and institutional support for marginalized communities. Proceedings of the 58th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (pp. 6723-6732). https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2025.802



Gonzales, A. L., Kim, Y. W., & Wang, L. (2023). Multisolving innovations: How digital equity, eWaste, and right-to-repair policies can increase the supply of affordable computers. Policy & Internet. 15(2), 162-177. https://doi.org/10.1002/poi3.331




Kim, Y. W., & Gonzales, A. L. (2022). When we tolerate online incivility: Dual-process effects of argument strength and heuristic cues in uncivil user comments. Computers in Human Behavior, 131, 107235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107235


Kim, Y. W. (2022). Potentials and limitations of computer-mediated communication theories for online incivility research: A focus on bystander dynamics. Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (pp. 6280-6289). https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2022.761


Carr, C. T., Kim, Y. W., Valov, J. J., Rosenbaum, J. E., Johnson, B. K., Hancock, J. T., & Gonzales, A. L. (2021). An explication of identity shift theory: Getting our shift together. Journal of Media Psychology, 33(4), 202-214. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-1105/a000314


Kim, Y. W. (2021). Understanding the bystander audience in online incivility encounters: Conceptual issues and future research questions. Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (pp. 2934-2943). https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2021.357


Read, G. L., Yan, H. Y., Anderson, P. B., Partain, L. P. B., Vaughn, Z., Semivolos, A., Kim, Y. W., & Gonzales, A. L. (2022). Making stability dependable: Stable cellphone access leads to better health outcomes for those experiencing poverty. Information, Communication & Society, 25(14), 2122-2139. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1928263

Kim, Y. W. & Gonzales, A. (2018). You don’t know me: Negative self-views interact with publicness and feedback to shape interpersonal impressions online. Computers in Human Behavior, 88, 195-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.06.025



Kim, Y. W. & Herring, S. C. (2018). Is politeness catalytic and contagious? Effects on participation in online news discussions. Proceedings of the 51st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (pp. 1955-1964). https://doi.org/10.24251/HICSS.2018.247


Lee, E.-J. & Kim, Y. W. (2016). Effects of infographics on news elaboration, acquisition, and evaluation: Prior knowledge and issue involvement as moderators. New Media & Society, 18, 1579-1598. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444814567982


Lee, E.-J. & Kim, Y. W. (2014). How social is Twitter use? Affiliative tendency and communication competence as predictors. Computers in Human Behavior, 39, 296-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2014.07.034

BOOK CHAPTERS

Gonzales, A. L., Wang, L., Kim, Y. W., Zhang, C., & Huang, Q. (2025). Resilience through the lens of technology maintenance. In M. L. Doerfel, J. A. Theiss, M. K. Venetis, & K. M. Scharp (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Communication and Resilience. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003495697 🔎



REPORTS


Gonzales, A. L., King, J., Kim, Y. W., Wang, L., & Miller, L. (2024). A simple guide for conducting nonprofit evaluation for the digital equity community. Digitunity. 🔎


Santa Barbara County Association of Governments. (2022). Santa Barbara County Broadband Strategic Plan. County of Santa Barbara. 🔎



TALKS & POSTS

The Invisible Divide: Why Bridging the Digital Divide Begins with the Mind, Not the Metrics 🔎

        Nov 12, 2025 | The Benton Institute for Broadband and Society 


AI Literacy Webinar for Maryland Libraries 🔎

        Jan 16, 2025 | MD Tech Connect Extended



DISSERTATION & THESIS

Kim, Y. W. (2023). The bystander public for online incivility: A development of the bystander counter-Intervention model. University of California, Santa Barbara. 🔎


Kim, Y. W. (2014). Effects of infographics on news elaboration, acquisition, and evaluation. Seoul National University. 🔎