| Fields of Study: |
Communication and Information Studies |
| Education: |
MS in Information Economics, Management and Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
BA in Mass Communication, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. |
| Research Interests: |
Social implications of new media technology; Communication technology and information systems use in everyday life |
| Publications, Presentations, Projects of Interest: |
Publications Hwang, S. (2008). Keeping social ties away from home: Being virtually together across continents through instant messaging. In K. Nyiri (Ed.), Integration and ubiquity: Towards a philosophy of telecommunications convergence (pp. 121-127). Vienna: Passagen Verlag. Hwang, S. (2005). Adopting open source and open standards in the public sector: Five deciding factors behind the movement. Michigan Journal of Public Affairs, 2(Summer 2005). Presentations Hwang, S. (2008, September). Should I use my mobile phone or not? An analysis of policies and contextual influences on mobile phone use in museums. Presented at the conference "Communications in the 21st century: Mobile Communication and the Ethics of Social Networking," Budapest, Hungary. Hwang, S., Kantor, P., & Pazzani, M. (2008, July). Set based retrieval: The Potemkin Buffet model. Presented at the conference "Beyond Binary Relevance: Preferences, Diversity, and Set-Level Judgments," SIGIR 2008 Workshop, Singapore. Hwang, S. (2007, September). Keeping social ties away from home: Being virtually together across continents through instant messaging. Paper presented at the conference "Communications in the 21st century: Towards a Philosophy of Telecommunications Convergence," Budapest, Hungary. |
