The mission of the Graduate Studies in Journalism and Communication
at Kyung Hee University is to educate students who wish to
become professional journalists, media producers and workers,
researchers and experts in advertising and political consulting,
as well as teaching personnel in educational institutions.
We are a diverse department with 12 faculty members whose
areas of specialization involve political communication, print
and broadcast journalism, advertising and PR, visual studies
and production, information and web studies, as well as speech
and human communication. We provide in-depth knowledge about
the workings of various types of media and methodological
tools that can be utilized in approaching and interpreting
media-related phenomena in society.
1) At least 24 course units of graduate level credit in Journalism
and Communication courses are required for the master's degree.
60 course units for the doctor's degree (including units completed
in the master's course).
2) Students have to pass a qualifying examination.
3) Students must fulfill presentations, defense, and document
requirements set by the thesis committee.
4) A thesis advisor can be any faculty member who are in the
Journalism and Communication program.
Advertising and PR Psychology, Expression in Advertising,
Persuasive Communication, Quantitative Communication Research
Methods, Qualitative Communication Research Methods, Theories
of Political Communication, Communication Research Methods,
Seminar in Journalism, Visual Communication, Video Production,
Online Journalism, Media Aesthetics, Human Communication,
History of Communication, etc.
Koang-Jae
Lee, Ph.D.
[Kyung Hee University, 1979, Professor, Communication History,
leekw@khu.ac.kr]
Kyung-Ja Lee, Ph.D.
[Southern Illinois University, 1977, Professor, Communication
Theory, kjlee@khu.ac.kr]
Kyun-Tae Hahn, Ph.D.
[University of Texas at Austin, 1987, Professor, Research
Method in Communication, hahnkt@khu.ac.kr]
Tae-Wan Kang, Ph.D.
[University of Munster, 1993, Professor, Critical Communication,
ckang@khu.ac.kr]
In-Hee Lee, Ph.D.
[Rutgers University, 1994, Associate Professor, New Media,
ihlee@khu.ac.kr]
Tae-Yong Kim, Ph.D.
[University of North Carolina, 1996, Associate Professor,
Advertising, persuasion@paran.com]
Kyung-Ho Heo, Ph.D.
[Kent State University, 1995, Associate Professor, Speech
Communication, drhur@khu.ac.kr]
Jong-Min Park, Ph.D.
[University of Missouri at Columbia, 1999, Associate Professor,
Public Relations, jongmin@khu.ac.kr]
Young Min, Ph.D.
[University of Texas at Austin, 2003, Assistant Professor,
Communication Theory, youngmin@khu.ac.kr]
Kee-Hyeung Lee, Ph.D.
[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002, Assistant
Professor, cultural & media studies, barthes@khu.ac.kr]
Jung-Gyo Lee, Ph.D.
[University of Missouri at Columbia, 2003, Assistant Professor,
Advertising, jglee@khu.ac.kr]
Sun-Young Lee, Ph.D.
[Michigan State University, 2005, Full-Time Lecturer, Human
Communication, sunlee@khu.ac.kr]
Currently
the digital studio and the speech laboratory are run by the
program for
research and training.
Research overview
Various kinds of research which deal with mass media's agenda-setting
and other functions as well as research which focus on interpersonal
and organizational communication are under way.
Ongoing Projects
Brain Korea 21 research on the relationship between media
and violence.
Brain Korea 21 research on conflict management, negotiation,
and resolution.
