Dr. Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at City University of Hong Kong. As a quantitative researcher, his research centers on socio-psychological effects of communication technologies and political communication. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals, such as Communication Research, Mass Communication and Society, The International Journal of Press/Politics and International Journal of Public Opinion Research.
*Prof. Lee does not recruit a new PhD student currently.
Teaching Course
- COM 5104 Research Methods for Communication and New Media
- COM 4511 Social Media and Communication
- COM 3511 AI and Persuasive Communication
- COM 3107 Fundamental of Persuasive Communication
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications
- Lee, S., & Cho, J. (2026). How mass and social media (de)polarize America: Exposure to news media, expression on social media, and affective polarization. Communication and the Public. Advance online publication.
https://doi.org/10.1177/20570473261455070
- Lee, S., & Cho, J. (2026). The role of opinion diversity in the hostile media effect: Partisan exposure on social media, affective polarization, and political participation. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 29(1), 97-115. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302251357489
- Lee, S., & Kim, K. (2025). I participate in politics because the news is influential against me: Hostile media perception, third-person perception, and political participation. Mass Communication and Society, 28(2), 253-275. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2023.2272846
- Lee, S., & Cho, J. (2024). Living in a diverse community: Effects of geographical variations in diversity on partisan communication. Communication Research. Advance online publication.
- Lee, S., & Cho, J. (2024). When partisans do not share partisan news: Third-person effect in an era of polarized politics. International Journal of Communication, 18, 1358-1381. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/19511
- Lee, S., & Kim, K. (2023). Perceived influence of partisan news and online news participation: Third-person effect, hostile media phenomenon, and cognitive elaboration. Communication Research, 50(7), 854-878. https://doi.org/10.1177/00936502221127494
- Lee, S., & Cho, J. (2023). Communication mediation in an era of partisan selectivity: Modeling effects of information and discussion on participation. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 35(3), edad020. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edad020
- Wojcieszak, M., Leeuw, S., Menchen-Trevino, E., Lee, S., Huang-Isherwood, K. M., & Weeks, B. (2023). No polarization from partisan news: Over-time evidence from trace data. The International Journal of Press/Politics, 28(3), 601-626. https://doi.org/10.1177/19401612211047194
- Lee, S., & Cho, J. (2023). Hearing and speaking the other side: The roles of expression and opinion climate perception in political polarization. Computers in Human Behavior, 143, 107672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2023.107672
- Lee, S., Cho, J., & Kim, S. (2023). Pathways to youth political participation: Media literacy, parental intervention, and cognitive mediation. Mass Communication and Society, 26(1), 99-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2022.2122846
- Lee, S., & Cho, J. (2022). When CNN praises Trump: Effects of content and source on hostile media perception. SAGE Open, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/21582440221079890
- Yu, X., Wojcieszak, M., Lee, S., Casas, A., Azrout, R., & Gackowski, T. (2021). The (null) effect of happiness on affective polarization, conspiracy endorsement, and deep fake recognition: Evidence from five survey experiments in three countries. Political Behavior, 43, 1265-1287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-021-09701-1
