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Wee Kim Wee
School of Communication and Information
31 Nanyang Link
Singapore 637718
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| Assistant Professor Marko Skoric |
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Assistant Professor |
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Division of Communication Research
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information |
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Nanyang Technological University
31 Nanyang Link
Singapore 637718 |
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Office: 03-41, SCI |
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Phone: (65) 6316 8893 |
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Fax: (65) 6792 4329 |
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| Qualifications |
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PhD (University of Michigan) |
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BSc (University College London) |
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| Research, Teaching and Professional Experience |
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Prior to joining the School in 2005, Dr Skoric taught and worked as a research assistant at the University of Michigan. His teaching and research interests include new communication technologies and social change, political communication, media effects, and research methods. |
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His most recent work focuses on the role of cultural variables in the relationship between communication technologies and political development in an international context. He has also conducted studies on video-game violence, framing in the news, effects of web advertisements, and social and political implications of broadband technologies, among other topics. |
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A study of the impact of online gaming on aggression, co-authored by Dr. Skoric has been widely cited in the international news media, including The Economist and The Washington Post. He has received several top-paper awards from prestigious communication studies conferences, including AEJMC, ICA and NCA. His work has appeared in edited volumes and peer-reviewed journals such as Mass Communication & Society, Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, and Communication Monographs. |
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| Areas of Specialisation |
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Culture, Communication Technologies and Social Change |
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Political Communication |
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Media Effects |
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Communication Regulation and Policy |
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Quantitative Research Methods |
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| Selected Works |
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Kwak, N., Poor, N., & Skoric, M. (2006). Honey, I shrunk the world! The relationship between Internet use and international engagement. Mass Communication and Society, 9(2), 189-213. |
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Williams D. & Skoric, M. (2005). Internet fantasy violence: A test of aggression in an online game. Communication Monographs, 72(2), 217-233. |
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Kwak, N., Skoric, M.M., Williams, A.E., & Poor, N.D. (2004). To broadband or not to broadband: The relationship between high-speed Internet and knowledge and participation. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 48(3), 420-445. |
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| Publications |
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Faculty at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and
Information publish and present their work in many areas
of communication and information studies. The publications
and presentations range from communication law and policy,
media effects, public relations, organisational communication
and culture, advertising, gender studies to information
technology and knowledge management.
Publications
Kwak, N., Poor, N., & Skoric, M. (2006). Honey, I shrunk the world! The relationship between Internet use and international engagement. Mass Communication and Society, 9(2), 189-213.
Williams D. & Skoric, M. (2005). Internet fantasy violence: A test of aggression in an online game. Communication Monographs, 72(2), 217-233.
Kwak, N., Skoric, M.M., Williams, A.E., & Poor, N.D. (2004). To broadband or not to broadband: The relationship between high-speed Internet and knowledge and participation. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 48(3), 420-445.
Huesmann, L. R. & Skoric, M. (2003). Regulating media violence: Why, how, and by whom? (pp. 219-240). In B. Young & E. Palmer (Ed.) Children and the Faces of Televisual Media: Teaching, Violence, Selling to Children. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Skoric, M. & Furnham, A. (2002). Gender role stereotyping in television advertisements: A comparative study of British and Serbian television. In S. Shohov (Ed.) Advances in Psychology Research (Vol. 10, pp. 123-142). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers. * Reprinted in J. Z. Arlsdale (Ed.) Trends in Social Psychology.(2003; pp. 71-90). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
Conference
Papers
Skoric, M.M. (2006). Culture and communication technology development in Central and Eastern Europe: Revisiting the "fault line" thesis. Presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Dresden, Germany, June 19, 2006.
Skoric, M.M. & Wong, H.V. (2006). The coverage of video games and video gamers in The Straits Times, 1995-2005. Presented at the Chinese Internet Research Conference, Nanyang Technological University, July 21, 2006.
Skoric, M.M. & Park, Y.J. (2005). Communication technologies and political development: Cultures matter, vertical media don't. Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, San Antonio, August 11, 2005.
Kwak, N., Poor, N.D. & Skoric, M.M. (2004). Honey, I shrunk the world! The relationship between Internet use and international engagement. Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, Toronto, August 5, 2004.
Skoric, M.M. (2004). Studying communication technologies and democracy using a cultural zone paradigm: An exploratory study. Presented at the International Communication Association Conference, New Orleans, May 31, 2004.
Jankovic, A.V. & Skoric, M.M. (2003). The effects of observing thin media images on body satisfaction: A cross-cultural comparison of Serbian and American women. Presented at the National Communication Association Conference, Miami Beach, FL, November 21, 2003.
Kwak, N., Skoric, M.M., Williams, A.E., & Poor, N.D. (2003). The faster, the better? Assessing the impact of broadband technologies on knowledge and participation. Presented at the Association of Internet Researchers Conference, October 18, 2003.
Kwak, N., Skoric, M.M., Williams, A.E., & Poor, N.D. (2003). To broadband or not to broadband: The impact of high-speed Internet on knowledge and civic participation. Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, Kansas City, July 30, 2003.
Williams D. & Skoric, M.M. (2003). Massively multiplayer mayhem: Aggression in an online game. Presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference, Kansas City, July 30, 2003.
Skoric, M.M. (2003). A study of new communication technologies and civic engagement: A time to reconceptualize research constructs. Presented at the International Communication Association Conference, San Diego, CA, May 24, 2003.
Skoric, M.M. (2002). Framing in foreign news reporting: An experimental study of the template model of framing. Presented at the International Communication Association Conference, Seoul, South Korea, July 16, 2002. |
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