Texas Tech University

Don Shin

Professor & Chair
Professional Communication

Email: don.h.shin@ttu.edu

Phone: +1.806.834.7850

Ph.D. Syracuse University 

M.S. Syracuse University 

M.A. Southern Illinois University 

Don Shin

Research Areas

  • Digital Media 
  • Misinformation 
  • Human-Computer Interaction 
  • Emerging Media 
  • Communication Technology

Methodologies

  • Computational Communication 
  • Social Media Analytics 
  • User Modeling and Analytics 
  • Mixed Methods 
 

Selected Publications

  • (2022). The perception of humanness in conversational journalism: An algorithmic information-processing perspective. New Media & Society, 24(12), 2680-2704.http://doi:10.1177/1461444821993801 
  • (2021). Why does explainability matter in news analytic systems? Proposing explainable analytic journalism. Journalism Studies, 22(8), 1047-1065. http://doi:10.1080/1461670X.2021.1916984 
  • (2022). Countering algorithmic bias and disinformation and effectively harnessing the power of AI in media. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 99(4), 887-907. https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990221129245 
  • (2018). Exploring immersive experience in journalism what makes people empathize with and embody immersive journalism? New Media & Society, 20(8), 2800-2823. http://doi: 10.1177/1461444817733133 

Teaching Focus

PCOM 3373