Communication and Democracy Lab

The condition of plurality and difference is a natural state of any collective. Research in the Communication and Democracy Lab (CODE) Lab explores how communication across lines of difference affects the perception and attitudes towards different others.

Research is centered around three pillars: deliberation and public consultation practices; mediated contact and narratives; technological innovations for understanding, measuring, and bridging difference.

Principal Investigator

Assoc Prof. Nuri Kim

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Project Officer

Divya Hemavathi

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Yeoh, R. & Kim, N. (2022). Nameless, voiceless, and helpless: Visual framing of distant outgroups in online humanitarian appeals. https://doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2022.2107622    

Kim, N. & Chung, M. (2022). The role of contact richness in simulating intergroup contact: A test of the contact space framework. https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2021.1961158    

Kim, N. & Lim, C. M. (2022). Meeting of minds through narratives: The role of social presence in mediated intergroup contact. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302211012783

Kim, N., Duffy, A., Tandoc, E., & Ling, R. (2022). All news is not the same: Divergent effects of news platforms on civic and political participation. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/17302/3695