Dr. Soyeon Jin

About me

My research examines how technology and politics shape public information environments and the interpretation of scientific information. My work has investigated the structural features of social media platforms that enable COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs, how the perceived prevalence of misinformation affects psychological well-being, and how political elites influence immigration attitudes. These studies have been published in international journals including New Media & Society, European Journal of Political Research, and Information, Communication & Society.

I have an interdisciplinary academic background. After I completed a bachelor's degree in Sociology and Media Communication at Hanyang University in South Korea, I joined the master's program in Sociology at the University of Mannheim. During my master's, I worked as a student assistant in the Survey Design and Methodology team at GESIS, collaborating closely with psychologists. For my doctoral research, I aimed to elaborate the theories of politicization of European integration, focusing on how the media, political elites, and the public interact each other. Based on these experiences, I strive to conduct an interdisciplinary research, bridging diverse fields.

For a more detailed explanation, please visit my homepage: https://sojin3.github.io/website/

Publications:

• Corbu, N., Halagiera, D., Jin, S., et al. (2025) Illusory superiority about misinformation detection and its relationship to knowledge and fact-checking intentions: Evidence from 18 countries. Mass Communication & Society, Forthcoming.
• Jin, S. (2024). Why Is Immigration Important to You? A Revisit To Public Issue Salience and Elite Cues. European Journal of Political Research.
• Jin, S., Zilinsky, J., Pradel, F., & Theocharis, Y. (2024). Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories and Online News Consumption during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, 4.
• Matthes, J., Corbu, N., Jin, S., et al. (2023). Perceived prevalence of misinformation fuels worries about COVID-19: a cross-country, multi-method investigation. Information, Communication & Society, 26(16), 3133-3156.
• Theocharis, Y., Cardenal, A., Jin, S., et al. (2023). Does the platform matter? Social media and COVID-19 conspiracy theory beliefs in 17 countries. New Media & Society, 25(12), 3412-3437.