Mailing Address:
PENN STATE BEHREND
170 KOCHEL CENTER
ERIE, PA 16563
Biography
Dr. Inkyu Kang is a Professor of Digital Journalism. His research interests include new media technologies, visual communication, and global media. At Penn State Behrend, he teaches mass media, journalism, graphic design, and multimedia production. Before joining Behrend, he taught television and popular culture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, from which he holds a Ph.D. in Communication Arts.
Dr. Kang has written two books, contributing to several journals and anthologies including Korean Popular Culture Reader (2014, Durham: Duke University Press) and K-Pop: The International Rise of the Korean Music Industry (2015, London: Routledge). He co-authored/co-edited a book on sports and media, published by Routledge in 2017. He received the “Best Faculty Paper” award at the International Communication Association conference in 2014 and the “Best Paper” award at the National Communication Association conference in 2008.
Dr. Kang is also an award-winning journalist/translator. He has been writing for OhmyNews, the world’s first participatory news medium, earning the “Journalist of the Year” awards in 2008 and 2011. He has translated a number of books including Social Networks and Blogs (2010), Entertainment and Gaming (2010), and Semiotics: The Basics (2003, London: Routledge). Before entering academia, Dr. Kang worked in the fashion industry, moonlighting as an illustrator and cartoonist. He is convinced that Erie has one of the most beautiful sunsets in the world. He loves long walks on Presque Isle, photographing its breathtaking views.
Courses Taught
- COMM 001, Newspaper Practicum
- COMM 002, Newspaper Editorial Staff
- COMM 100, The Mass Media and Society
- COMM 251, The Nature of Media
- COMM 260W, News Writing and Reporting
- COMM 241, Graphic Design for Communications
- COMM 270, Introduction to Multimedia Production
- COMM 315, Applications for Media Writing
- COMM 363, Desktop Publishing
- COMM 470A, Convergent Media News Service: Newspaper Production
- GD 100, Introduction to Graphic Design
Research Interests
new media technology, global media, visual communication, media semiotics
Publications
The sociality of journalism, media and the internet: In search of a perspective, Russian Journal of Media Studies - June 1, 2023
Collaborators: Alexander Marchenko, Co-Author; Sergey Korkonosenko, Co-Author; Alves Wedencley, Co-Author; Yan Liu, Co-Author
How to hold the leader accountable, OhmyNews - November 30, 2022
Long on promise, short on delivery: AI and autonomous driving, OhmyNews - June 29, 2022
Unexpected threat to self-driving cars: Traffic cones, OhmyNews - June 21, 2022
What we should know about the comeback of South Korean conservatives, OhmyNews - March 16, 2022
The lessons of Trump and Brexit, OhmyNews - February 23, 2022
Why we're still decades away from self-driving cars, OhmyNews - October 16, 2021
Cloning national pride: Science, technology, and the Korean dream of joining the "advanced world" - August 30, 2021
Elon Musk's empty promises, OhmyNews - August 2, 2021
Different 10 minutes: Bezos' space trip and his employees' bathroom break, OhmyNews - July 23, 2021
What South Korea's Covid-19 success story means to the world, OhmyNews - July 15, 2021
Why I got off Facebook a decade ago, OhmyNews - July 7, 2021
How 'fake news' is born, OhmyNews - July 6, 2021
The first 100 days of Biden's presidency, Weekly Kyunghyang - May 22, 2021
How delivery apps put your favorite restaurants in trouble, OhmyNews - March 4, 2021
Study: Infection risk lower among students attending more in-person courses, OhmyNews - December 15, 2020
What the election results tell us, OhmyNews - December 13, 2020
The rise of BTS and Gen Z, OhmyNews - October 13, 2020
The dark side of remote work, OhmyNews - September 22, 2020
The myths of the digital economy, OhmyNews - August 21, 2020
It’s not technology that’s disrupting our jobs, OhmyNews - August 3, 2020
Why smart education is not a smart solution, OhmyNews - July 14, 2020
Distant learning and empathy, OhmyNews - June 23, 2020
The doom of Zoom, OhmyNews - June 16, 2020
No, the future is not contactless, OhmyNews - June 8, 2020
Contextualizing South Korea’s COVID-19 success story, OhmyNews - May 6, 2020
How COVID exposes the underbelly of society, OhmyNews - March 25, 2020
The unknown truth of the Red Flag Act, OhmyNews - January 6, 2020
How technology becomes an exploitative ideology, OhmyNews - December 17, 2019
The dilemma faced by Prosecutor General Yoon, OhmyNews - September 30, 2019
There's no such thing as a self-driving car, OhmyNews - July 22, 2019
Barriers to autonomous vehicle adoption, OhmyNews - July 2, 2019
How Uber threatens public transportation, OhmyNews - June 12, 2019
Car-sharing does not reduce the number of cars, OhmyNews - May 30, 2019
Is the sharing economy a fraud?, OhmyNews - May 27, 2019
The Internet is plural: The sociopolitical shaping of the Russian and Korean "internets" - April 30, 2019
Collaborator: Alexander Marchenko, Co-Author
What car-sharing really shares, OhmyNews - December 24, 2018
The platform economy and destructive monopoly, OhmyNews - December 13, 2018
YouTube's algorithm creates echo chambers , OhmyNews - December 4, 2018
Hearing the other side online, OhmyNews - November 14, 2018
YouTube and political polarization, OhmyNews - October 2, 2018
The interpretation of an ellipsis in court, OhmyNews - September 26, 2018
Meet Gen C: The YouTube Generation, OhmyNews - September 16, 2018
Women's access to justice, OhmyNews - September 1, 2018
Resisting idealized victimhood, OhmyNews - August 21, 2018
Who's afraid of a ₩8350 minimum wage?, OhmyNews - July 30, 2018
Middle class income shrinks as the union membership rate declines, OhmyNews - July 17, 2018
The state of reshoring in South Korea, OhmyNews - July 9, 2018
Automotive industry creates five jobs for every worker it employs, OhmyNews - July 2, 2018
Why unions aren't your enemy, OhmyNews - July 2, 2018
How to identify fake news, OhmyNews - June 11, 2018
How (not) to report on the President's actions, OhmyNews - June 1, 2018
Why the 2nd inter-Korean summit matters, OhmyNews - May 28, 2018
Standing in solidarity against violence towards women, OhmyNews - May 24, 2018
The song of my life, Weekly Kyunghyang - May 14, 2018
Why Korea needs the affirmative consent reforms, OhmyNews - May 4, 2018
Who's afraid of the inter-Korea peace process?, OhmyNews - May 2, 2018
Why consensual sex must be redefined, OhmyNews - May 2, 2018
What we can learn from the resignation of Justice Robin Camp, OhmyNews - April 26, 2018
#MeToo: A role for men, OhmyNews - April 2, 2018
The danger of 'Mike Pence Rule', OhmyNews - April 2, 2018
The #MeToo movement and femme fatale, OhmyNews - April 1, 2018
How the BBC reporting was misinterpreted, OhmyNews - March 23, 2018
Gender bias of the court, OhmyNews - March 14, 2018
Americans in an arms race with themselves, OhmyNews - February 28, 2018
Neo‐McCarthyism in Korea, OhmyNews - February 19, 2018
What makes the Pyeong Chang opening ceremony special, OhmyNews - February 12, 2018
Only yes means yes, OhmyNews - February 5, 2018
Revisiting the October Revolution, OhmyNews - February 5, 2018
Does the blockchain really matter?, OhmyNews - February 1, 2018
Sport in Korea: History, development, management - January, 2018
Collaborators: Dae Hee Kwak, Co-Editor; Yong Jae Ko, Co-Editor; Mark Rosentraub, Co-Editor
Sport in Korea: Introduction - January 30, 2018
Collaborators: Dae Hee Kwak, Co-Author; Yong Jae Ko, Co-Author; Mark Rosentraub, Co-Author
Who's afraid of soccer fans? The double-edged sword of South Korea's sports nationalism - January 30, 2018
The bright and dark sides of cryptocurrencies, OhmyNews - January 22, 2018
Cryptocurrencies need regulation, OhmyNews - January 16, 2018
The Russian Santa delivers presents on New Year's Day, OhmyNews - January 1, 2018
It's time to talk about affirmative consent , OhmyNews - December 23, 2017
A new study finds why the majority of sexual assault survivors don't fight back, OhmyNews - December 3, 2017
A majority of sexual assaults are not reported to law enforcement, OhmyNews - November 29, 2017
Recognizing perpetrator presentations and narratives, OhmyNews - November 27, 2017
Silencing the victim, OhmyNews - November 21, 2017
Big Tech's threat to democracy , OhmyNews - October 30, 2017
Revealing the identity of the accused , OhmyNews - October 30, 2017
The cultural significance of ballet in Russia, OhmyNews - October 19, 2017
Russia marks a century since the revolution, OhmyNews - October 6, 2017
Robots don't pay taxes , OhmyNews - September 23, 2017
When news is created and delivered without news media, OhmyNews - September 20, 2017
Big data is watching you, OhmyNews - September 2, 2017
The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Hype or reality? , OhmyNews - August 16, 2017
What tech giants spend millions lobbying for, OhmyNews - August 2, 2017
Technology, culture, and meanings: How the discourses of progress and modernity have shaped South Korea’s Internet diffusion, Media, Culture & Society - July 30, 2017
Chopin, White Nights, and a Korean pianist, OhmyNews - July 26, 2017
The 18th anniversary of Seoul's pride parade, OhmyNews - July 14, 2017
Davos: Does it really matter?, OhmyNews - July 2, 2017
Let Judge Kim, aka Mr. Minority Opinion, to serve, OhmyNews - June 6, 2017
Why bunker sales soar, OhmyNews - June 5, 2017
Kim Jung Un is not a mad man, OhmyNews - June 3, 2017
Strategic patience is no strategy, OhmyNews - May 21, 2017
Understanding North Korea, OhmyNews - May 16, 2017
The presidential election and the future of Korean conservatives , OhmyNews - May 10, 2017
A letter to presidential candidate Hong Joon-pyo II, OhmyNews - May 2, 2017
A letter to presidential candidate Hong Joon-pyo I, OhmyNews - May 1, 2017
When North and South Korean leaders hold a surprise meeting, OhmyNews - April 25, 2017
Respecting the national flag, OhmyNews - March 31, 2017
Facing the THAD dilemma, OhmyNews - March 29, 2017
Constitutional Court judges: We've got your back, OhmyNews - March 28, 2017
Why people believe in fake news, OhmyNews - February 15, 2017
When technology becomes a religion, OhmyNews - January 31, 2017
Justice and national interest, OhmyNews - January 27, 2017
Ban Ki-moon, his past and present, OhmyNews - January 16, 2017
Mr. Ban, everybody's friend is nobody's friend, OhmyNews - January 12, 2017
On the legacy of Ban Ki-moon , OhmyNews - January 2, 2017
My biggest news of the year , OhmyNews - December 29, 2016
Ms. President, your time is up, OhmyNews - December 6, 2016
The president's third apology , OhmyNews - November 30, 2016
180 communication scholars ask for the resignation of the South Korean president, OhmyNews - November 22, 2016
Impeachment: The end means the beginning, OhmyNews - November 14, 2016
South Korean media and their discontents, OhmyNews - October 31, 2016
Leadership, either absent or irresponsible , OhmyNews - October 28, 2016
Journalists fear a government clampdown on the press, OhmyNews - October 20, 2016
Web 2.0, UGC, and citizen journalism: Revisiting South Korea’s OhmyNews model in the age of social media, Telematics and Informatics - July 30, 2016
The question of authorship and art fraud, OhmyNews - July 14, 2016
The Cho Young-nam case: Art, creativity and the law, OhmyNews - July 12, 2016
Denying rape culture, OhmyNews - June 19, 2016
What Korea can learn from Italy's mistakes, OhmyNews - June 10, 2016
Korean women: Ordinary fear, violence and personal safety, OhmyNews - June 4, 2016
Random violence and hate crimes, OhmyNews - June 1, 2016
Corruption and Freudian slip , OhmyNews - May 24, 2016
Religion, politics and moral dilemma, OhmyNews - May 4, 2016
The Sewol ferry disaster was an accident but a system failure, OhmyNews - April 20, 2016
Movies to watch after the election, OhmyNews - April 14, 2016
Ways to look at North Korea's impact on the general election, OhmyNews - April 12, 2016
Give voters bread, roses and romance, OhmyNews - April 3, 2016
What the explosive popularity of Chopin in Korea tells us, OhmyNews - March 31, 2016
The Korean Patriot Act?, OhmyNews - February 26, 2016
The rise and fall of South Korean neo-authoritarianism: 2013-2018 - February 20, 2016
Why manufacturing still matters , OhmyNews - February 17, 2016
Competition and corruption , OhmyNews - February 1, 2016
Is competition really good? , OhmyNews - February 1, 2016
Does Ban Ki-moon deserve the criticism?, OhmyNews - January 7, 2016
Contextualizing President Park's international policy , OhmyNews - December 31, 2015
Harrison Ford to Trump: 'It was just a movie', OhmyNews - December 16, 2015
Democracy in crisis and the concentration of media ownership in Korea, OhmyNews - December 1, 2015
The anti-mask law and the freedom of speech and assembly, OhmyNews - November 28, 2015
Politics in crisis and the role independent media , OhmyNews - November 12, 2015
Say no to state-made history textbooks, OhmyNews - November 2, 2015
Why the marketplace of ideas matter in teaching history, OhmyNews - October 15, 2015
Revive manufacturing to create jobs, OhmyNews - October 4, 2015
Unions are good for the economy, OhmyNews - October 1, 2015
The internet is not the answer, OhmyNews - September 2, 2015
The wage peak system fails to create jobs, OhmyNews - September 1, 2015
Solving the NIS mystery, OhmyNews - July 30, 2015
It's not a money matter, OhmyNews - June 30, 2015
The same-sex marriage battle continues, OhmyNews - June 30, 2015
Dealing with the most dangerous man, OhmyNews - June 17, 2015
The government lies again, OhmyNews - June 4, 2015
Is flag burning unpatriotic? , OhmyNews - June 1, 2015
Not talking about looks, OhmyNews - May 25, 2015
Unpatriotic patriotism, OhmyNews - April 6, 2015
Who really killed Boris Nemtsov?, OhmyNews - March 31, 2015
Welfare benefits: Selective or universal?, OhmyNews - March 6, 2015
Decoding the president's words and deeds, OhmyNews - March 2, 2015
Unfulfilled promises of economic growth, OhmyNews - March 2, 2015
President Park's true legacy, OhmyNews - February 4, 2015
The age of apathy, OhmyNews - February 2, 2015
The political economy of idols: South Korea’s neoliberal restructuring and its impact on the entertainment labor force - January 30, 2015
Communicating with the leader, OhmyNews - January 2, 2015
New technology, old habits: The decline of the Internet as a democratic tool in South Korea, International Journal of Information Communication Technologies and Human Development - October 30, 2014
It all started with a bang: The role of PC bangs in South Korea’s cybercultures - February 28, 2014
Entertainment and gaming - August, 2013
On being a journalist - April, 2013
'The end of men: And the rise of women' by Hanna Rosin, New York: Riverhead Books, 2012. - April, 2013
Social networks and blogs - December, 2012
Destroyed and ignored: Essays on social change - November, 2012
'Were you born on the wrong continent?' by Thomas Geoghegan, New York: The New Press, 2011. - April, 2012
Going online in the PC graveyard: The sociocultural evolution of Japan’s mobile Internet - March, 2011
Reading into American cultural codes - August, 2008
Semiotics: The basics - November, 2006
Semiotics: The struggle over meaning - October, 2003
Advertising, masculinity, and the myth of virility - September, 2002
Education
PhD, Communication Arts, The University of Wisconsin
MA, Communication Arts, The University of Wisconsin
MA, Media Studies, Sogang University
BA, English, International Economics, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies