Publications

This page archives my publications, including research articles and other writings. For copies of paywalled papers please email me 

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Books

2. Lee, J. Intersectional intimacy: Identity politics of raced women in online dating culture (contracted. Routledge)

1. Abidin, C. & Lee, J. Provoking online drama (contracted. Bloomsbury)

Journal special issues

4. C. Abidin, & Lee, J. (forthcoming)  Journal Special Issue “TikTok methodologies”

3. Lee, J., Abidin, C. & Leaver, T. (forthcoming) Journal Special Issue “TikTok and children”, International Journal of Cultural Studies

2. Lee, J. & C. Abidin, (2023) Journal Special Issue “TikTok and social movements”, Social Media +Society.  [open access]

1. C. Abidin, J. Lee, & B. Kaye, (2023)  Journal Special Issue “TikTok cultures in the Asia Pacific”,  Media International Australia. Vol.186, Issue 1. [open access]

Journal articles

23. Lee, J. Leaver, T. & Abidin, C. (2024) Child Idols in South Korea and Beyond: Manufacturing Young Stars at the Intersection of K-Pop and Influencer Industries. New Media and Society. DOI: 10.1177/14614448241295718  [open access]

22. Lee, J. (2024) “Cute saves the world!”: animal Internet Celebrities’ cute activism in the #adoptdon’tshop animal rescue campaign on social media. Social Movement Studies, 1–23. DOI: 10.1080/14742837.2024.2421973 [open access]

21. Lee, J. & Abidin, C. (2024) Fantasised and fantastical Nordic imaginaries: Contextualising Nordic life vlogs by East Asian YouTube vloggers. Nordic Journal of Media Studies. DOI: 10.2478/njms-2024-0004  [open access]

20. Lee, J. & Lee J. J.  (2024) “The homophobic story of COVID-19: Spurring, consuming, and spreading angry attention from girregi journalism online to YouTube in South Korea” International Journal of Communication. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/19176 [open access]

19. Abidin, C. & Lee, J. (2023) “K-pop TikTok: TikTok's expansion into South Korea, TikTok Stage, and platformed glocalization” Media International Australia. DOI: 10.1177/1329878X231186445 [open access]

18. Lee, J. & Abidin, C. (2023) Introduction to Social Media + Society special issue on “TikTok and Social Movements”. Social Media + Society. DOI: 10.1177/20563051231157452 [open access]

17. Lee J. J. & Lee, J.  (2023) #StopAsianHate on TikTok: Asian/American women’s space-making for spearheading counter-narratives and forming an ad hoc Asian community. Social Media + Society. DOI: 10.1177/20563051231157598 [open access]

16. Abidin, C., Lee, J., & Kaye, D. B. V. (2022). Introduction to the Media International Australia special issue on “TikTok cultures in the Asia Pacific”. Media International Australia, 1329878X221130126. DOI: 10.1177/1329878X221130126  [open access]

15. Lee, C.S. & Lee, J. (2022) Migrant Mothers and Neoliberal Feminism: Diasporic Audience Research on the Korean Reality Show Strangers. Feminist Media Studies. DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2022.2135560

14. Sarwatay, D. Lee, J. & Kaye, B. (2022) Exploring Children’s TikTok Cultures in India: Negotiating Access, Uses, and Experiences under Restrictive Parental Mediation. Media International Australia. DOI: 10.1177/1329878X22112703  [open access]

13. Lee, J. & Abidin, C. (2022) Oegugin Influencers and pop nationalism through government campaigns: Regulating foreign-nationals in the South Korean YouTube ecology. Policy & Internet. DOI: 10.1002/poi3.319 [open access]

12. Lee, Jin. (2022) “연결된 잔혹성: 혐오와 재미 사이의 길고양이 학대와 ‘인터넷 놀이 문화’ 공모 범죄" [Networked Cruelty: Hate-based, fun-centered animal cruelty and playful complicity on the internet]. Media, Gender & Culture, 37(2), 5-45. [KR journal] DOI: 10.38196/mgc.2022.06.37.2.5  [PDF]

11. Lee, J. & Lee, C.S. (2022) ‘You betrayed us’: Ethnic celebrity gossip in diasporic women’s online communities. Convergence. 28(3), 613–628. DOI:10.1177/13548565211013183

10. Lee, J. & Abidin, C. (2021) Backdoor Advertising Scandals, Yingyeo Culture, and Cancel Culture Among YouTube Influencers in South Korea. New Media & Society.  DOI:10.1177/14614448211061829

9. Lee, Jin. (2021). “I don’t understand what you’re saying now, but you are cute, I love you🌈”: Global communication between South Korean male gay YouTubers and fans from overseas. Feminist Media Studies. DOI:10.1080/14680777.2021.1959372

8. Lee, Jin. (2021). Talking through race: Two raced women’s Tinder stories. Communication, Culture, and Critique. DOI:10.1093/ccc/tcab030

7. Abidin, C., Lee, J., Barbetta, T., & Miao, W. S. (2021). Influencers and COVID-19: reviewing key issues in press coverage across Australia, China, Japan, and South Korea. Media International Australia, 178(1), 114–135. DOI:10.1177/1329878X20959838  [open access] 

6. Abidin, C., Lee, J., & Barbetta, T. (2020). Influencers, Brands, and Pivots in the Time of COVID-19: A Look at Australian, Japanese, and Korean Issues. M/C Journal, 23(6). DOI: 10.5204/mcj.2729  [open access]

5. Lee, Jin. (2019) “Mediated Superficiality and Misogyny through Cool on Tinder,” Social Media +Society. DOI:10.1177/2056305119872949  [open access]

4. Lee, J. & Lee C.S., (2017) “Feeling bad can be good?: audience research on Korean reality makeover shows, Get It Beauty and The Body Show,” Critical Studies in Media Communication, 34:3, 250-263, DOI:10.1080/15295036.2017.1296581 

3. Park, J., Park, J-S., Yun B., & Lee, J. (2016). “학교폭력을 바라보는 텔레비전의 시선: 시사교양 프로그램을 중심으로" [Representation of school violence on television: a study of current affairs programs], Broadcasting & Communication, 17(3): 139-174. [KR journal] 

2. Park, J. H. & Lee, J.  (2013). “성소수자에 대한 미디어의 시선: 텔레비전에 나타난 홍석천과 하리수의 이미지 유형을 중심으로" [Korean media’s perspectives on sexual minority: televisual images of Hong Seok-Cheon and Ha Ri-su]. Media, Gender & Culture, (28), 5-42. [KR journal] 

1. Park, J. H. & Lee, J.  (2012). “제3세계를 재현하는 다큐멘터리에 대한 제작자와 수용자의 시선: MBC <아프리카의 눈물>을 중심으로" [Producers’ and audiences’ perspectives on Korean documentaries on the Third World: A Case Study of Tears in Africa on MBC], Broadcasting & Communication, 13(4): 83-122. [KR journal]

Book chapters

Lee, J. & Abidin, C. (2023) “Ella Gross and Child Social Media Stars: Rising to Fame through K-Pop Idol Trainee Systems, Mixed-Raceness, and Tabloid Cycle Controversies” In S. Lee, L.K. Khiun, & K. Korroch (Eds.), Women we love. Hong Kong University Press.

 Lee, Jin. (2023)  “The funny and bizarre queer on live: queer live-streaming in South Korea” In J. Brewer, B. Ruberg, C. Persaud, & A. Cullen (Eds.), Live Streaming Culture. MIT Press. Pp. 147-162 DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/14526.003.0015 [open access]

Report

Abidin, C. & Lee. J. (2022). Social Justice Through Social Media Pop Cultures: Case Studies And Reading Resources On Influencers And TikTok. TikTok Cultures Research Network (TCRN) & Social Media Pop Cultures Programme, Centre for Culture and Technology (CCAT), Curtin University. https://TikTokCultures.com/socialjustice2022/ [open access]

Media Outlets (select)

Lee, J. J. & Lee, J. (Jun., 2023) How Asian/American women use the #StopAsianHate TikTok hashtag to create space for anti-racist discourse and connection. London School of Economics’ USAPP- American Politics and Policy. https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2023/06/09/how-asian-american-women-use-the-stopasianhate-tiktok-hashtag-to-create-space-for-anti-racist-discourse-and-connection/  

Lee, J. & Abidin, C. (Oct., 2022) “The popularity of the Korean oegugin (foreign) influencer is on the rise. But there is a dark side to this pop-nationalism” The Conversation. 

Lee, J. (Jan., 2022) “마음이 모이는 소셜미디어 그리고 딜레마" [Animals on social media: care and dilemma] Magazine Tac, 2: 126-132. [online store]

Lee, J. (Apr., 2019) “[Opinion] Consumed diversity in Awards Shows” Gateway Journalism Review, 48 (401)

Lee, J. (Sep., 2017) “[Opinion] An uncomfortable article to write: U.S. hegemony in global politics” Gateway Journalism Review, 46 (346)

Lee, J. (Sep., 2017) “South Koreans more worried about U.S. and Trump than North Korean nuclear threat” Gateway Journalism Review, 46 (345)

Lee, J. (Feb., 2017) “Asia media examine Trump: The view from South Korea” Gateway Journalism Review, 46 (343)

Lee, J. (Oct., 2016) “How media see smartphone addiction” Gateway Journalism Review, 45 (342)