Education

• Ph.D., Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2005

About

Jaeho Cho has expertise in political communication and campaigns.

Research Focus

Dr. Cho's research concerns how and under what conditions information and communication contribute to an informed citizenry and a vibrant democracy. Under this overarching research interest, he has developed two research programs. The first line of research seeks to understand how mediated political information or events influence the way people understand politics and make decisions. This research program has largely built on the information processing perspective and psychological concepts of memory accessibility, decision heuristics, and associative priming. His second research area focuses on citizens’ everyday communication practices as an underlying process of campaign media effects. In this research, he seeks to understand (a) the dynamics of communication processes involving campaign exposure, news use and political discussion, and (b) the role of citizen communication in mediating campaign effects.

Selected Publications

• Song, H., Cho, J., & Benefield, G. A. (2018). The dynamics of message selection in online political discussion forums: Self-segregation or diverse exposure? Communication Research. Published online before print: https://doi.org/10.1177/0093650218790144
• Hilbert, M., Ahmed, S., Cho, J., Liu, B., & Luu, J. (2018). Communicating with algorithms: A transfer entropy analysis of emotions-based escapes from online echo chambers. Communication Methods and Measures. Published online before print: https://doi.org/10.1080/19312458.2018.1479843
• Ahmed, S., Jaidka, K., & Cho, J. (2018). Do birds of different feather flock together? Analyzing the political use of social media through a language-based approach in a multilingual context. Computers in Human Behavior, 86, 299-310.
• Cho, J., Ahmed, S., Keum, H., Choi, Y. J., & Lee, J. H. (2018). Influencing myself: Self-reinforcement through online political expression. Communication Research, 45(1), 83-111.

Teaching

Jaeho Cho teaches courses in political communication, media effects and survey research methods.

Awards 

• LRP Best Article of the Year Award, Information Technology & Politics Division, American Political Science Association, 2008
• Best Article of the Year Award, Political Communication Division, International Communication Association, 2006