About
Youngrim Kim is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is interested in how digital media reconfigure the ways we understand and experience scientific/biomedical risks. Specifically, her research examines what it means to experience a pandemic in a hyperconnected, technologically-governed digital city, such as Seoul, South Korea. Exploring the digital cultures that have emerged in times of pandemic, including online mapping and app development, she pays attention to the relationships among the publics, infrastructures, and platforms that take part in such cultural production. Youngrim received her B.A. in Media Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and her M.A. in Communication Studies from Seoul National University.
Personal website: www.youngrim-kim.com
Field(s) of Study
- Science and technology studies (STS)
- Digital studies
- Crisis informatics
- Sociology of health and illness
