Yoo Ji Suh
Position title: Doctoral Student, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Email: yooji.suh@wisc.edu
Yoo Ji Suh is a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication with minors in Political Science and Psychology. Yoo Ji’s research examines the interplay between media effects, moral psychology, and public opinion. Specifically, she aims to (a) explore how media, as well as individual and group morality, jointly influence civic and democratic culture, such as tolerance, inclusivity, and compromise; (b) examine the moral underpinnings of backlash against social movements; and (c) leverage insights into morality to design persuasive interventions that promote pro-social attitudes and behaviors. She explores these questions using a combination of computational, experimental, and survey approaches.
IDS Affiliate Faculty Supervisor: Dhavan Shah
Research areas: Moral polarization, digital and social media, prosocial behavior, political persuasion, civic engagement, moral psychology, computational and experimental methods
Publications:
Suh, Y., Shah, D., & Wagner, M. (2025). How Partisan Media Influences Aversion to Political Compromise. Media and Communication, 13, Article 10009. https://doi.org/10.17645/mac.10009