Junsol Kim

Junsol Kim

PhD student in Sociology

University of Chicago

I am a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Sociology at the University of Chicago, advised by Professor James Evans. I am interested in the impact of AI and digital platforms, focusing on their roles in the spread of (mis)information and civic discourses. My research analyzes social networks in collective environments where human and machine agents interact, studying their roles in digital politics, social media cultures, and public health. I also study how AI augments social science methods, such as the measurement of public opinions. You can find my CV here.

Education
  • PhD student in Sociology

    University of Chicago

  • MA in Sociology

    University of Chicago

  • BS/BA in Computer Science & Sociology

    Yonsei University

Selected Publications

(2023). Individual misinformation tagging reinforces echo chambers; Collective tagging does not.

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(2021). Neural and Social Correlates of Attitudinal Brokerage: Using the Complete Social Networks of Two Entire Villages. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 288(1944), 20202866.

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(2021). A measure of centrality in cyclic diffusion processes: Walk-betweenness. PLoS ONE, 16(1), e0245476.

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(2020). Similarity in functional brain connectivity at rest predicts interpersonal closeness in the social network of an entire village. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(52), 33149.

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AI-Augmented Surveys
This demo site presents public opinion trends as predicted by General Social Survey (GSS)-based AI language models.