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Professor Sora Park is Professor of Communication and Professorial Research Fellow at the News & Media Research Centre, Faculty of Arts & Design, University of Canberra. She earned her PhD in Communication from Northwestern University in 1998, Master of Arts from Sogang University in 1992, and Bachelor of Arts from Yonsei University in 1990. Her research specializations include digital media users, media policy, news consumers, digital inclusion, audience studies, media literacy, media economics, news, and media industry studies. Professor Park has held key appointments such as former Associate Dean of Research for the Faculty of Arts & Design, former Director of the News & Media Research Centre, President of the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association from 2019 to 2021, and Chair of the Media Industry Studies Interest Group at the International Communication Association. She has extensive experience in government and private sector consulting, utilizing large-scale surveys and in-depth qualitative methods.

With over 300 publications—including four books, 17 book chapters, six edited volumes, more than 100 journal articles, and the annual Digital News Report: Australia (latest 2025)—Professor Sora Park has amassed over 4,500 Google Scholar citations, an h-index of 32, and an i10-index of 86. Key publications include "Dimensions of digital media literacy and the relationship with social exclusion" (2012), "Emergency Broadcasting During Climate Events: A Case Study of ABC Canberra" (2026), and "People rely on their existing political beliefs to identify election misinformation" (2026). She has secured $5 million in grant funding, including three ARC Discovery Projects, two ARC Linkage Projects, and support from ABC, SBS, Google News Initiative, and the Australian Communications & Media Authority. Her awards encompass Fellow of the International Communication Association (2025), High Commendation Research Excellence Award from University of Canberra (2024), Vice Chancellor’s Award for Research Excellence (2016), Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Team Achievement (2018), and appointment to the Australian Research Council College of Experts (2023). As Project Leader for the Digital News Report: Australia in collaboration with the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, she delivers critical insights on the global news media landscape to policymakers and industry stakeholders, fostering collaborations that yield real-world policy impacts through 13 public submissions and over 100 invited presentations.