Dongduk Women's University Professor Hong Won-sik Elected 54th President of Korean Society for Journalism and Communication Studies

▲ Professor Hong Won-sik of Dongduk Women's University

Professor Hong Won-sik, a professor at Dongduk Women's University's ARETE College of General Education and Dean of the Office of International and External Cooperation, has been elected the 54th president of the Korean Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (KSJCS).

The term of office is one year, beginning in October 2027.

The new president-elect Hong Won-sik has been serving as a professor at Dongduk Women's University's ARETE College of General Education and Dean of the Office of International and External Cooperation since 2011.

Hong earned a doctorate in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and has been actively engaged in research and education in media policy and journalism, having served as a chief programming researcher at SBS (2005 – 2010) and a visiting professor at the University of Washington (2017).

He has also served extensively on various committees related to broadcasting and media policy.

Hong has contributed to establishing media policy and enhancing public interest by serving as a member of the Election Broadcasting Deliberation Commission under the Korea Communications Standards Commission (2023), and on the Korea Communications Commission's Broadcasting Evaluation Committee (2021 – 2023), Viewers' Rights Protection Committee (2021 – 2022), and Outsourced Production Accreditation Advisory Committee (2018 – 2020).

In academic society activities, he has served as vice president of the Korean Society for Journalism and Communication Studies (2024 – 2025), organizing committee chair for the Spring Regular Conference (2025), executive director of general affairs (2022 – 2023), and editorial board member of the journal "Communication Theory" (2012 – 2014).

In addition, he has led the development of the academic community, serving as editor-in-chief of the Korean Association for Broadcasting and Telecommunication Studies journal "Broadcasting and Telecommunication Studies" (2025 – present), vice president of the Korean Association for Communication Studies (2025 – present), head of the Broadcast Journalism Research Division of the Korean Association for Broadcasting and Telecommunication Studies (2020 – 2022), and executive director of general affairs (2014 – 2015, 2018 – 2019).

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