Prof. Sung Eun CHUNG of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication received the ¡®Best Research of the Year¡¯ award from the Communication and Social Cognition Division of The National Communication Association (NCA). This is the 4th time that he has received this award; winning previously in 2005, 2010, and 2014 respectively.
The awarded research is about ¡®Analysis on the logical error of hypothesis and the limitation of methods for verification on ¡®the 3rd party effect¡¯, which is considered one of the major theories of the mass communication effect.
Prof. CHUNG expressed his feelings as; ¡°It is my honor to have received this great award 4 times from this powerful association.¡±