Profile

Prior to joining the Nanyang Technological University in 2005, Dr. Skoric taught and worked as a research assistant at the University of Michigan. His teaching and research interests include new communication technologies and social change, political communication, media effects, and research methods. His most recent work focuses on the role of cultural variables in the relationship between communication technologies and political development in an international context. He has also conducted studies on video-game violence, framing in the news, effects of web advertisements, and social and political implications of broadband technologies, among other topics.

Education

• PhD (University of Michigan)
• BSc (University College London)

Selected Publications and Presentations

• Podcasting and politics: Is medium the message? coauthored with S. C., Juan, H. T. & Ruiting, P. F.Paper presented at the 1st annual"Living the Information Society" conference in Makati City, Philippines (April, 2007)
• Honey, I shrunk the world! The relationship between Internet use and international engagement. Mass Communication and Society. Kwak, N., Poor, N., & Skoric, M. (2006)
• Internet fantasy violence: A test of aggression in an online game. Communication Monographs. Williams D. & Skoric, M. (2005)
• To broadband or not to broadband: The relationship between high-speed Internet and knowledge and participation. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, Kwak, N., Skoric, M.M., Williams, A.E., & Poor, N.D. (2004)