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Hwanseok Song

Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1998Rising activity

Publications

25

Citations

229

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

29

Publishing since 1998

Research summary
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Hwanseok Song studies how people perceive and communicate about environmental issues, risk, and trust, including topics like climate change, wildlife conservation, and new technologies such as geothermal energy. This research examines how factors like source credibility, fairness, group identity, and question wording shape public risk perception, trust in authorities, and willingness to engage in environmental or civic participation. Much of the work combines social psychology and communication theory to understand public responses to environmental science and policy.

Risk perception and communicationEnvironmental psychology and issue framingTrust in institutions and authoritiesSocial identity and intergroup dynamicsPublic engagement with science and conservation

Publication output has been variable but generally active over the last decade, with a dip around 2021-2022 followed by a resurgence in 2024-2026.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.4/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 2 publications182019: 2 publications192020: 5 publications5202021: 1 publication21222023: 1 publication232024: 4 publications242025: 5 publications5252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Science Communication×3
  • Risk Analysis×3
  • Health Communication×2
  • Journal of Environmental Psychology×1
  • Renewable Energy×1
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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