Myeong Lee Information Science

Refereed Publications

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Full Paper (25)

Organizational Ecology of Hyperlocal Groups: How Does Category Fuzziness Relate to Participation in an Event-Based Social Network?
[forthcoming] Sage Open
Myeong Lee, Olga Gkountouna, Ron Mahabir, Jieshu Wang, Tokunbo Fadahunsi
Full Paper
Care Workers' Risk Work: How Nannies Manage Invisible Threats in Employers' Homes
[forthcoming] Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26). Apr. 13-17. Barcelona, Spain
Seungmin Jeong, Jamie Lee, Myeong Lee, Yunan Chen
Full Paper
Designing for Upstream Work: Learnings from Co-Design for Preventative Solutions with Urban Fire Departments
[forthcoming] Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '26). Apr. 13-17. Barcelona, Spain
Rachel Warren, Ruchita Mandhre, Hiba Siraj, G. Mauricio Mejia, Myeong Lee, Yunan Chen, Kathleen Pine
Full Paper
Predicting the Success of Local Gatherings: A Comparison of Organizer- and Participant-side Success in Meetup
Cities. 169. 106530. Elsevier.
Julia Hsin-Ping Hsu, Ron Mahabir, Victoria Gonzales, Olga Gkountouna, Amr Hilal, Myeong Lee
Full Paper
Leveling Socioeconomic Disparities: The Role of Service Availability in School Dropout Rates
[in press] Research on Social Work Practice (RSWP)
Jinyi Kim, Julia H.-P. Hsu, Gahyun Sohn, Gie Myung Lee, Myeong Lee
Full Paper
News Deserts as Information Problems: A Case Study of Local News Coverage in Alabama
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST '25). 62(1). pp. 741-753. Wiley. Nov. 14-18. Washington D.C.
Jieshu Wang, Tugce Burcu, Rebecca Ivic, Brian S. Butler, Myeong Lee
Full Paper
Information Awareness, Access, and Socioeconomic Deprivation: A Cross-Jurisdictional Study of Local Health Information
[in press] Aslib Journal of Information Management
Sanghee Oh, Myeong Lee, Jongwook Lee
Full Paper
Exploring Librarians' Experiences and Perceptions of Public Library Data Work
Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society, 56(1). 55-77.
Jongwook Lee, Sun Jae Park, Myeong Lee, Sanghee Oh
Full Paper
Data Discretion: Screen-Level Bureaucrats and Municipal Decision-Making
Digital Government: Research and Practice (DGOV), 5(2). pp. 1-14. ACM.
Eric Gordon, John Harlow, Samantha Whitman, Myeong Lee
Full Paper
The NYC311 App & Community Engagement in Coproducing Municipal Services
Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS '23). Aug. 10-12. Panama City, Panama.
Myeong Lee, Xinlin Tang, Ping Wang
Full Paper Selected for Top 25% Papers
Two-sided Cultural Niches: Topic Overlap, Geospatial Correlation, and Local Group Activities on Event-based Social Networks
International Conference on Communities and Technologies (C&T '23). pp. 54-63. ACM. May 29-June 2. Lahti, Finland.
Julia H-P. Hsu, Heejoo Shin, Noseong Park, Myeong Lee
Full Paper
"I thought I was going to die there:" Socio-political contexts and the plight of undocumented Latinx in the COVID-19 pandemic
SSM-Qualitative Research in Health. Vol. 3. 100242. Elsevier.
Carol W. Cleaveland, Myeong Lee, Constance A. Gewa
Full Paper
Delay of Routine Health Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Theoretical Model of Individuals' Risk Assessment and Decision Making
Social Science & Medicine (SSM). 307(2022). 115164. Elsevier.
Prakriti Shukla, Myeong Lee, Samantha Whitman, Kathleen H. Pine
Full Paper
In Search of Social Justice: The Role of Digital Technology in a Government Information System
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (AOM '22). 2022(1). Aug 5-9. Seattle, U.S.
Xinlin Tang, Myeong Lee, Forrest Hangen, Daniel T. O'Brien, Ping Wang
Full Paper
Social Justice & Technical Efficiency: The Role of Digital Technology in Boston's 311 System
European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2022) Research Papers. 117. June 18-24. Timisoara, Romania.
Ping Wang, Myeong Lee, Forrest Hangen, Daniel T O'Brien, Xinlin Tang
Full Paper Best Full Research Paper, Runner-Up (Top-3)
The Effects of Socioeconomic Deprivation on Public Library Book Circulation: A Community-level Study
Journal of the Korean Library and Information Science, 55(4). pp. 219-243
Jongwook Lee, Woojin Kang, Myeong Lee
Full Paper
Crowdsourcing Behavior in Reporting Civic Issues: The Case of Boston's 311 Systems
Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings (AOM '21). 2021(1). July 29-Aug 4.
Myeong Lee, Jieshu Wang, Shawn Janzen, Susan Winter, John Harlow
Full Paper
Making Sense of Risk Information amidst Uncertainty: Individuals' Perceived Risks Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic
Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '21). pp. 1-15. ACM. May 8-13. Yokohama, Japan.
Kathleen H. Pine, Myeong Lee, Samantha A. Whitman, Yunan Chen, Kathryn Henne
Full Paper Honorable Mention Award (Top 5%)
Cultural Activity Diversity and Community Characteristics: An Exploratory Study
iConference 2020 Proceedings. LNCS 12051. pp. 32-49. Springer. March 23-26. Boras, Sweden.
Myeong Lee, Brian S. Butler
Full Paper
How are Information Deserts Created? A Theory of Local Information Landscapes
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), 70(2). 101-116.
Myeong Lee, Brian S. Butler
Full Paper Dean's Award for an Outstanding Doctoral Student Paper
Identifying Urban Neighborhood Names through User-contributed Online Property Listings
ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (IJGI). 7(10). 388. MDPI.
Grant McKenzie, Zheng Liu, Yingjie Hu, Myeong Lee
Full Paper
Toward an Ecology Theory of Creativity in IT Products: A Study of Mobile Device Industry
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS '16). pp. 1-20. Dec. 11-14. Dublin, Ireland.
Ping Wang, Myeong Lee, Xu Meng, Brian Butler
Full Paper Best Paper Award (1st place)
Unlocking the Archives of Displacement and Trauma: Revealing Hidden Patterns of Exploring New Modes of Public Access through Innovative Partnerships and Infrastructure
Archiving Conference 2016 Proceedings. pp. 135-139. April 19-22. Washington D.C.
Diane Travis, Myeong Lee, Magdalena Rojas, Allison Gunn, Anuj Nimkar, Gregory Jansen, Nicholas Diakopoulos, Richard Marciano
Full Paper
Motherhood and Social Networking Sites: How do sociocultural contexts and technological factors affect Korean mothers' KakaoStory use?
iConference 2015 Proceedings. March 24-27. Newport Beach, CA.
Jinyoung Kim, Myeong Lee, Chiyoung Oh
Full Paper Lee Dirks Award for Best Paper, Runner-Up (top 5)
Information Behavior of International Students Settling in an Unfamiliar Geo-spatial Environment
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST '14). 51(1). pp. 1-11. Wiley. Oct 31-Nov 5. Seattle, WA.
Chiyoung Oh, Brian Butler, Myeong Lee
Full Paper

Short Paper (11)

Local News at a Distance: Psychological Distance and the Formation of News Deserts
Information Research an international electronic journal (iConference). 31(iConf(2026)). pp. 1042-1053. Mar. 29-Apr. 2. Edinburgh, U.K.
Tugce Gundogdu, Jieshu Wang, Brian S. Butler, Myeong Lee
Short Paper
Disability Misinformation on Facebook: A Comparison of LLM-based Fact-Checking Tools
Information Research an international electronic journal (iConference). 31(iConf(2026)). pp. 1042-1053. Mar. 29-Apr. 2. Edinburgh, U.K.
Ian Prazak, Leah Padovani, Yool Lim, Julia H.P. Hsu, Myeong Lee
Short Paper
From Open-Ended Text to Taxonomy: An LLM-based Framework for Information Sources for Disability Services
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST '25). 62(1). pp. 915-919. Wiley. Nov. 14-18. Washington D.C.
Julia H.P. Hsu, Myeong Lee
Short Paper
New Kids on the Block? Exploring Onboarding Strategies of Prospective Professionals in Cybersecurity
Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS '24). 27. Aug. 15-17. Salt Lake City, UT.
Matthew A. Willis, Myeong Lee
Short Paper Selected for Top 25% Papers
An Evaluation of GPT-4V for Transcribing the Urban Renewal Hand-Written Collection
Digital Humanities (DH 2024). ADHO. Aug. 6-9. Arlington, VA.
Myeong Lee, Julia H.P. Hsu
Short Paper Conference Bursary Award
Examining the Shift in Political Inclination of Korean Middle School Language Textbooks between the Independence and the Korean War (1945-1953): A Network Modeling Approach
Digital Humanities (DH 2024). ADHO. Aug. 6-9. Arlington, VA.
Eunji Lee, Myeong Lee
Short Paper
Towards an Expectation-Oriented Model of Public Service Quality: A Preliminary Study of NYC 311
International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo '22). LNCS 13618. pp. 499-508. Springer. Oct 19-22. Glasgow, U.K.
Julia H.P. Hsu, Jieshu Wang, Myeong Lee
Short Paper
Multi-Generational Stories of Urban Renewal: Preliminary Interviews for Map-based Storytelling
iConference 2021 Proceedings. LNCS 12646. pp. 319-326. Springer. March 17-31.
Myeong Lee, Mark Edwin Peterson, Tammy Dam, Bezawit Challa, Priscilla Robinson
Short Paper
Digital Curation of a World War II Japanese-American Incarceration Camp Collection: Implications for Sociotechnical Archival Systems
Digital Heritage 2018, International Congress. pp. 1-4. IEEE. Oct. 26-30. San Francisco, CA.
Richard Marciano, Myeong Lee, William Underwood, Sandra Laib, Zeynep Diker, Aakanksha Singh
Short Paper
Towards Understanding Communication Behavior Changes during Floods Using Cell Phone Data
International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo '18). LNCS 11186. pp. 97-107. Springer. Sep. 25-28. St. Petersburg, Russia.
Lingzi Hong, Myeong Lee, Afra Mashhadi, Vanessa Frias-Martinez
Short Paper
Toward Identifying Values and Tensions in Designing a Historically-Sensitive Data Platform: A Case-Study on Urban Renewal
iConference 2018 Proceedings. LNCS 10766. pp. 632-637. Springer. March 25-28. Sheffield, U.K.
Myeong Lee, Shiyun Chen, Yuheng Zhang, Edel Spencer, Richard Marciano
Short Paper

Extended Abstract (14)

Quantifying Urban Change across U.S. Cities using the 1930s Redlining Maps: A Preliminary Study
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST '25). 62(1). pp. 1532-1534. Wiley. Nov. 14-18. Washington D.C.
Giemyung Lee, Myeong Lee
Extended Abstract
"We Just Get Frustrated": Exploring Factors that Shape Information Provision in Disability Services
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST '25). 62(1). pp. 1333-1335. Wiley. Nov. 14-18. Washington D.C.
Latifah Abubakr, Samantha Whitman, Tulsi Shrivastava, Kathleen Pine, Pyeonghwa Kim, Myeong Lee
Extended Abstract
Spatial Dynamics of Local News: Mapping City Co-Mentions in Alabama
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST '25). 62(1). pp. 1708-1710. Wiley. Nov. 14-18. Washington D.C.
Jieshu Wang, Tugce Burcu, Brian S. Butler, Myeong Lee
Extended Abstract
Mapping Risk Work and Designing Technologies to Support it in CSCW Research
Companion of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW '25). pp. 178-182. ACM. Oct. 18-22. Bergen, Norway.
Myeong Lee, G. Mauricio Mejia, Rachel Warren, Yunan Chen, Hiba Siraj, Melissa Mazmanian, Ruchita Mandhre, Kathleen Pine
Extended Abstract
Understanding Information Managers: A Thematic Analysis of Information Challenges of Disability Service Providers
Companion of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW '24). pp. 629-634. ACM. Nov. 9-13. San Jose, Costa Rica.
Latifah Abubakr, Tulsi Shrivastava, Samantha Whitman, Kathleen Pine, Myeong Lee
Extended Abstract
Exploring Domestic Workers' Risk Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic
iConference 2024 Proceedings. LNCS. April 22-26. Changchun, China.
Hiba Siraj, Samantha Whitman, Kathleen Pine, Myeong Lee
Extended Abstract
AI or Authors?: A Comparative Analysis of BERT and ChatGPT's Keyword Selection in Digital Divide Studies
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST '23). 60(1). pp. 924-926. Wiley. Oct 27-31. London, U.K.
Woojin Kang, Myeong Lee, Jongwook Lee, Sanghee Oh
Extended Abstract
Aggregate-Level Analysis of Information Behavior: A Study of Public Library Book Circulation
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST '23). 60(1). pp. 931-933. Wiley. Oct 27-31. London, U.K.
Myeong Lee, Jongwook Lee, Woojin Kang, Sanghee Oh
Extended Abstract
How Do YouTubers Collaborate? A Preliminary Analysis of YouTubers' Collaboration Networks
iConference 2023 Proceedings. March 27-29. Barcelona, Spain.
H. Siraj, A. Machavarapu, J. Hwang, K. Radhakrishnan, S. Adams, J. Kim, Myeong Lee
Extended Abstract Award for Best Poster, Finalists (top-5)
Exploring Secondary Teachers' Needs and Values in Culturally Responsive Teaching
Companion of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW '22). pp. 159-163. ACM. Nov 8-22.
Taylor Stevens, Olga Gkountouna, Myeong Lee
Extended Abstract
Geographical Disparities of Incidence and Prevalence of Triple-negative Breast Cancers: Multistate Study Data Analysis
Journal of Clinical Oncology. 39(15_suppl). e12599. ASCO '21. June 4-8.
Hyein Jeon, Myeong Lee, Mohammed Jaloudi
Extended Abstract
Exploratory Cluster Analysis of Urban Mobility Patterns to Identify Neighborhood Boundaries
International Symposium on Location-Based Social Media Data and Tracking Data (LSMTD '17). July 1-2. Washington D.C.
Myeong Lee, Grant McKenzie, Rajat Aghi
Extended Abstract
A Tool for Estimating and Visualizing Poverty Maps
NetMob 2017, April 5-7, Milan, Italy.
Myeong Lee, Rachael Dottle, Carlos Espino, Imam Subkhan, Ariel Rokem, Afra Mashhadi
Extended Abstract
"What Makes a Place More Familiar?": Implications of Geospatial Information Format and Content
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '15 Extended Abstracts). pp. 1079-1084. ACM. April 18-23. Seoul, Korea.
Myeong Lee, Luis Santos, Wei Zhao, Preeti Lakhole, Brian Butler
Extended Abstract

Workshop Paper (4)

Towards a Socio-technical System of Culturally Responsive Teaching: The Interplay between Individuals, Communities, and Resources
ACM CHI Workshop on "There is no justice, just us": Making Mosaics of Justice in Social Justice HCI. April 14. New Orleans, U.S.
Taylor Stevens, Myeong Lee, Olga Gkountouna
Workshop Paper
Toward Understanding Civic Data Bias in 311 Systems: An Information Deserts Perspective
CSCW Workshop on Civic Technologies: Research, Practice, and Open Challenges. ACM CSCW 2020. Oct 17. Virtual.
Myeong Lee, John Harlow, Eric Gordon, Jieshu Wang, Erik Johnston, Shawn Janzen, Susan Winter
Workshop Paper
Heuristics for Assessing Computational Archival Science (CAS) Research: The Case of the Human Face of Big Data Project
IEEE Big Data 2017, Workshop on Computational Archival Science. pp. 2262-2270. Dec. 11-14. Boston, U.S.
Myeong Lee, Yuheng Zhang, Shiyun Chen, Edel Spencer, Jhon Dela Cruz, Hyeonggi Hong, Richard Marciano
Workshop Paper
This Is Not Just a Cafe: Toward Capturing the Dynamics of Urban Places
International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM '16), The CityLab Workshop. pp. 20-25. May 17-20. Cologne, Germany.
Myeong Lee, Rosta Farzan, Brian Butler
Workshop Paper

Thesis (4)

Local Information Landscapes: Theory, Measures, and Evidence
Doctoral Dissertation, University of Maryland Press.
Myeong Lee
Thesis College Nomination for the Doctoral Dissertation Award in iConference
"I know where that is": Cultural Differences in Perception of New Places
MIM Thesis, UMD iSchool & Poster at the iConference 2014 Proceedings, Berlin, Germany
Myeong Lee, Brian Butler
Thesis
MapReduce Framework for Swarm Robot Systems
Master of Science in Software Engineering Thesis, The Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University
Myeong Lee
Thesis
Image Retrieval Systems based on Color Similarity and Edge Detection
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Thesis, Seoul National University
Myeong Lee
Thesis

Poster (2)

Evaluating Visitor Engagement Through Instagram: A Case Study of the One with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST '22). 59(1). Wiley. Oct 29-Nov 1. Pittsburgh, PA.
Jinyi Kim, Myeong Lee
Poster
A Theoretical Analysis of Independent Business Owners' Preferences for Informal Information Sources
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST '20). 57(1). e352. Wiley. Oct 22-Nov 1. Virtual.
Joel Chan, Jonathan Brier, Zahra Farhadi, Myeong Lee, Shawn Janzen, Wei-Wei Chi, Andrew Fellows, Susan Winter
Poster

Report (1)

2024 Assessment of Virginia's Information Ecology of the Disability Services System
Annual Assessments Reports by Virginia Board for People with Disabilities (VBPD)
Myeong Lee, Latifah Abubakr, Tulsi Shrivastava, Julia H.P. Hsu, Samantha A. Whitman, Pyeonghwa Kim
Report

Book Chapter (1)

Bridging Traditional Digital Humanities and Archives through Computational Archival Science
The Routledge Companion to Libraries, Archives, and the Digital Humanities
Richard Marciano, Rosemary Grant, Alexis Hill, Phillip Nicholas, Noah Scheer, Alan Wierdak, Mark Conrad, Ray McCoy, Myeong Lee, Priscilla Robinson
Book Chapter