Sora Park

Sora Park is the Associate Dean of Research and Associate Professor of Communication at the Faculty of Arts & Design, University of Canberra. Her research focuses on the digital media, media markets and media policy, with a special focus on digital and social exclusion and the impact of technology on the distribution of opportunities and privileges in society.

Sora was the former Director of the News & Media Research Centre at the University of Canberra. She is currenlty the Chair of Media Industry Studies Interest Group, International Communication Association (ICA) and President of Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA). 

She has extensive experience in policy research and consultancy regarding digital media in South Korea. In the private sector, she has had various consultancy experiences for major internet and media companies such as KBS, NHN Corp and MBC. Previously she taught at Hanyang University, where she was the Director of the Interdisciplinary Program of Women's Studies. From 2005~2006, she was the Chair of the School of Communication Arts at Kwangwoon University, Seoul, Korea. Her previous positions include Research Fellow at Korea Press Foundation and Visiting Scholar at the University of California San Diego, Oxford Internet Insttiute and American University.

internet studies, youth and media, digital inclusion, digital news and information, media industries and policy