publications and presentations

Peer-reviewed publications

Cho, H., Adkins, D., Long, A., & Da Silva Santos, D. (accepted). Webtoon romance reading and new ways to look at genre reading. Library Trends special issue on Genres and Their Uses in Cultural Documentation: Exploring Generic Access to Creative Worlds.
Cho, H., Adkins, D., Gould, H., Bond, K., & Flood, K. (2025). Readers’ advisory guide development for webtoon. Information Research an international electronic journal, 30, 866-874. https://doi.org/10.47989/ir30iConf47179
Cho, H., Adkins, D., Kohlburn, J., & Castano, W. (2025). Webtoon: The confluence of platformization, snack culture, and the New Korean Wave. RUSQ, 60(3). https://doi.org/10.5860/rusq.60.3.8427
Cho, H., Lee, W.-C., Thach, H., & Hirt, J. (2025). Evaluating video game moods and their separability based on user-generated reviews. Journal of Documentation, 81(2), 545-565. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-10-2024-0247
Cho, H., Adkins, D., & Long, A. (2025). Understanding the Reader Demographics of an Emerging Online Reading Platform, Webtoon. Journal of Documentation, 81(2), 351-368. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-03-2024-0069
Lee, W.-C., Hirt, J., & Cho, H. (2025). AI-assisted creativity: Shaping reader perspectives and evolving information needs. In International Conference on Information (iConference). https://hdl.handle.net/2142/126214 [poster publication]
Adkins, D., Bossaller, J., Butler, E., Castaño, W., Cho, H., & Kohlburn, J. (2024). Commitment to Justice, Empathy, and Community During COVID-19: Results from a Three-Phase Study of Public Libraries. Advances in Librarianship, 65, 63-76. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0065-283020240000055006 [editorially-reviewed publication]
Cho, H., Lee, W.-C., Huang, L., & Urban, A. (2024). Reading when stressed: Understanding motivations for reading fiction and enhancing future recommendation services. Library Quarterly, 94(3). 253-271. https://doi.org/10.1086/730461
Cho, H., Adkins, D., da Silva Santos, D., & Long, A. K. (2024). Platform, visuals, and sound: Webtoon’s immersive romance reading engagement. In International Conference on Information (iConference), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 416-423). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57860-1_28
Lee, W. C., Hirt, J., & Cho, H. (2024). From Fandom to Fadeaway: Unpacking Factors Contributing to Anime Dropout. In Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 61(1), 989-991. https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pra2.1163 [poster publication]
Cho, H., Lee, W.-C., Huang, L., & Kohlburn, J. (2023). User-centered categorization of mood in fiction. Journal of Documentation, 79(3), 567-588. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-03-2022-0071 (Article publication date: 23 August, 2022, Issue publication date: 4 April, 2023)
Cho, H., Lee, J. H., & Urban, A. (2023). Recovery and support: Motivations for playing a social video game in the midst of a pandemic. Proceedings of the Digital Games Research Association.
Cho, H., Kohlburn, J. (2023). Identifying affective gameplay behaviors: How video games help people feel better. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (Mid-Year). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7768440
Kohlburn, J., Bossaller, J., Cho, H., Moulaison-Sandy, H., & Adkins, D. (2023). Public libraries and COVID: Perceptions and politics in the United States. The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy, 93(1), 7-25. https://doi.org/10.1086/722547
Kohlburn, J., Cho, H., & Moore, H. (2022). Players’ Perceptions of Sexuality and Gender-Inclusive Video Games. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 29(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565221137481 (Article publication date: 31 October, 2022)
Cho, H., Adkins, D., & Pham, M. (2022). “I only wish that I had had that growing up”: Understanding Webtoon’s appeals and characteristics as an emerging reading platform. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 59(1), 44-54.
Bossaller, J., Kohlburn, J., Adkins, D., Cho, H., & Moulaison-Sandy, H. (2022). Health Information Needs of Public Library Leaders During COVID-19. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 59(1), 410-414.
Cho, H., Lee, W. C., Huang, L., Kohlburn, J. (2022). User-centered categorization of mood in fiction. Journal of Documentation. 79(3), 567-588. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-03-2022-0071
Cho, H., Hubbles, C. and Moulaison-Sandy, H. (2022). Individuals responsible for video games: an exploration of cataloging practice, user need and authorship theory. Journal of Documentation, 78(6), 1420-1436. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-10-2021-0198
Moulaison-Sandy, H., Cho, H., & Dykas, F. (2022). Approaches to conceptualizing the cost of academic library cataloging: Discourses on metadata creation cost, value, and worth. Library Trends, 70(3).
Cho, H., Pham, M., Leonard, K., & Urban, A. (2022). A Systematic Literature Review on Image Information Needs and Behaviors. Journal of Documentation, 78(2), 207-227. https://doi.org/10.1108/JD-10-2020-0172 (Article publication date: 30 April, 2021, Issue publication date: 22 February, 2022)
Cho, H., Lee, W., Urban, A., Huang, L., & Long, Y. (2021, November). “I Don’t Want a Book That’s Going to Make Me Sad or Stressed Out, Especially in This Day and Age”: Fiction Reading (and Healing) in a Pandemic. In Proceedings of ASIS&T 2021 Annual Meeting, 58(1), 420-424.
Cho, H., Adkins, D. Bossaller, J., & Moulaison-Sandy, H. (2021, November) Moods in Book Reviews: Text Mining Approach. In Proceedings of ASIS&T 2021 Annual Meeting, 58(1), 415-419.
Moulaison-Sandy, H., Adkins, D., Bossaller, J., & Cho, H. (2021). An automated approach to describing fiction: a methodology to use book reviews to identify affect. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 59(8), 794-814. https://doi.org/10.1080/01639374.2021.1992694
Adkins, D., Bossaller, J., Moulaison-Sandy, H., & Cho, H. (2021, July). What Is Genre? How Do We Talk about Fiction?: Assessing Complementary Schemas and Approaches. In Proceedings of NASKO 2021 Annual Meeting. http://dx.doi.org/10.7152/nasko.v8i1.15861
Cho, H., Hubbles, C., & Moulaison-Sandy, H. (2021, July). Authorship Metadata for Video Games: “Collaborator”, “Creator”, or “Auteur”?. In Proceedings of NASKO 2021 Annual Meeting. http://dx.doi.org/10.7152/nasko.v8i1.15863
Cho, H., Pham, M., & Urban, A. (2021). Health Information Needs in Visual Materials: Recommendations for Enhancing Visual Material Users’ Search Experiences. In International Conference on Information. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/109705 [poster publication]
Cho, H., Bossaller, J. S., Adkins, D., & Lee, J. H. (2020, October). Human versus Machine: Analyzing Video Game User Reviews for Plot and Narrative. In Proceedings of ASIS&T 2020 Annual Meeting, 57(1), e235.
Cho, H., & Menking, A. (2020, March). “Defying Stereotypes Is a Plus”: Classifying Gender, Sex, and Sexuality Content in Visual Materials. In International Conference on Information, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (pp. 409-418). Springer, Cham.
Cho, H., Disher, T., Lee, W. C., Keating, S. A., & Lee, J. H. (2020). Facet Analysis of Anime Genres: The Challenges of Defining Genre Information for Popular Cultural Objects. Knowledge Organization, 47(1), 13-30.
Cho, H., Smith, J.*, & Lee, J. H. (2019). Effects of motivation and tool features on online photo‐sharing behavior. In Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 56(1), 377-380.
Cho, H., Schmalz., M. L., Keating, S. A., & Lee, J. H. (2018). Analyzing Anime Users’ Online Forum Queries for Recommendation Using Content Analysis. Journal of Documentation, 74(5), 918-935.
Cho, H., Donovan, A., & Lee, J. H. (2018). Art in an Algorithm: A Taxonomy for Describing Video Game Visual Styles. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 69(5), 633-646.
Lee, J. H., Jett, J., Cho, H., Windleharth, T., Kiryakos, S., Disher, T., & Sugimoto, S. (2018). Reconceptualizing Superwork for Improved Access to Popular Cultural Objects. In Proceedings of ASIS&T 2018 Annual Meeting. 55(1), 274-281.
Lee, J. H., Clarke, R. I., Cho, H., & Windleharth, T. (2017). Understanding Appeals of Video Games for Reader’s Advisory and Recommendation. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 57(2), 127-139.
Lee, J. H., Windleharth, T., & Cho, H.(2017). Toward an Understanding of Cross-Media Appeals for Readers’ Advisory. In Proceedings of ASIS&T 2017 Annual Meeting. 54(1), 241-250.
Cho, H., Schmalz, M. L., Keating, S. A., & Lee, J. H. (2017, June). Information Needs for Anime Recommendation: Analyzing Anime Users' Online Forum Queries. In Digital Libraries (JCDL), 2017 ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on (pp. 1-3). IEEE. [poster publication]
Lee, J. H., Cho, H., & Kim, Y. S. (2016). Users' music information needs and behaviors: Design implications for music information retrieval systems. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 67(6), 1301-1330.
Lee, J. H., Hong, S. R., Cho, H., & Kim, Y. S. (2015, April). VIZMO game browser: accessing video games by visual style and mood. In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 149-152). ACM.
Donovan, A., Cho, H., Magnifico, C., & Lee, J. H. (2013, July). Pretty as a pixel: Issues and challenges in developing a controlled vocabulary for video game visual styles. In Proceedings of the 13th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries (pp. 413-414). ACM. [poster publication]
Lee, J. H., Cho, H., Fox, V., & Perti, A. (2013, July). User-centered approach in creating a metadata schema for video games and interactive media. In Proceedings of the 13th ACM/IEEE-CS joint conference on Digital libraries (pp. 229-238). ACM.

Juried Publications

Cho, H. (2016). An Empirical Investigation on Illustrators’ Image Information Needs. In ASIS&T SIG AH Second Virtual Symposium on Information & Technology in the Arts & Humanities. Awarded Best Ph.D. Student Paper Submission

Presentations

* Refereed § Invited

National and International Panels

Everyday Emotion Regulation with Video Games (2023, March). RUSA Virtual Forum 2023: RUSA Achievement Award Presentation. §
Technical Services Education: Transformation and Advocacy (2020, October). ALISE 2020 Virtual Conference. *
Quests in the Ivory Tower: Academic Approach to Visual Media: Can Visual Styles be Mutually Agreed? (2017, March). PAX West – Seattle, WA *

Local and Regional Presentations

Missouri Library Association Annual Conference (2024, October). Webtoon Readers’ Advisory: A Guide and Discussion. MLA. *
How to Publish as a Ph.D. Student: Tips and Experience From Dr. Hyerim Cho. (2023, October). University of Missouri School of Information Science and Learning Technologies Ph.D. Engagement Session. §
University of Washington iSchool Academic Faculty Alumni Panel (2022, October). University of Washington. §
“Defying Stereotypes Is a Plus”: Classifying Gender, Sex, and Sexuality Content in Visual Materials. (2021, October). Bridge Research Discussion at the University of Missouri. §

Hyerim Cho, PhD

Assistant professor at the University of Missouri

publications and presentations

Peer-reviewed publications

Juried Publications

Presentations