Books
Imagined Affordance: Reconstructing a Keyword for Communication Theory
In this essay, we reconstruct a keyword for communication—affordance. Affordance, adopted from ecological psychology, is now widely used in technology studies, yet the term lacks a clear definition. This is especially problematic for scholars grappling with how to theorize the relationship between technology and sociality for complex socio-technical systems such as machine-learning algorithms, pervasive computing, […]
Closing the Innovation Readiness Gap
I have been awarded $200,000 in the form of a UW Innovation Education Award, “Closing the Innovation Readiness Gap.” My team of four researchers is creating a cross-disciplinary, Web-based program that will provide mentoring and a support network to help students across departments gain entrepreneurial –thinking skills and increase their problem-solving skills. My teammates include […]