Technologies for Sharing – #ICA14 Preconference Paper
In our paper for the ICA 2014 preconference on Sharing, Kristen Barta and I show how the Quantified Self community mobilizes the technological and social platforms for sharing and building social capital. The paradox is that online sharing in this community both extends what happens in the in-person local MeetUps while it establishes the boundaries […]
Stanford Lecture: 5th Annual Rebele Symposium
The fifth annual Rebele Symposium was held Apr 10, 2014 and featured Gina Neff, C. W. Anderson and Christine Larson. The moderator was James Hamilton. As media models evolve, how do journalists and other creative workers retain their authority, professional identity and jobs? How is the power of the press altered by emerging technologies and […]
Materiality: Challenges to Communication Theory
Increasingly, communication researchers are issuing calls for attention to the role materiality plays in communication processes (e.g., Boczkowski, 2004; Boczkowski & Lievrouw, 2008; Leonardi & Barley, 2008; Leonardi, Nardi, & Kallinikos, 2013; Lievrouw, 2013). Resulting in part from the challenges of studying new communication and information technologies, this new focus on materiality offers opportunities for […]