Research
I design and direct research on the social and cultural implications of emerging technologies.
My doctoral research explored the role of online partisan media in contemporary American politics and society, with an empirical focus on “below-the-line” commentary on a conservative news and opinion website during the 2016 US presidential election. Alongside my doctoral research, I am also interested in broader questions of how communication technologies are being used to develop new forms of political action and identification.
Aside from my own research interests, I also have experience contributing to research on a broad range of topics. Most recently, I worked as a Research Officer on Prof Terhi Rantanen’s LSE KEI-funded project, The Future of National News Agencies in Europe. I also spent two years as a Research Assistant to Prof Nick Couldry in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE.
Some of the other topics on which I have worked include: Arab transitional media, the incidence and consequences of cyberbullying, the use of biometric technology in French immigration management, and the development of large-group evaluation techniques for anthropology undergraduates.
Expertise
Digital anthropology
Discourse analysis
Online outrage
Political communication
Qualitative research
Social identity
My Projects
Occasional Research Projects
The Future of National News Agencies in Europe
Cyberbullying: Incidence, Trends, and Consequences
All Party Parliamentary Group on a Better Brexit for Young People
CATCH-EyoU: Constructing AcTive CitizensHip with European Youth
The Mediated Construction of Reality
Reflexive Large-Group Evaluation for Anthropology
Biometric Technologies in French Immigration Management
