about

My academic work explores the intersections of new media, media studies, information & communication technology, and globalization.

I investigate how emerging media and technologies develop and shape everyday life in our social and cultural spheres. The growing usage of mobile, digital, and networked technologies is profoundly influencing the worlds of music and television as much as in emergency management and foreign policy.

My primary research concerns the implications of new media, technology and social change with particular attention towards cultural exchange, human rights, humanitarian action, and global affairs.

As a postdoctoral Research Scholar at the LSE I worked with Roger Silverstone - a mentor and friend who passed away too soon and is missed by many. While in London I was a Fellow and Scholar-in-Residence at the Stanhope Centre for Communication Policy Research, led by Monroe Price.

As a doctoral student at the USC Annenberg School, I had the good fortune of working with Marita Sturken (advisor), Bill Dutton and Doug Thomas. My dissertation, Music in the Age of the Internet: Socio-cultural Implications of Emerging Communication Technology, examines the discourses, conflicts, and consumer behavior of MP3 usage and peer-to-peer music downloading.

Sometime in between, I joined an entrepreneurial venture to startup a cable television network. I gained invaluable knowledge of how the media industry works, which continues to inform my research and teaching.