emerging media technologies play important roles in culture and communities.
Research in this area examines how emerging technologies open up new possibilities in terms of freedom of expression and access to information, but also addresses the complex ways that power is negotiated within these new media. It also explores the opportunities that arise for creating social movements and social change but also the accompanying threats that may be presented to democracy and freedom. Moreover, this research explores new technologies as sites of cultural expression and representation.
recent research by our faculty has addressed:
The role of social media in politics and political discourse
The intersection of digital journalism, mobile technologies, and public discourse
- The impact of information and communication technologies on urban revitalization efforts
- Computer-mediated communication
- Virtual and cyber communities and social media
- The social implications of big data and algorithms
- Video games and gaming culture
- Embodied computing (wearables, embeddables, ingestibles, implantables)
