Yup, that’s my arm right there. I was interviewed for Uppsala local TV today – actually two separate local stations wanted to talk to me, but I’ve only managed to locate one of the interviews online. Unfortunately the clip could not be embedded into, say, this blog post – but you can see it here.
This morning I presented part of my Phd thesis work during the International Symposium on Media Innovations at the University of Oslo, Norway. As the picture (source here) shows, there was a panel discussion afterwards – that’s me second from the left, way back in the shadows.
Similarly, the second paper, ‘Rejected bits of program code’ – Why notions of “politics 2.0” remain (mostly) unfulfilled (to be published in Journal of Information Technology & Politics), takes the same theoretical starting point but places its focus on the supposed potential of the Internet to rejuvenate political participation among the broader citizenry. While hopes regarding such a potential have generally been held high (especially now, in the “2.0” era), most empirical research on the matter has provided results indicating passivity in voters and somewhat cautious attitudes on behalf of politicians. As with the former paper, conceptual tools derived from structuration theory are used in order to explain why these somewhat conservative behaviors are apparent.
Just got this test print of my phd thesis from the printers. Looks good, to me at least. The cover picture turned out good, save for the small “wavy” traces visible above. The printers assured me that this will not be an issue with the final edition. The whole batch will be delivered on april 24th.
Found at the Flickr pages of the San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive. Original image available here.
Just booked my flight tickets to go to the annual ICA conference – this time taking place in Phoenix, AZ, at the end of may. Last year’s Boston ICA was my first experience with this huge conference – there are just too many interesting sessions going on to be able to catch them all. This year is shaping up to be a rather hectic experience: I submitted two papers, both based on my PhD dissertation (which will most likely be defended just days before I leave for Phoenix), and one panel (to be co-arranged by Hallvard Moe). Both papers and the panel was accepted – great! The panel is entitled Researching Social Media – Methodological and Ethical Challenges panel and will feature presentations by Michael Zimmer, Eszter Hargittai, Cornelius Puschmann, Jean Burgess, Axel Bruns and Merja Mahrt. Zizi Papacharissi will serve as discussant. A great line-up indeed. Looking forward to Phoenix!
I was in Oslo this tuesday to present some of my ongoing research on political Twitter use in Scandinavia (undertaken in collaboration with Hallvard Moe). My presentation went well, and was visualized by Esther Buchmann as seen above. Pretty cool, if I may say so myself.
My paper on the uses of interactive features on Swedish newspaper web sites has been published online at Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. This was the first paper I wrote as part of my PhD work, and so it is especially satisfying to see it published. Otherwise, I’m gearing up for a spring semester full of travel, research, teaching and music. Here’s what I know so far:
