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Introduction
I am the Deputy Director and an SSHRC Postdoctoral Researcher at the Digital Democracies Institute. My research develops at the intersection of media studies, science and technology studies, and critical management studies. Through my work, I analyze how the diffusion of digital means of production is reshaping organizations and how such transformation is constituting new professional cultures.
In my postdoc project, I analyze the implications of AI on creative and cultural labour.
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May 2015 - December 2020
Position
- Research Assistant
Description
- As Research Assistant at SFU’s GenaLab, I conduct research on technological controversies on social media. Currently investigating the debate surrounding emerging technologies such as Direct to consumer genetic testing and blockchain.
February 2012 - August 2014
Position
- Research Associate
Description
- As a Research Fellow at ECLT, I was involved in two EU-FP7 projects on innovation and sustainability: INSITE and Emergence by Design (MD).
Education
January 2007 - December 2010
January 2003 - December 2006
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Publications (18)
Building on previous ethnographic approaches, we propose a framework to describe and analyze how media ethnographers are themselves constituted in relation to processes of mediatization. Drawing from mediatization theory, we advance a twofold conception of the media ethnographer as being composed by interweaving processes of embodiment and mediatio...
Remote Work Attraction Incentives Programs are local economic development tools offering cash or kind payments and financial incentives to remote workers willing to relocate to sponsoring regions or cities. In this research, I analyze the websites of 15 Remote Work Attraction Incentives Programs to understand how U.S. second-tier cities, rural regi...
Generative AI systems across modalities, ranging from text, image, audio, and video, have broad social impacts, but there exists no official standard for means of evaluating those impacts and which impacts should be evaluated. We move toward a standard approach in evaluating a generative AI system for any modality, in two overarching categories: wh...
Agonism plays a vital role in democratic dialogue by fostering diverse perspectives and robust discussions. Within the realm of online conflict there is another type: hateful antagonism, which undermines constructive dialogue. Detecting conflict online is central to platform moderation and monetization. It is also vital for democratic dialogue, but...
In this chapter, we sketch the outlines of the tool agnostic as figuration, a cultural trope for techno-social agency, that is particularly suited to contemporary cultural production. We develop this sketch through an analysis based on fieldwork of a graduate digital media training program. After a brief introduction, we begin the chapter by discus...
Toxic geek masculinity is common in gaming spaces, with racism, homophobia, misogyny, transphobia, and ableism running rampant on live streaming platforms like Twitch. In particular, Twitch has made choices to encode certain features that have empowered the proliferation of toxic behavior, such as attacks by users on users that are intended to hara...
Generative AI systems across modalities, ranging from text (including code), image, audio, and video, have broad social impacts, but there is no official standard for means of evaluating those impacts or for which impacts should be evaluated. In this paper, we present a guide that moves toward a standard approach in evaluating a base generative AI...
The frenetic chat streams, the flood of emotes, and the player's medium close-up superimposed on the game feed-these are the common elements composing the visual vernacular of live streaming. This phenomenon has gained popularity in recent years, especially in gaming circles, thanks to platforms such as Twitch and Facebook Gaming. This compendium f...
Since 2014, much has been written about the toxicity of online multiplayer video gamespaces (Canossa et al. 2021; Hilvert-Bruce & Neill 2020; Kordyaka et al. 2020; Kordyaka & Kruse 2021; Kou 2020; Kowert 2020). Yet, game scholars agree that the actual definition of the term ‘toxic’ is slippery. Toxicity lacks definitional stability in its mainstrea...
Blockchain has become a hot topic in technology, finance, regulation, and the wider society in recent years. Along the way, various users and interests have shaped the technology materially and discursively. This paper investigates the debate taking place on Twitter surrounding blockchain technology to understand the nature and development of its o...
Fred Turner is considered one of the most influential experts on, and critical observers of, cyberculture. He is Harry and Norman Chandler Professor of Communication at Stanford University in the Department of Communication. Through his work, he provided a thoughtful analysis of the politics and culture of Silicon Valley. In his books, he explored...
Blockchain is one of the most widely debated technologies in recent years. Pundits and scholars have described it as a disruptive technology that will impact many sectors of society. Skeptics argue blockchain's popularity is fueled by the media's obsession for the 'next big thing' rather than the intrinsic potential of the technology. In this paper...
Purpose
This paper aims to explore the early days of business education with the aim of understanding how the Harvard Business School (HBS) contributed to the constitution of “management” as a science-based profession. The research focuses on HBS signature pedagogy, the case method and its role in the institutionalization of managerial knowledge....
Public and private investments are increasingly being directed towards the development of ICTs for the construction of more inclusive and connected communities. Labelled as Collective Awareness Platforms (CAPs) under the European Seventh Framework Program, these initiatives explore the possibility of tackling societal issues relying on digitally-me...
Scholars, educators, regulators, pundits, and other observers are advocating for regulation and oversight of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genomic testing. As a result, the technology has been subject of highly visible public and regulatory controversy. In this article, we explore the nature and the shape of the sentiment of public discourse about the D...
This research proposal is aimed at contributing to the growing body of knowledge and practices that has been developing around online civic engagement. During the last decade, public institutions, private companies, and civil society organizations have been exploring new usages of ICTs as tools for the construction of more inclusive and connected c...
