Tips for teaching with Twitter
Every so often, I get questions from friends and colleagues about how to teach effectively with Twitter or other social media. The questions range from the simple (i.e. "How?" and "Why?") to more...
View ArticleJust Be You: Tips for Professional Networking in the Digital Age
I was recently asked to speak at a workshop about managing professional identities. I don't claim to be an "expert" on this topic, but I've certainly learned a lot about it in recent years--both a...
View ArticleNew articles out this month
I have two new pieces out this month. The first is a peer-reviewed article, “Spectacles of Self(ie) Empowerment? Networked Individualism and the Logic of the (Post)Feminist Selfie,” published in...
View ArticlePresentation at ESS Digital Sociology Mini-Conference
Recently, I presented my most recent paper at the Digital Sociology Mini-Conference, in conjunction with the Eastern Sociological Society's annual meeting in Boston, MA. These are the slides from my...
View ArticleESS 2017 + Digital Sociology Mini-Conference
On the heels of another successful ESS and #DigitalSociology mini-conference, I find myself reflecting on all the great people, papers, and conversations. That reminds me to share the work I...
View ArticleTweeting #Ferguson: new article out today!
My article, "Tweeting #Ferguson: Mediatized fields and the new activist journalist" was just published in New Media & Society. (Available here:...
View ArticleMy first book!
I am proud to announce the release of my first book, Citizens at the Gates: Twitter, Networked Publics, and the Transformation of American Journalism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018). Here is what other...
View ArticleMe in the news...
I recently published a couple op-eds about Twitter and journalism. I'll save the backstory for another time, but here are the articles: “Journalists, please don’t leave — it's time to fix Twitter” The...
View ArticleAll Media Are Social coming soon!
It's finally here! Well, almost. All Media Are Social: Sociological Perspectives on Mass Media, the book I co-authored with Andrew Lindner, is set for release in April 2020. The book offers a...
View ArticleBook Award!
I am honored to share some exciting news: My 2018 book, Citizens at the Gates: Twitter, Networked Publics, and the Transformation of American Journalism just received the 2020 Book Award from the...
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