Projects
Present:
Political Entertainment: A series research projects investigating the measurement, processes and effects of awareness of political content in entertainment media. (with Heather LaMarre and Kristen Landreville)
Web Content Creation: Awarded a 2008 summer survey research fellowship through the The Ohio State University to focus on digital inequalities and public opinion ramifications of online content creation.
Youtube Political News Content Analysis: An investigation of popular online video content during the 2008 US presidential Campaign. (with Ivan Dylko, Kristen Landreville, and Nick Geidner)Framing Global Warming: Producing videos framing global warming in various ways. Investigating measurement and processes of opinion formation and change. (with Erik Nisbet)
College Students and Elections: Investigating multi-level model predictors of various processes during the 2008 US presidential election. Also, investigating communication gaps between students that impact various outcomes. (with Erik Nisbet and Myiah Hively)
The Beat Oracle: Radio show, 2000-present, now broadcasting on WCRS, LPFM and podcasting. (with Kenny Acker and Joseph DeMatteo)
Past:
Web Customization: Research project investigated differences in web-use between users who use a customized portal vs non-customized portal for my masters thesis.
Health Tailoring: Worked with Polimetrix to explore the effects of experimentally targeted and tailored online health information. (with Dr. Anthony Roberto & Dr. Janice Raup-Krieger)
Media Analysis: Programmed Robomaker robot to archive newspaper stories from Newsbank based on user-input search terms and date range for use in content analysis. (For project led by Dr. William Eveland) (2007)
Comm 813 Wiki: Setup and helped contribute to graduate seminar experimental wiki project led by Dr. Gerald Kosicki. (Using MediaWiki) (2007)
KCSB: Worked as a programmer and helped engineering department in various aspects (2003-2006)
SBCAN: Served on the board of directors (2005-2006)
Santa Barbara Independent Media Center: Helped launch SBIMC’s web presence, administered website and secured funding for organization (2003-2006)
ACRN: Worked as a programmer, served as music director and managed migration to icecast broadcasting tools (1999-2003)
The Wire: Helped found community free space. Worked with group to develop a consensus process, non-profit status and financing (2002-2003)