about me

I am a PhD student in mass communication at the University of Florida. My recent research explores the use of online social networks in small towns by media organizations to build community, complement limited news reporting, and provide online public spaces for citizens. A current related interest is in 'faceted identity production' in localized social networks, and how people's online personas interact with their offline personas for local activities. I have studied interactive media, information science, art history and design, history and philosophy in my academic career, and I have worked for newspapers, advertising and interactive agencies in the corporate world.



favorite movies

The Fisher King, Say Anything, Blade Runner, The Mask of Zorro (1939), Love Actually, Lord of the Rings, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Phantom of the Opera, Atlantis: the Lost Empire, The Breakfast Club, Fight Club, Josie & the Pussycats, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Matrix, almost anything directed by Ridley Scott or Terry Gilliam.

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favorite music

U2, REM, Ben Folds, Death Cab for Cutie, Nirvana, Radiohead, Bach, Bjork, Neil Finn, Eric Clapton, Nat King Cole, Sinatra, The Sundays, The Killers, Sheryl Crow, The Crystal Method, Frou Frou, Billie Holliday, Sarah McLachlan, swing, blues, 80s music



favorite tv

NHL hockey, LOST, Heroes, Daily Show, History Channel



favorite books

Griffin & Sabine, Rules for Revolutionaries, Death on the Nile, Calvin & Hobbes, A Christmas Carol, Foucault for Beginners, Tao of Pooh, America (the Book), The World is Flat, The Bonapartes, Lord Valentine's Castle, The Maine Woods, The Power of Many, Bone, Henry V, In a Sunburned Country, Atlas Shrugged, Tao Te Ching, All the President's Men, The Power of Myth, To Conquer the Air, Elektra (Sophocles & Miller/Sienkiewicz versions), Green Eggs & Ham ...