Doing Research
    in Cyberspace


        Research Interests
        • Online Newspapers: Usage Trends of an Online Newspaper : Web usage patterns from November 1995 to May 1997 for Knight Ridder's Philadelphia Online the web site of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News  (Pennsylvania, USA)
        • Analysis of mainstream children's web sites based in the United States:Children's Television Workshop,Disney Online,Nickelodeon Online , and PBS Online
        • Media content characteristics with special reference to Web content advertising practices (metaphors and promotional appeals) and privacy policy and the extent of theoretical applications in the the children's web sites studied.
        • Depiction of feminist identity: ChickClick, Cybergrrl, iVillage, Women.com Networks,
        • Web as a medium for organizational communication in America's 500 largest companies ( in order of revenues)
        • Media and Culture: Cyberpunk-timeline: Of Internet Dogs and Cookies
        • Olympia Media Case Study for New Technologies in Communication:  Case study in decision-making for new technologies in communication
        • The Digital Research Initiative

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            Current Research Projects:
            • Hi-Tech Hate Online: Hate Speech on the Internet: Analysis of online bigotry
            • Political Communication on the Net: OneDemocracy-- Founded in August 1999, OneDemocracy seeks to become the definitive place on the Internet for members to become informed, discuss issues of personal interest, take action on those issues from the national to grassroots levels and get results that make a difference in their lives.
            • History of Computing: The Evolution of Computing

              Teaching Interests and Research Resources

              • Campus courses: JOMC 50: Internet Research 101
              • Online course using the World Wide Web as a virtual classroom: JOMC 191: Introduction to Internet Issues and Concepts.
              • Communication Technology: Critical Approaches to Communication in the Digital Age
              • Online publication: 5e | The Fifth Estate
              • Research Resources: Research@Carolina, Teaching Technology, UNC Libraries,
              • Odum Institute for Research in Social Science and its  Data Services: Founded  in 1924, The Howard W. Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at the  University of North Carolina, in Chapel Hill, is the oldest  university-based interdisciplinary social-science research institute in  the United States.
              • Collaborative opportunities: School of Information and Library Science and the Interaction Design Lab, UNC School Of Law, Kenan Flagler Business School, MetaLab and formerly Sunsite, Department of Computer Science, Center for the Study of the American South.