Rob Patton is Program Manager of CITS and will present recent research that examines the communication behaviors of student users of the popular online social networking site (SNS) Facebook. Specifically the research analyzed the relationships between antecedent user characteristics and forms of networked interactivity present in Facebook user profile communication.
Professor Bimber's research examines the relationship between evolving information technology and changes in human behavior, especially in the domains of political organization, collective action, social capital, and political deliberation.
Miriam Metzger is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at UC Santa Barbara her research includes studies of the credibility of information in the new media environment, problems of online privacy and security, the impact of media on public opinion, and the theoretical and regulatory changes brought about by the development of new media technologies.
Professor Jennifer Earl, is a member of the Sociology Department and is current Director of CITS at UC Santa Barbara. Using the online strategic voting movement during the 2000 US Presidential Election as a case study, Professor Earl and her colleagues argue that the application of prior theory often overlooks the ways in which movements that emerge and thrive online function differently from conventional movements.
Professor Bimber's research examines the relationship between evolving information technology and changes in human behavior, especially in the domains of political organization, collective action, social capital, and political deliberation.
Professor Stohl's talk explores how in today's complex and volatile global environment members of different organizations (often competitors) are working together, for a limited time, to collaborate on solving technical and social problems and creating products that they would be unable to do themselves in an effective and efficient manner.
