I am an early career media sociologist with a PhD from Cambridge University. I am currently a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Copenhagen in the Communications Department; I also maintain affiliations at the Center for Governance and Human Rights (Cambridge). Broadly, my work uncovers and analyses understudied media ecosystems, particularly those with insightful relations to the ‘traditional press’ and concepts of dis/misinformation. I pay special attention to sociotechnical change, reproduction of discourse, and power relations within these systems. My scholarly sites of inquiry range from conservative talk radio stations in rural Utah (and on-the-ground research in conservative spaces), to the new global network of fact checkers funded by social media platform content moderation contracts, to search engine manipulation of journalists and activists around a controversial 2010s privacy regulation. Informed by cultural studies, media sociology, and conjunctural analysis, I use a blend of ethnographic, textual, and network mapping methods. My work also engages in reflexive critique of digital media research methods.
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