A Smooth Surface

Academic Work:

MA Thesis

Social Networks, Mediated Identities, and the Politics of Friending:
Barack Obama Supporters’ Facebook Use in the 2008 New Hampshire Presidential Primary

This thesis research explores social media, particularly the online social networking utility Facebook.com, as sites of political discourse, information and influence flows, and emergent practices of community- and identity-formation. By examining Facebook-use among young people who were actively engaged in Barack Obama’s 2008 New Hampshire Presidential Primary campaign, it will investigate the increasing importance of this new medium as a distinct sphere of American civil society and ask what role it has played in the promotion of civic engagement and democratic participation.

Recent Freelance Writing:

BC Business Magazine

Dude, where’s my car?

Western Living Magazine

The Rockies in a Roadster