I’m a doctoral candidate in Michigan State‘s Media & Information Studies (MIS) program. My research interests center the social impacts of communication technology, specifically on the relationship between network composition, self-presentation strategies, and social capital. See the research tab for a more detailed description of my current research.
I’m very excited to see some of my research finally coming out in press. I recently had articles published in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, Computers in Human Behavior, the International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, and New Media & Society. I have also coauthored a chapter in the just released book, Privacy Online.
I’ve also started working in the classroom more, this past summer as the Instructor for a 100-level class (The Information Society) and currently as Instructor for a senior-level class, Social Media in Society. See the teaching tab for more information about the classes I’ve been involved in, including syllabi.
Where to find me online:
Twitter: @jvitak
Academia.edu: http://michiganstate.academia.edu/vitak
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jvitak
MSU Research (The Online Interaction Lab aka TOIL): http://www.msu.edu/~nellison/TOIL
