In February 2023, I was a call-in guest to an episode of Maine Calling focused on moving to Maine and why Mainers insist on using “from away” to describe those from outside the state. You can listen to the episode here.
Maine Calling: Finding common ground
In January 2023, I was a guest on an episode of Maine Calling. In this episode, we talked about how to find common ground in polarized times. The episode can be found here.
The impact of Spoilers: L’ecornifleur
In October 2022, the French student publication L’ecornifleur, published a piece on people’s reasons for sharing spoilers, featuring various spoiler experts including Benjamin Johnson and myself.
Maine Calling: Polarized Nation
On January 11, 2021, I was a guest on Maine Calling, Maine Public Radio’s talk show, to discuss the polarization that characterizes the United States, and what we can do to remediate this. You can listen to the episode here.
Cancel culture
In November 2020, the ZDF interviewed me for a segment on cancel culture. The item (in German), was uploaded to their YouTube channel. You can view it here.
Spoilers, Game of Thrones, and Avengers
In the past few months, the spoiler research carried out by Benjamin Johnson and myself has been featured in a number of publications. In August 2019, our research was featured on two local TV stations in Maine. You can find the stories here. In May 2019, Thrive featured our work in a story on spoiler…
Guest lecture at the University of British Columbia
On March 7 & 8, 2019, I will be visiting the Centre for Media Studies at the University of British Columbia to give a guest lecture on Twitter and the commodification of political narratives. More information on the event can be found on the Centre’s website.
Maine Calling: Social media shaming
On March 5, I appeared on Maine Calling to discuss social media shaming. You can find the episode here.
Algorithms: How do they affect our daily lives?
On November 1, Penny Rheingans (University of Maine), Kim McKeage (Husson University), and myself appeared on Maine Public to discuss algorithms, social media, and information literacy. You can listen to the episode here.
Constructing Digital Cultures: Lectures in at the VU and the RU in the Netherlands
I am very excited to announce that on June 4 and 5 I will be speaking at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Radboud University Nijmegen on my book. Specific details regarding the talk at the RU can be found here.