Zachary J McDowell
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
- I am interested in questions related to how technological mediation structures cultural production. I believe strongly in the importance of embodied practice and my scholarly interests around collaborative communities bridges the theoretical and the practical. My range of digital media interests run the technological gamut from gaming studies, to surveillance, to digital culture, information policy, data-representations, and emerging media trends. My work brings together a core thread around engaged, community-based and transformative practices in the digital age, focusing on questions of access and agency.
- Currently I am focusing on researching information literacy and Wikipedia, algorithmic discrimination and issues with labor and automation, and the role of social robots in spreading disinformation.
At a Glance
- Title Assistant Professor
- College College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Department Department of Communication
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