Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
My research and teaching interests are (and have been) focused on the social construction of new (electronic/digital) media, with specific reference to the various ways in which the individual and society are implicated in media use. Furthermore, I do research on how media professionals 'make it work' in an unforgiving industry that relies on their passion. My primary objects of study are: media management and production, new media and society, and mental health and well-being. Furthermore, I am part of the indie rock outfit Skinflower, with a new album (titled "Kaduc") out in July 2024. Check us out on Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, and elsewhere. Recent & upcoming book projects: 2020/202x - McQuail's Mass Communication Theory new 7th edition of seminal handbook (8th edition work in progress). 2023 - Life in Media: a Global Introduction to Media Studies, published by The MIT Press. 2025 - What Makes You Happy Can Make You Sick: The Mental Health Crisis In The Global Media Industries, with publisher: Intellect. 202x - Media Love, part three of trilogy Media Work (2007), Media Life (2012); co-authored with Laura Glitsos, contracted with Polity Press. 2027 - Media Work (brand new edition of my 2007 monograph on what work is like across the global media industries).
Department of Telecommunications
Contributed to curricular and research development of the graduate program in Journalism and New Media.
Taught introduction to media and society course for undergraduates (based on Denis McQuail's Mass Communication Theory handbook), as well as various courses on new media, journalism studies, and media ethics.
Based in the online newsroom at USC, I studied multimedia curricula and newsrooms across the USA.