Laura Robinson, Postdoctoral Research Associate

Annenberg Center for Communication, University of Southern California
http://www.annenberg.edu/

Three Expertise Keywords:
Access, Credibility, Information-Evaluation

Read More:

Websites:
http://www.annenberg.edu/info/robinson.php

http://myspace.annenberg.edu/lrobinson/

Digital Youth Site:
http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/node/45

Stories From the Field:
http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/node/68

Why Digital Media and Learning?

The way that we evaluate information shapes our understanding of the social world.

Recent Posts:

1. Laura Robinson: Information the Wiki Way (August 6, 2007)

Description of Current Work:

I am examining the ways in which youth belonging to different socio-economic groups evaluate the reliability and usefulness of the information they find on both collaborative and traditional internet sites. In a second project, Heather Horst, Mimi Ito, and I are working on research illuminating how youth frame their experiences on Neopets.com.

Selected Publications/Projects/Articles/Press:

Recent Presentations:
“Information the Wiki Way: Cognitive Processes of Information Evaluation in Collaborative Online Venues.” International Communication Association Convention, San Francisco, May 2007.

“Nationalism and Transnationalism in Online Communities: Processes of Negotiation Using New Media.” International Communication Association Convention, San Francisco, May 2007.

Selected Publications:
“The Cyberself: Symbolic Interaction in the Digital Age.” 2007.  New Media & Society, Volume 9, Number 1.

“Online Art Auctions à la française and à l’américaine: eBay France and eBay USA.” 2006. The Social Science Computer Review. Volume 24, Number 4.

“Debating the Events of September 11th: Discursive and Interactional Dynamics in Three Online Fora.” 2005. The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Special Edition: Online Communities: Design, Theory and Practice, Volume 10, Issue 4, July.