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Richard
Hodkinson - from Lancashire, in the north of England - is a 2nd
year PhD researcher in communication, at the Annenberg
School for Communication,
at the University of Southern California USC,
in Los Angeles.
Interests:
- Political communication, power, and organisations in the public sphere:
discourses of media, politics
and any institutions' power, dependency and framing relations
- Network theory, social
scientific and interpretive sociology
- Practical and aesthetic
approaches to film, books, popular media and the Internet intended to
enrich political and social discourses
- The problems of globalization
and modern assumptions of individualism
- Resolutions to social
and humanistic communication methodological disputes: including narrative;
complexity models; language games
- Online social networks
and their relationship to offline social events
Sample of
specific current research paper areas: (email
for more info)
- Blogs (weblogs), public
goods, their network properties and relations.
I live in Los
Angeles and London, working at USC as a teaching assistant on courses
including: Interpreting Popular Culture, and Media, Culture and Technology...
Education :
USC:
University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication
PhD in Communication, ongoing
Oxford
University, New College
MA (Hons) in PPE - Politics, Philosophy and Economics
Postgraduate
Diploma in Journalism at the University of Wales, Cardiff
Professional:
From
journalist through software and internet analyst/developer to business
and technology director, Creation and consultancy in media, technology
and comms:
- Human-centred technology
creation and implementation
- Information Architecture:
the profession of [dis-]ordering information and interactions that they
are accessible, understood and useful
- Knowledge Management, networks,
and business collaboration
- Online Social Networks:
practical implementation, social and business dynamics
- Web and Software strategy
and technical development
- Business plan and entrepreneur
development and advisory panels
- Facilitating communication
and teamwork in project management
- Media and political communication
in journalism and related fields
Work history
1993-1997: Journalist, international publications purveyor, language
teacher
1997-2000: Technology / Communications consultant for networked
corporations
2000-2003: Director and owner of business communications technology
consultancy
2003- PhD
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