About Us

The Media Revolutions Project was born in 2003 by Jason Gallo and Sean Zehnder. From the first, the goal of the project has been to cultivate ideas, discussion, and community around the intersections of Media, Technology, Culture, and Society.

Mission Statement

1. To create a unique site that mixes design (read "beautiful crafted things"), opinions, and scholarship in the areas of Design, Culture, Media, Technology, and Society
2. To showcase and promote interesting side-projects of the contributing artists/editors and folks they find interesting around town
3. To struggle, in our own unique styles, to find or make something "new" in new media

People

• Sean Zehnder, Managing Editor

  Sean is a Research Associate and Ph.D. Candidate at Northwestern University where he studies the way that formal features of video game design influence player behavior. Sean has recently worked in the game industry as the User Interface Design Lead at Emergent Game Technologies. http://www.seanzehnder.com

• Brooke Foucault

  Brooke is a 2nd year PhD student in the Media, Technology and Society program at Northwestern university. Currently, she is working on a research project with Intel's People and Practices Research Group to investigate the culture and sociality of virtual worlds for children. Prior to coming to Northwestern in 2006, Brooke worked as as a design researcher for Intel's User Centered Design and User Experience teams, and she earned her Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Communication from Cornell University. http://www.brookeanddevon.com/brooke

• Erin Frisby

• Jason Gallo

• Michael Graziano

• Bennett Hazlip

• David Huffaker

  David's research focuses on social interactions in online groups. His dissertation examines diffusion in online communities, focusing on the influence of leaders. He is also interested in the design of online communities that foster learning and collaboration. http://www.davehuffaker.com

• Chris Karr

  Chris is a software designer pursuing a Ph.D. at Northwestern University's program in Media, Technology, & Society. In his free time, he develops the Books application, volunteers for The House Theatre of Chicago, and continues to expand his book and video collections. In his academic studies, Chris investigates topics in human/computer interaction, with a focus on pervasive computing artifacts. http://www.aetherial.net/

• Tom Ksiazek

  Tom is pursuing his PhD in Media, Technology & Society at Northwestern University. He received his BA in Communication from the University of Pittsburgh and his MA in Media, Technology & Society from Northwestern University. In between he worked in the newsroom at WTAE-TV, the ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh. His current research involves such topics as the relationship between the consumption of news content and the civic and political participation of audience members, as well as patterns of fragmentation and polarization across multiple audiences and content types. As media consumers continue to spread their attention across various platforms, it is increasingly important to study consumption patterns across multiple media, content types, audiences, communities, and nations.

• John Laprise

• Varun Nayak

  Varun is currently pursuing his MBA at Anderson school of business. He is interested in exploring ventures to apply new technologies to existing markets. He also follows the stock markets and is an active investor. Varun is currently working in the game industry as a Product Manager at Emergent Game Technologies in charge of building their online game deployment platform. http://technfinance.blogspot.com/

• Michael Pajon

  www.michaelpajon.com

• Ben Shields

  Ben is the Irving J. and Laura Lee Fellow in the Media, Technology, and Society program at Northwestern University. His research focuses on the intersection of media, technology, and popular culture, and he is currently completing a doctoral dissertation on the fantasy sports industry. He is also the co-author of The Elusive Fan: Reinventing Sports in a Crowded Marketplace (McGraw-Hill) and the host and producer of The Elusive Fan Podcast. http://www.theelusivefan.com

• Kris Singleton

• Gina Walejko

  Gina is a graduate research assistant at Eszter Hargittai's Web Use Project. There she uses mixed methods to research how diverse populations of individuals use new media and technology, including how college students use the Web and new media technologies. Other research interests include agenda setting and new media, science communication and the history of new media. http://www.ginakay.org/

• Emily Zehnder