Social Informatics
was Principal Investigator of the project, that was building a theoretical foundation for analysis, a data model, and software tools to trace out the movements, confluences, and transformations of people and ideas in online social networks.
investigates blogging as discursive activity and critical analysis of technology discourse in general.
's work addresses how people integrate diverse types of knowledge, both in social computing environments such as social question answering (social Q&A) communities, and in interdisciplinary scientific collaborations.
's research focuses on how social networks mediate political discourse, integrating HCI and social informatics issues to support civic affairs.
