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- Emerging Media Program, Roy H. Park School of Communication, 349 Park Hall, 953 Danby Road, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 14850.
- 607-274-5100
Devan Rosen
Ithaca College, Emerging Media, Faculty Memberedit
- My research activities focus on the social uses of information technology, social network analysis, and distributed s... moreMy research activities focus on the social uses of information technology, social network analysis, and distributed socio-technical systems. Within the area of social network analysis, I investigate and evaluate communicative interaction and shared object use in virtual environments, social media, global network flows and globalization, and decentralized social networks. Parallel to this investigation is the impact and utility of information technologies on cultural identity, knowledge management, online community building, global cooperation, and Internet-enabled collective action. In the area of social networks and self-organizing systems my focus is on decentralized self-organizing structures and globally cooperative online social networks. Building on fundamental network principles, my focus has been the development of flock theory which models self-organizing social networks. My social network analysis research stream intersects with my information technology research in the area of virtual environments and virtual organizations as socio-technical systems. The theoretical and methodological developments of my earlier research have led to the development of network analytic methods for the analysis of social and semantic networks within virtual environments and large scale relational data. I am using these methods to support NSF grants creating socio-technical systems that support distributed teams and analyzing online educational environments that support the science education.
I am currently a Co-Principal Investigator on a 3-year NSF Grant awarded from the Directorate of Cyberinfrastructure called Traces--Understanding Distributed Socio-Technical Systems. The methods and tools, developed with Dr. Daniel Suthers (Information and Computer Science Department, UH), allow us to analyze and visualize dynamic interaction in virtual environments, and eventually extend the analysis to machine learning and recommender systems. We are currently developing a hierarchy of representations and tools to trace out the movement, confluences, and transformations of actors, artifacts and ideas.
At the undergraduate level I have taught courses focused on human communication theory, ethical issues of new media and communication technology, introduction to media industries, both introductory and advanced organizational communication and sustainability, intercultural communication, small-group communication, leadership skills, and research methods. At the graduate level I have taught communication theory, organizational communication and leadership, computer-mediated communication, communication network analysis, and group communication.edit
Abstract The science of social network analysis has co-evolved with the development of online environments and computer-mediated communication. Unique and precise data available from computer and information systems have allowed network... more
Abstract The science of social network analysis has co-evolved with the development of online environments and computer-mediated communication. Unique and precise data available from computer and information systems have allowed network scientists to explore novel social phenomena and develop new methods. Additionally, advances in the structural analysis and visualization of computer-mediated social networks have informed developers and shaped the design of social media tools.
Abstract Learning and knowledge creation is often distributed across multiple media and sites in networked environments. Traces of such activity may be fragmented across multiple logs and may not match analytic needs. As a result, the... more
Abstract Learning and knowledge creation is often distributed across multiple media and sites in networked environments. Traces of such activity may be fragmented across multiple logs and may not match analytic needs. As a result, the coherence of distributed interaction and emergent phenomena are analytically cloaked.
The current study investigates engagement activities in an online resource exchange community exploring elements such as sense of belonging, connectedness, and trust. CouchSurfing.com is an online cultural exchange community in which... more
The current study investigates engagement activities in an online resource exchange community exploring elements such as sense of belonging, connectedness, and trust. CouchSurfing.com is an online cultural exchange community in which members from around the globe coordinate travel accommodations and organize gatherings with fellow members via a social media platform. Findings confirmed that members who have not met face-to-face with other members have a lower sense of belonging to the community than those who have. Increased attendance to gatherings was positively related to sense of belonging to the community, and hosting had a positive relationship with trust in the community. Additionally, CouchSurfers reported that they preferred to be contacted through personal e-mails rather then group e-mails, while those who reported an increased participation in gatherings found group e-mails to be useful.
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