I’m interested in understanding how people communicate, relate and behave on the Internet, Social Media and the Web.
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Social media networking is changing the lives of everybody with an adoption connection, and the picture that’s emerging is interesting, exciting, and disturbing in equal measure.
Empirical research on the topic – and the issues it raises – is almost non-existent.
I’m reviewing the current state of knowledge about how social networking is reshaping the post-adoption experiences of adoptees and adoptive families, and carrying out research to increase our understanding.
I’m also building Adoption Social Media Info, a knowledge-base of practical ideas, research, information, and resources to help adoptive families manage their privacy, social media contact, and online relationships.
Nearly all the case studies of disasters occurring in the last 30 years describe communication problems of some sort.
Despite massive technological changes in recent years, problems persist.
I research communication issues as they affect all aspects of disaster preparedness and response. Working from a social psychological perspective, I combine retrospective analyses of emergency scenarios with the latest research on Internet behaviour.
