Katherine Ognyanova (a.k.a Katya) received her Ph.D. from the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California. She studies mass communication and media effects, social use of technology, network theory and methodology, Internet censorship, privacy and digital policy-making. Her spare time is split between visits to the San Diego Wild Animal Park and visits to the xkcd website.
Prior to joining a doctoral program, Katya got a degree in Computer Science, worked in print and online media, did policy research & data analysis for various government and NGO projects.
Check out Katherine’s bio, her academic work or her infrequently updated blog. Take a look at the research groups she works with: the Annenberg Networks Network, Metamorphosis and the Center for the Digital Future. If you are so inclined, follow Katya on Twitter or Academia.edu.
Topics in Mainstream Media:
A Dynamic Network Visualization
My doctoral dissertation (defended a few months back) studies a dynamic network of news outlets and the topics they cover …
Political Efficacy on the Internet: A Media System Dependency Approach
Just presented at the NCA 2012 Convention, Orlando FL, Top Papers in Political Communication panel. This study takes an MSD …
Our FCC Briefing: Critical Information Needs of the American Public
In the last few months, I’ve been working with a great team of scholars putting together a study commissioned by …
Social Movements and Network Theory: ANN International Conference
Once a year, the Annenberg Networks Network (ANN) at USC and the Science of Networks in Communities Laboratory (SONIC) at …
Actors and Links in the Media System:
Taking a Network Perspective
Exploring the structure of relationships between news organizations, issues, and audience members is key to understanding the media system. The …
New Media & Civic Engagement
The Alhambra project is a collaboration between Metamorphosis and the USC Annenberg Journalism School. The project looks at the potential …
Social Web
E-mail: kateto(at)ognyanova.net
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