About JCMC: The Discussion Section

The JCMC podcast is where Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication Nicole Ellison and her guests will discuss scholarship about computer-mediated communication in its various forms as well as related topics such as how we develop as communication technology scholars, mentors, and good citizens of the broader community. She will be joined periodically by two of JCMC’s Associate Editors, Scott Campbell and Lee Humphreys, who will focus on topics such as diversifying the field and mobile studies scholarship. We won’t limit ourselves just to JCMC papers and authors, although the topics we cover will be closely related to the key ideas, challenges, and opportunities in the study of CMC and beyond.

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About the hosts

Nicole Ellison

Nicole B. Ellison is the Karl E Weick Collegiate Professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan and ICA Fellow. Nicole's research has explored social and interpersonal aspects of online technologies and computer-mediated communication, including research on self-presentational strategies used by online dating participants; the role of social media in reshaping college access patterns for low-income and first-generation college students; and the ways in which users employ the communication affordances of Facebook to receive and give social and informational support to members of their network.

Scott Campbell

Scott W. Campbell is the Constance F. and Arnold C. Pohs Professor of Telecommunication at the University of Michigan. His research examines the meanings, uses, and consequences of mobile media and communication in everyday life. Campbell’s work is published in communication journals, such as Journal of Communication, Human Communication Research, and Communication Research, as well as new media journals, such as New Media & Society, Mobile Media & Communication, and Information, Communication & Society. Before academia, Campbell worked in the personal computer (IBM) and mobile communication (Sprint PCS) industries.

Lee Humphreys

Dr. Lee Humphreys is a professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at Cornell University. She studies the social uses and perceived effects of communication technology. Her research has explored mobile phone use in public spaces, privacy and surveillance implications of location-based services, and historical precedents of social media practices. More recently, her research examines IoT as communication infrastructure. She is also the Director of Cornell’s Qualitative and Interpretive Research Institute.

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