[Air-L] DeWolf Winner of Couch Award

[Mark D. Johns]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- June 13, 2014

Contact: Dr. Mark D. Johns, Executive Director
Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research
c/o Department of Communication Studies
Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA 52101
Tel: (563) 387-1347 email: mjohns at luther.edu

DeWolf Winner of Couch Award

DECORAH, Iowa -- Ralf De Wolf, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Media
and Communication Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, is the winner
of the 2014 Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Award is
presented annually by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet
Research (www.cccsir.com) and recognizes excellent student-authored papers.

De Wolf's paper, "Intergroup Boundary Coordination and Privacy Rules: Using
a Remix Approach for Studying Offline and Online Privacy in Youth
Organizations" uses the concept of the "remix" to analyze how youth
organizations negotiate their offline and online privacy.  His work reveals
how spatial, temporal, and social boundaries are lengthened and translated
online to maintain privacy. However, explicit privacy rules adopted by
youth organizations for offline environments create tension between
individual and group privacy concerns.

The Couch Award was established in 2002 as the centerpiece of an extensive
awards program. Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students
of all disciplines, and winners are selected by a committee of university
professors. The winner will receives a cash award as well as the
opportunity to present the paper at the international conference of the
Association of Internet Researchers in October.

The Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research is a non-profit
organization established to promote the scholarship of the late Carl J.
Couch and his academic associates. The Center provides networking
opportunities for students and scholars who conduct social and Internet
research inspired by Couch's work.

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