[Air-L] 2018 AoIR Best Dissertation Award winner

[Daren Brabham]

On behalf of the award committee, I’m pleased to announce that the 2018
AoIR Best Dissertation Award goes to Dr. Stacy Blasiola for her work “The
Privacy of Others” (University of Illinois at Chicago).

Dr. Blasiola's dissertation asked the question, "What does privacy look
like when it is the privacy of others at stake?" Using a mixed methods
approach to examine the social media conversation of journalists and
everyday users following the 2015 Ashley Madison hacking scandal, Dr.
Blasiola found that "a new type of privacy violation has emerged along with
the practice of large-scale hacks: Mass Impersonal Social Monitoring."

The committee felt the subject matter was timely and important, the
methodology well-conceived and expertly executed, and the manuscript
elegantly written. Dr. Blasiola's dissertation contributes to internet
research not only a significant advancement in our evolving understanding
of privacy, but it also provides an example of innovative methodological
design combining "big and deep data analysis" and a unique combination of
framing theory, privacy work, journalistic ethics, and philosophy. The
committee was impressed by the quality, rigor, and importance of Dr.
Blasiola's research.

The committee congratulates Dr. Blasiola and looks forward to reading more
of her future research.

AoIR is grateful for the hard work by this year’s Best Dissertation Award
committee: Daren Brabham (chair), Colin Agur, Eugenia Siapera, and Aram
Sinnreich.

Sincerely,


Daren Brabham
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Daren C. Brabham, Ph.D.
Research Director, GTP Data & Analytics
Gartner
daren.brabham at gartner.com
daren.brabham at gmail.com
(801) 633-4796 mobile

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