Lee Humphreys
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| Dr. Lee Humphreys received her Ph.D. from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania in 2007. She is interested in the social uses and perceived effects of communication technology. Her research has explored mobile phone use in public spaces and emerging norms on mobile social networking systems both in the US and in Indonesia. Using qualitative field methods, she focuses on how people integrate communication technology in their everyday lives in order to facilitate identity management and social interaction. She received her BS in Communication from Cornell University and her MA from the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. |
| Selected Publications |
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Humphreys, L. (2007). “Mobile Social Networks and Spatial Practice: A Case Study of Dodgeball” Journal of Computer Mediated Communication. 13(1): article 17. (Accessible at http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/ humphreys.html) Humphreys, L. & Barker, T. (2007). “Modernity and the Mobile Phone: Exploring tensions about dating and sex in Indonesia.” Journal of Media & Culture 10(1). (Accessible at http://journal.media-culture.org.au/0703/06-humphreys-barker.php) Messaris, P. & Humphreys, L. (Eds.) (2006). Digital Media: Transformations in Human Communication. New York, Peter Lang. Humphreys, L. (2006). “Photos and Fieldwork: Capturing Norms for Mobile Phone Use in the US”. In J. Höflich & M. Hartmann (Eds.), Mobile Communication in Everyday Life: Ethnographic views, observations, and reflections (pp. 55-78). Berlin, Frank & Timme. Humphreys, L. (2006). "Images and Online Romance”. In P. Messaris & L. Humphreys(Eds.), Digital Media: Transformations in Human Communication (pp. 39-49). New York, Peter Lang. Humphreys, L. (2005). "Cellphones in Public: Social interaction in a wireless era." New Media & Society. 7(6): 813-836. Humphreys, L. (2005). "Reframing Social Groups, Closure, and Stabilization in the Social Construction of Technology." Social Epistemology. 19(2-3): 231-253. Humphreys, L. (2005). "Social Topography in a Wireless Era: The negotiation of public and private space." Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. 35(3): 367-384. |