Overview
Background
Andrea is a Post Doctoral Fellow in Digital Cultures and Societies at the University of Queensland . She got her PhD at USC Annenberg, and is originally from Colombia. Broadly, her research interests lie at the intersection of media and Science and Technology Studies.She studies mobilities; cultures of transnational, remote work; on-demand workers and freelancers; feminized maintenance of workspaces; media tales of tech; civic social media in Latin America.
Her research can be found in New Media and Society, the International Journal of Communication, Mass Communication & Society, and in the edited volume Popular Culture and the Civic Imagination: A Casebook. She has also conducted research with the IDRC and USAID in projects about the "future of work" in the "Global South".
Availability
- Dr Andrea Alarcón is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Journalism, University of Florida
- Masters (Coursework) of Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology, University of Oxford
- Doctor of Philosophy of Communication and Media Studies, University of Southern California
- Doctor of Philosophy of Communication Studies, University of Southern California
Research interests
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online labour
Specifically digital nomads, location-independent workers, remote work, and virtual assistants
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transnational communication
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supply chain capitalism
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ethnography
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Latin America
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Science and Technology Studies
Works
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2022
Journal Article
The sociotechnical imaginaries of 1968
Alarcon, Andrea, Altrudi, Soledad, Corry, Frances and Forelle, M.C. (2022). The sociotechnical imaginaries of 1968. International Journal of Communication, 4739-4757.
2022
Journal Article
The usefulness of open events: navigating professional spaces of urban Meetups
Alarcon, Andrea (2022). The usefulness of open events: navigating professional spaces of urban Meetups. New Media and Society, 26 (3) 14614448211072827, 1-17. doi: 10.1177/14614448211072827
2020
Book Chapter
Everyone wants peace?: contending imaginaries in the Colombian context of peace creation
Alarcón, Andrea (2020). Everyone wants peace?: contending imaginaries in the Colombian context of peace creation. Popular culture and the civic imagination: case studies of creative social change. (pp. 109-116) edited by Henry Jenkins, Gabriel Peters-Lazaro and Sangita Shresthova. New York, NY, United States: New York University Press. doi: 10.18574/nyu/9781479891252.003.0012
2020
Journal Article
Book review essay on Nell Haynes, Social Media in Northern Chile and Juliano Spyer, Social Media in Emergent Brazil
Alarcon, Andrea (2020). Book review essay on Nell Haynes, Social Media in Northern Chile and Juliano Spyer, Social Media in Emergent Brazil. Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society, 3 (1), 165-169. doi: 10.1080/25729861.2020.1780696
2019
Journal Article
“Everyone Deserves a Smartphone?”: Understanding the Media’s Legitimation of Mobile Technology Use by Syrian Refugees
Alarcon, Andrea, Baik, Jeeyun and Kim, Do Own (Donna) (2019). “Everyone Deserves a Smartphone?”: Understanding the Media’s Legitimation of Mobile Technology Use by Syrian Refugees. Mass Communication and Society, 22 (6), 779-803. doi: 10.1080/15205436.2019.1666993
2019
Journal Article
Convening technologies: blockchain and the music industry
Baym, Nancy, Swartz, Lana and Alarcon, Andrea (2019). Convening technologies: blockchain and the music industry. International Journal of Communication, 13, 402-421.
Supervision
Availability
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