Methods My personal research primarily uses statistical methods of various kinds to identify and explain patterns in human behavior. The domains of behavior that interest me are public; they involve people's engagement with one another in democratic processes. I focus chiefly on new media as a causal influence on behavior. My data typically derive from surveys or laboratory experiments using human subjects. My work has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Carnegie Corporation.
As director of the Center for Information Technology and Society, I am involved with the research of many faculty from a range of disciplines on matters dealing with the human and societal dimensions of information technology.