Research

1998 - 2001 Holder of University of Brighton doctoral research studentship in computer mediated communication. (Full-time/three years)

Publications

O'Riordan, K. 2001. 'Playing With Lara in Virtual Space' in Munt, S.R. (ed) 2001. Technospaces: Inside the New Media. London, Washington: Cassell.

Doyle, J. & O'Riordan, K. 2002. 'Virtually Visible: Female Cyberbodies and the Medical Imagination' in Booth, A  Flanagan, M. (eds.) Reload: Rethinking Women and Cyberculture. Cambridge: MIT Press.

Munt, Sally R. Bassett, E. H. & O'Riordan, K. 2002 'Virtually Belonging: Risk, Connectivity and Coming Out On-line' in the International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies. (Vol. 7, Nos. 2/3, July 2002)

O'Riordan, K. 2002. 'Windows on the Web: The Female Body and the Web Camera' in Consalvo, M and Paasonan, S. 2002. Women and Everyday Uses of the Internet: Agency & Identity. Peter Lang.

Bassett, E.H. & O'Riordan, K. 2003. 'Ethics of Internet Research: Contesting the Human Subjects Model.' in the Journal of Ethics and Information Technology. (Vol 4)

(forthcoming)

Doyle, J. & O'Riordan, K. 'Female Cyberbodies and the Discourses of Medicine and Art' in Kuni, V. & Reiche, C. (eds) Cyberfeminism: Next Protocols. New York: Autonomedia. (forthcoming)

O'Riordan, K. 'Transgender and Global Media: Global Activism or Casualty of Globalisation' in Dejong, W. (eds) Global Activism, Global Media. London: Pluto Press.(forthcoming)

Conference Presentations

O'Riordan, K. Concepts of the Natural in CMC.
EU/India Cross Cultural Network: Collaboration in Innovation.
University of Brighton, September, 1999.

Doyle, J. & O'Riordan, K. Female Cyberbodies and the Medical Imagination.
Next 1.0. New Extensions of Existing Technologies Conference.  University of Karlstad, April 5-7, 2000

Bassett, L. & O'Riordan, K. Virtually Belonging: Risk Connectivity and Coming Out On-line.
Cultural Diversity in/and Cyberspace Conference. University of Maryland, May 5, 2000.

O'Riordan, K. Playing in Game Space.
International Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference. University of Birmingham, June, 21-25, 2000.

O'Riordan, K. Female Cyberbodies: Representations of the Female in Cyberspace.
Internet Research 1.0 Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. University of Kansas, September 14-17, 2000.

Karl, I. & O'Riordan, K. Big Brother's Technology, Sexuality and Space. MeCCSA: Second Annual Conference. January 19-21, 2001.

O'Riordan, K. Mobile Telephony and WAP: Feminising the Object. Mobilise! Postgraduate Conference. University of Surrey. May 29-30, 2001.

O'Riordan, K. New Visions Of The Female Body: The Web Camera. Sexualities, Medias and New Technologies: Theorising Old and New Practices. University of Surrey, June 21-22, 2001.

Bassett, E.H. and O'Riordan, K. Mediated Identities: A Partial View. MeCCSA: Third Annual Conference. January11-13, 2002. & Crossroads In Cultural Studies: Fourth International Conference. University of Tampere. June 29 - July 2, 2002,

Bassett. E.H. and O'Riordan, K. Mediated Identities and the Ethics of Internet Research. University of Sussex Media and Cultural Studies Research Seminar Series University of Sussex, 5th November, 2002.

O'Riordan, K. 2003. 'Gender, Technology and Visual Cyberculture' Critical Cybercultural Studies: Current Terrains Future Directions. University of Washington 8-10th May, 2003.

Book Reviews

Gauntlett, David. 2000. Web Studies: Rewiring Media Studies for the Digital Age. London: Arnold for New Media and Society.

Bell, David and Kennedy, Barbara (eds) 2000. The Cybercultures Reader. London: Routledge.  for the Reseach Centre for Cybercultural Studies.

Green, Eileen And Adam, Alison. (eds) 2001. Virtual Gender: Technology Consumption and Identity. London: Routledge. for New Media and Society. Vol 3, No. 4.

Carter, Cynthia & McLaughlin, Lisa. 2001. (eds) Feminist Media Studies, Vol 1, Nos 1-3 for the journal of Art, Design & Communication in Higher Education.
 

Employment
 

09/92 to 09/96	TEFL tutor, Thessally, Greece.
01/96 to 09/98	Team Leader, Purchase Ledger, Ecovert South, Brighton.
10/98 to 02/01	Part-time lecturer, University of Brighton.
02/01 to 03/01	Part-time lecturer, University of Middlesex.
04/01 ongoing	Lecturer in Media Studies for Continuing Education, University of Sussex.

External Roles

Member: Association of Internet Research, Ethics Working Group.

Internal Roles

Member: Course Development Team: MA Communication Studies.
Member: Information Management School Board of Study.
Member: Faculty Research Strategy Committee.
Member: Special Interest Group: Edcuational Technology.
Member: CCE ICT Strategy Group.
Member: CCE Committee
 

Teaching Commitments
(Brighton)
LM121            Introduction to Media and Communication Studies.
LM201            Language, Media and Power.
LM250            Visual Communication.
LM235            Media and Popular Culture.
LM350            Computer Mediated Communication.

(Middlesex)
FLM3312         Technoculture and the Moving Image.

(Sussex)
Media Studies Certifcate
Multimedia Certificate
BA Option: Information Technology and Society
MA Option: The Political Economy of New Media
 

Convening
Introduction to Web Design
Internet Studies
Exploring Multimedia
Exploring Alternative and Protest Media
Exploring Record Production
Media Studies Certifcate
Multimedia Certificate
Multimedia Stage 1
Record Production

Academic Qualifications
 

08/92	University of Wales:  B. A.  Hons (English Literature and Language)
09/98	University of Sussex:  M. A.  (English Literature)
11/00	University of Brighton: Postgraduate Certificate in Research  Methodology
09/00	University of Brighton: M. A. Academic Practice (ongoing)
09/02	University of Brighton: Ph.D. Case Studies Of Female Bodies in Computer-Mediated Culture

Referees provided on request.
 

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