Senior Lecturer in Culture, Media and Communications
Director of Programmes, Media and Communications Directorate, Department of Media
HKUSPACE Link Tutor
Articles and chapters in edited books
'User Generated Content. An exploration and analysis of the temporal qualities and elements of authenticity and immediacy in UGC' in First International Conference on Emerging Research Paradigms in Business and Social Research. 22-24 November 2011. Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
'A Moment of Experimentation: Spatial Practice and Representation of Space as Narrative Elements in Location-Based Games' Aether: The Journal of Media Geography, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2010.
'Kino-Phone, Location Autonomy and Broadcast', in Southern Review: Communication, Politics & Culture, Special issue on Mobile Histories, Vol. 38, No. 3, 2006.
'Return to the Playground: Location Based Games', in Gaming Realities: A Challenge For Digital Culture (Medi@terra, 2006).
Conferences
'User Generated Content. An exploration and analysis of the temporal qualities and elements of authenticity and immediacy in UGC' paper presented at First International Conference on Emerging Research Paradigms in Business and Social Research. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 22-24 November 2011
'Return to the Playground: Location Based Games' paper presented at Research Centre "Media Upheavals" University of Siegen, Germany, Locative Media Summer Conference September 3-5, 2007
'Where are you now? Time, Duration and Instantaneous Mobile Messaging' paper presented at University of Tokyo, 'Theory. Culture & Society 25th Anniversary' Conference, 'Ubiquitous Media: Asian Transformations', 13-16 July, 2007
'London Calling. Happy Slapping, Tooting and Bluetoothing' paper presented at Institute of Network Culture 'New Network Theory' Conference, Amsterdam 28-30 June, 2007.
'Return to the Playground. Location Based Games' Paper presented at Medi@terra 2006 Gaming Realities, Athens, 5 October 2006
Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College 'Arts & Media 8th Annual Conference'. 'Technology, Performance & Identity', paper presentation London Calling. Bluetoothing and Happy Slapping 28 April 2006.
'Future Wireless' Cybersalon (Science museum) My Location dot Left paper presentation, October 2005.
Panellist in 'Educating in Pixels' Cybersalon with Douglas Rushkoff , ICA London June 2001.
Symposium and online discussion moderator, for the 'Net.Music' Cybersalon with Jacques Attali, ICA London April 2001.
History and Theory of the Internet and Web 2.0 Online Practices.
Online journalism.
Viral Marketing.
Website design.
Desktop Publishing Design.
Hybridity, Postcolonialism.
Research Outputs & Interests
Mobile Phone Culture.
Network Theory.
History and Theory of Video Games.
Development of Location Based Games. Locative Media. Urban Screens.
User Generated Content.
Situated Interaction.
Current and Past Research Projects
Digital Bill of Rights Campaign 2012-2016. See "The Campaign for Digital Citizenship" and "The Digital Liberties cross-party campaign" (reprint)
'A Moment of Experimentation: Spatial Practice and Representation of Space as Narrative Elements in Location-Based Games' Aether: The Journal of Media Geography, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2010.
'Kino-Phone, Location Autonomy and Broadcast', in Southern Review: Communication, Politics & Culture, Special issue on Mobile Histories, Vol. 38, No. 3, 2006.
'Return to the Playground: Location Based Games', in Gaming Realities: A Challenge For Digital Culture (Medi@terra, 2006).
