Dr. Elmer’s research and teaching focus on new media and politics, surveillance studies, software studies, collaborative media making, and media globalization. He has participated in international projects, including most recently a research study of internet politics in South Korea, and his work has been published widely in peer-reviewed journals and books. Dr. Elmer worked with the CBC on its online coverage of the Canadian federal election in 2008 and has also contributed to election coverage for Global TV News and The Hill Times. He serves on the editorial board of New Media & Society, The Information Society, Space and Culture, Television and New Media, The Canadian Journal of Communication, Topia, and the American Communication Journal. He received his PhD from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.