His research examines media and cultural globalization and the role journalism plays when media technologies and cultures converge. He was the technology reporter for the Los Angeles Business Journal, arts editor for the Idaho Mountain Express in Ketchum, Idaho and an online editor and features writer for Getty.edu. From 2003 to 2005, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Kyrgyzstan, where he continues to travel and carry out media research. Ongoing projects investigate Twitter and social change and new media literacies. For more information, see his website at: http://hanspeteribold.net/