Prior to joining Fullerton, he held a Fellowship in the School of Communication and Information at Rutgers University. His research draws on digital media studies, critical theory, and the mobile and material turns in the social sciences. His current project analyzes media piracy and sea piracy together as connected struggles over communications technologies, power, and governance. He has published about social media, mobile technologies, video games, and digital policy. He co-edited, with Adriana de Souza e Silva, Digital Cityscapes: Merging Digital and Urban Playspaces (2009).