Her academic research focuses on how different international and domestic actors have attempted to leverage the changing dynamics of communications systems, and the ramifications of those activities for international relations, political and social power relationships, and north/south inequality. While a resident fellow at CMDS, she worked on a book project that explored the nascent industry of digital “information warriors,” who provide contract services to political actors seeking to influence the online media agenda. Her co-edited book The Connective Mindshift (with Rhonda Zaharna and Ali Fischer) on the subject of networked public diplomacy was released in May 2013. In addition to her affiliation with CMDS, she also serves as the Media and Democracy Research Fellow at the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.