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Human Information Behaviour • Online Information • Social Media Use • Personal Reputation & Identity • Social Informatics

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My PhD Studies Publications

Accepted for publication: “Blurred reputations: Managing professional and private information online”

16 March 201830 May 2021 Frances Ryan

Last month, I was notified that a journal paper I wrote has been accepted for publication. The paper, “Blurred reputations: Managing professional and private information online”, was co-authored with my PhD supervisors, Peter Cruickshank, Professor Hazel Hall, and Alistair Lawson.

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Building identity online at #ASIST2017: A poster presentation

27 October 201729 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I am leaving for Washington, DC tomorrow morning to attend the 80th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), where I will be presenting some of my research in the form of an academic poster. The

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Accepted for conference: “Building identity in online environments: an Information Science perspective” at #ASIST2017

10 October 201729 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I have been accepted to present a poster at the 80th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology. This year’s event will be held in Washington, DC. It will be my second time attending the conference, and

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My PhD Studies Writing

Why am I still writing?

4 May 201729 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I am still writing my thesis. Still. Yes, still. I am still writing my thesis. Oh my goodness, I am still writing my thesis! When I began my PhD more than three years ago, I was confident that I would be one

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My PhD Studies Publications

Published: A Gen-X perspective of online information and reputation management

7 December 201611 June 2021 Frances Ryan

My paper, “Managing and evaluating personal reputations on the basis of information shared on social media: a Generation X perspective“, has been published in Information Research. The paper is co-authored with my PhD supervisors, Peter Cruickshank, Professor Hazel Hall, and Alistair

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Preparing for ISIC

17 September 201614 June 2021 Frances Ryan

I leave for Croatia tomorrow morning (early, early tomorrow morning) where I will be presenting at the 2016 ISIC: The Information Behaviour Conference. The conference will take place 20-23 September at the University of Zadar and I will present my paper on

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My PhD Studies Research Activities

A full set of data, at last!

5 February 201628 May 2021 Frances Ryan

This week marked a very exciting, very important part of my PhD research: I completed my data collection! That means I now have a full set of data from 45 participants. This is even more exciting for me, as I

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My PhD Studies Research Activities

Data delays

11 December 201526 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I began recruiting participants for my main study in early September. At the time, I had this silly notion that I would be finished with my data collection by the end of October. Easy-peasy, right? Wrong. Because that naïve notion

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Participants wanted!

16 September 201526 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I am currently recruiting for my PhD research and would love some help in building my participant list. I am recruiting participants aged 18 and older who live in the UK and use social media and social networking sites. The study

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Meet Frances (She/Her)

I am Frances Ryan (She/Her), a university lecturer based in Central Scotland. My research focuses on information sharing and use in online environments, especially as it relates to everyday life and “lived” or real-world experiences.

This blog is about my academic life including research and teaching activities, conferences and events, publications, milestones of note, and more.

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