Diana Ascher
GSE&IS 102A
300 North Charles E. Young Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521
P: (310) 206-9263
E: ascher@gseis.ucla.edu
Diana Ascher
Director, Information Studies Research Lab
Positions
Director, Information Studies Research Lab
Education
- Ph.D., Department of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
- M.B.A., Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University
- B.A., Public Policy with concentrations in journalism and international policy, Duke University
Teaching & Research Interests
- the algorithmic turn in news organizations’ social media activity
- hyper-vigilant information-seeking behavior in hospitals
- network analysis of neo-nazi hate speech on Twitter
- network analysis of tweets pertaining to the 2016 U. S. presidential election
- translating data management priorities for information workers
- cognitive reflection and information-seeking behavior
- the ethics, economics, and politics of long-term genomic data management
- information ethics with respect to identity, privacy, power, and freedom