Steven started following the work of Yuri Misnikov.
Steven started following the work of Donaldson Tan.
Steven started following the work of Hallvard Moe, University of Bergen, Department of Information Science and Media Studies.
Faculty Member, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant
Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
Thesis Title: Countering the Social Ignorance of 'Social' Network Analysis and Data Mining with Ethnography: A Case Study of the Singapore Blogosphere
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Dr. A.E. Cavanagh
Dr Stephen Lax |
About
Qualifications
(2012)PhD in Communications Studies - University of Leeds.
2007 MRes in Social Research - University of Aberdeen.
1998 MA in Philosophy and Social Theory - University of Warwick.
1996 BA (Joint Hons.) in Philosophy and Sociology - The Queen's University of Belfast.
Current and Previous Roles
Steven joined Leeds Institute of Health Sciences in 2012 as a research assistant within the Academic Unit of Primary Care. Previously he held two posts at the University of Leeds - Teaching Assistant on a number of modules within the Institute of Communications Studies and Research Assistant on the 'Leeds Media Ecology Project' and on the 'Socialisation of the Sexually Explicit Imagery: Challenges to Regulation and on the Research, Porn Cultures and Policy Network'. He was also an Independent Research Assistant on The Sexualisation of Young People, commissioned by the Violent Crimes Unit within the UK Home Office. Previous to this Steven lectured on Sociology, Research Methods and Methodology in colleges in Singapore before returning to the UK to begin his MRes at Aberdeen.
Current Research Interests
Steven's research focuses on a mixed methods approach to studying contemporary society, politics and policies with a number of different streams running concurrently. He combines sociology, communication theory, political theory, social network analysis, semantic network analysis, visualisations, network ethnography and linguistic analysis of large data sets.
Current and Recent Research
The role of informal networks in spreading knowledge between healthcare managers, Ward, V., Keen, J., Pawson, R., West, R., House, A. NIHR Service Delivery & Organisation Programme (SDO). 2010-2012; £298,917.
Webometrics mapping consultant and co-author with Blumler, J., Coleman, S., Stamper, J., Thumim, N., and Moss, G., researching the Leeds Media Ecology. 2011 - 2012.
Independent Research Assistant on 'The Sexualisation of Young People', commissioned by the Violent Crimes Unit within the UK Home Office with Dr Linda Papadopoulos. 2009 - 2010.
The 'Socialisation of the Sexually Explicit Imagery: Challenges to Regulation and Research, Porn Cultures and Policy Network' with Sarikakis, K., and Tsaliki, L.,. 2009 - 2010.
Teaching Responsibilities
Steven teaches on two modules; COMM5210M Communications & Global Change and COMM5620M Political Campaigns & PR, both at postgraduate level.
PhD Supervision
I am interested in the social network analysis of large scale communications technologies and data mining from an ethnographic perspective.
Contact Information
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