Hi All,<br><br>Trebor suggested I introduce myself. I'm a doctoral candidate in the PhD program in Communications at Columbia University (expect to graduate in May 2010) and a visiting fellow at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School. I spend much of my energy writing in the nexus of the critical study of information and media theory, (new) media history, and comparative STS studies. For instance, my working dissertation asks how the modern-day keyword <i>information</i> became associated with computers in cold war sciences and social sciences, with a comparative emphasis on American and Soviet scientists and societies. At the core of all this lies my interest in the human imagination, use, and regulation of communication. I post occasional working notes and publications here: <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/~bjp2108/blog/">http://www.columbia.edu/~bjp2108/blog/</a>.<br>
<br>Outside work and scholarly activism, my favorite passtimes are aged 5, 2, and 0. Enough about me: I'm looking forward to our future conversations!<br><br>Sincerely,<br><br>Ben <br>--<br>ben peters<br><a href="mailto:bjpeters@gmail.com">bjpeters@gmail.com</a><br>
<a href="mailto:bjp2108@columbia.edu">bjp2108@columbia.edu</a><br><a href="http://www.columbia.edu/~bjp2108/blog/">http://www.columbia.edu/~bjp2108/blog/</a><br>