Latest News

3.27.2009 - I'm excited to announce that I'll be starting in the fall as a doctoral student at the Annenberg School for communication at USC.

1.19.2009 - This spring I'll be continuing my work as Assistant Director position at the Annenberg program on Online Communities at the Annenberg School for Communication at USC. Also, I'm teaching the Technologies for Online communities course for the second time, to our new class - check our the APOC group on facebook.

Publications and Presentations

Schrock, A. & boyd, d. (2009). Internet Threats to Minors: Solicitation, Harassment, and Problematic Content. In J. Palfrey, Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies (pp. 62 - 143). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University, Berkman Center for Internet and Society.

Schrock, A. & North, K. (2008). The Annenberg Program on Online Communities: Curriculum, Effective Teaching Methodologies, and Survey of Related Programs. Presentation at the Convergence and Society: The Participatory Web (3.0) Conference, Charlotte, NC.

Schrock, A. (2008). Examining Social Media Usage: Technology Clusters and Social Network Site Membership. First Monday, 14(1).

Reis, R. & Schrock, A. (2008). Meet You on Facebook: A Symbolic Interactionist Approach to Social Networking. Paper presented at the International Association for Media and Communication Research conference, Stockholm, Sweden.

Schrock, A. & Reis, R. (2007). Convergent Technology Use: Instrumental, Contexual, and Socially Mediated. Paper presented at the Convergence and Society: Media Ownership, Control, and Consolidation conference, Charlotte, SC.

Schrock, A. & Brown, T. (2007). MySpace Dependency in the Convergent Environment. Paper presented at the Convergence and Society: Media Ownership, Control, and Consolidation conference, Charlotte, SC.

Schrock, A. & Hanlon, C. (2007). Convergence Education and Implications for the Florida Communication Classroom. The Florida Communication Journal, 35(1).

Schrock, A. (2006). MySpace or Ourspace: A Media System Dependency View of MySpace. Masters thesis, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.

Schrock, A. (2006). Connecting Faculty: Developing a Speech Program Website. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Florida Communication Association, Tampa, FL.

Schrock, A. (2006). Mapping MySpace: Student Dependency on a Social Networking Website. Poster session at the annual meeting of the Florida Communication Association, Tampa, FL.