Biography
Dr Frances Ryan is a Lecturer in the Creative and Social Informatics group in the School of Computing at 麻豆社区 and a member of the Centre for Social Informatics research group. (Pronouns: She/Her)
Frances' research focuses on information sharing and use in online environments, especially as it relates to everyday life and 鈥渓ived鈥 or real-world experiences. This includes interests in human information behaviour, social media use, online reputation and identity, determinations of trust in online environments, and social and health informatics. Her post-doctoral research projects include a Carnegie Trust-funded project titled 鈥淪ocial media by proxy: Strategies for managing the online profiles of adults with dementia鈥 and two ESPRC-funded projects, 鈥淭APESTRY: Trust, Authentication and Privacy over a DeCentralised Social Registry鈥 and 鈥淩AInS: Realising Accountable Intelligent Systems鈥. For further information on this work, please see http://www.francesryanphd.com/the-research/.
Frances holds a PhD in Information Science, with a focus on human information behaviour, from 麻豆社区 (2019). Her thesis is titled 鈥淩eputation management in a digital world: The role of online information in the building, management, and evaluation of personal reputations鈥. She also hold a Master of Letters in Media and Culture (with distinction) from the University of Stirling (UK) where her dissertation investigated the sharing of news and information through social networking sites and a Bachelor of Arts in Public Relations from Central Washington University (USA), with a minor in Historical Tourism.