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I am currently working on several different projects, including: uses of information and communication technologies in disaster, effects of surveillance on paroled sex offenders in Southern California, the role of social network sites in relationship management in Russia and Kazakhstan. Below you will find brief descriptions of both my current and past projects.
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Current Projects:
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Effects of Surveillance on Paroled Sex-Offenders in Southern California
This interdisciplinary project, led by Drs. Paul Dourish and Simon Cole from UCI, considers the effects of surveillance on paroled sex offenders in Southern California, who are tracked via satellite positioning as part of their parole conditions. Results from this work suggest that location-based systems must be conceptualized as embedded in forms of social and cultural participation. The presence of the GPS system not only directly affects parolee's behavior in terms of patterns of movement, but also redefines the meaning of urban mobility, location and presence as points on a map for their parole officers.
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- Shklovski, I., Vertesi, J., Troshynski, E. & Dourish, P. (2009) The commodification of location: Dynamics of power in location-based systems. In proceedings of the International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (Ubicomp 2009), Orlando, Florida: ACM Press.[local pdf]
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Cultural Meanings of Personal Networks
As an emigrant from Kazakhstan, I leverage my background and language abilities to study issues of technology adoption and use in different cultural and socio-political contexts. I am currently designing a study to be conducted in Russia and Kazakhstan, focused on how access to the Internet and existing traditional expectations of the role of friendship in daily life shape the use and the understanding of Russian-language social network sites. This exploratory work will become the basis for a larger project aimed at exploring the role communication technologies play in countries of the Former Soviet Union as people there cope with substantial outmigration and rapidly changing economic and political situations
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Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Disasters
The goal of this work, conducted with colleagues from CU Boulder and Carnegie Mellon University, is to analyze how the use of information and communication technologies changes public-side disaster response and subsequent recovery. At-risk publics use information technologies to reconstruct a sense of belonging to a community and to restructure information exchange during and after a disaster event by blending official announcements and peer-to-peer interaction. Mobile technologies and networked social media became important sites for reconnecting with personal contacts and with communities.
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- Shklovski, I., Burke, M., Kraut, R. & Kiesler, S. (in press) Technology adoption and use in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, American Behavioral Scientist [email for pre-print]
- Shklovski, I., Palen, L. & Sutton, J. (2008) Finding community through information and communication technology during disaster events, In proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2008), New York: ACM Press.[local pdf]
- Sutton, J., Palen, L. & Shklovski, I. (2008) Backchannels on the front lines: Emergent use of social media in the 2007 Southern California fires. In proceedings of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management Conference (ISCRAM 2008) [local pdf]
- Shklovski, I., Burke, M., Kiesler, S. & Kraut, R. (2008) Use of communication technologies in Hurricane Katrina aftermath. Position paper for the HCI for Emergencies workshop. Conference on Human Factors in Computing (CHI 2008), Florence, Italy.[local pdf]
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Past Projects:
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Residential Mobility, Technology & Social Ties
Proximity generally increases the likelihood of personal and work relationships, and geographic mobility disrupts them. Is this true in the Internet age? My dissertation research examines how information and communication technologies, such as cellular phones and the Internet, change the initiation, maintenance, and dissolution of friendships for recent movers. This research also attempts to understand what factors influence psychological and social adjustment to the new location after a residential move.
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- Shklovski, I., Kraut, R. & Cummings, J. (2008) Sense of well-being in new location: The importance of social ties. Proceedings of the 2008 Conference of the International Communication Association, Montreal, Canada.
- Shklovski, I., Kraut, R. & Cummings, J., (2008). Keeping in touch by technology: Maintaining friendships after a residential move. In proceedings of Human Factors in Computer Systems (CHI 2008), New York: ACM Press.[local pdf]
- Shklovski, I. (2006). Residential mobility, technology and social ties. Doctoral Consortium Extended abstracts. Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems (CHI 2006), Montreal, Canada
*Best Doctoral Consortium Contribution Award [local pdf]
- Shklovski, I., Kraut, R., and Cummings, J. (2006). Routine patterns of Internet use and psychological well-being: Coping with a residential move. In proceedings of CHI 2006, New York: ACM Press.
*nominated for Best Paper Award [local pdf]
- Shklovski, I., Mainwaring, S. (2005). Exploring technology adoption and use through the lens of residential mobility. In proceedings of CHI 2005, New York: ACM Press. [local pdf]
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The Internet and Social Interaction - a Meta-analysis
This project, conducted with Sara Kiesler and Robert Kraut from CMU, reviewed existing large-scale national surveys that examined how people's Internet use affects their social interaction. Although there has been a lot of research on the topic, the results are contradictory. The goal of this project was to conduct a quantitative summary of existing evidence in an attempt to reconcile differences by paying attention to methodology. Our meta-analysis showed studies using cross-sectional designs suggest that more Internet use is sometimes associated with less interaction with friends. Studies using longitudinal repeated measures designs, which can reveal changes in interaction over time, suggest that more Internet use leads to a slight increase in interactions with friends.
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- Shklovski, I., Kiesler, S. & Kraut, R. E. (2006). The Internet and Social Interaction: A Meta-analysis and Critique of Studies, 1995-2003. In R. Kraut, M. Brynin, and S. Kiesler (Eds). Computers, Phones, and the Internet: The Social Impact of Information Technology. Oxford University Press. [pdf]
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The Internet and Social Relationships
The Internet opens new options for communication and may change the extent to which people use older communication media. Changes in the way people communicate are important, because communication is the mechanism people use to develop and maintain social relationships, so valuable for their physical and mental health. This project used data from a national panel survey conducted by Pew Internet & American Life project in 2000 and 2001 to examine the influence of Internet use on communication and on social involvement. In doing so, it contrasts the conclusions one can draw from cross-sectional and longitudinal data on these issues.
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- Shklovski, I., Kraut, R. E. & Rainie, L., (2004). The Internet and Social Participation: Contrasting Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, v10(1) [html pub.]
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Engaging the city
Socio-technical research on the urban environment often treats a city's citizens as simply a dense population of users. This research, conducted with Michele Chang (Red Design), Chet Orloff (Oregon State) & Katrina Junginckel (Surrey University), attempted to advance discussion on the role of public interfaces in engaging citizens within the urban context. The aim was to determine how technology can help to develop cities that address the needs and reflect the desires of its inhabitants. The challenge was to work toward designing more effective public interfaces that provide citizens with more active access, authorship, and agency. This work resulted in a CHI 2005 workshop, featured in the Oregonian (a Portland, OR newspaper) and a special issue of IEEE Computer on Urban Computing, published September 2006
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- Shklovski, I. & Chang, M. (2006). Urban computing: Navigating space and context. IEEE Computer Sept 2006, V. 39(9) p. 36-37 [local pdf]
- Chang, M., Jungnickel, K., Orloff, C., Shklovski, I. (2005). Engaging the City: Public Interfaces as Civic Intermediary. In proceedings of CHI 2005 Extended Abstracts, Workshop organizer's proposal, Portland, OR, April 3-7, 2005 [local pdf]
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