Sorin Matei
Associate Professor of Communication, Purdue University
| Headline: | Educator |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.visiblepast.net |
| Industries: | Education, Information Technology, Internet, Media, Travel |
| Skills: | Business, Design, English, HTML / CSS, Human-Computer Interaction, Languages, Software Engineering, Web design, Web Development, Writing |
| Next step: | Develop and release Visible Past |
| Location: | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Visas: | US, some EU countries |
| Interested in: | Creating a group, Finding business partners, Finding engineers, Finding experts, Finding hot stories, Finding team mates, Getting press, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Receiving feedback, Sharing my projects, Supporting my investments, Trading services |
| Tags: | anthropology, geo, History, indexing, knowledge, learning, location, social, spatial, statistics, temporal, urban studies |
| Schools: | Tufts University, University of Southern California |
FEATURED STARTUP
VisiblePast.net
VisiblePast.net
A location aware spatial and temporal wiki where information searches for you.
- Startup type: University Spin-out
- Status: Active
- Stage: Prototyping
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Media Projects |
| Position: | Journalistic and Editorial Experience |
| Time period: | January 2004 - Present |
| Description: | Editor of http://www.matei.org/ithink, http://inbooks.info and of http://www.pagini.com. Contributor to Foreign Policy and Esquire Romania. Weekly columnist-at-large for leading national Romanian newspapers, Adevarul and Evenimentul Zilei
http://www.adevarul.ro/inde... http://www.evz.ro |
| Employer: | Purdue University |
| Position: | Associate Professor of Communication |
| Time period: | August 2003 - Present |
| Description: | Teaching responsibilities: graduate courses on new media theory and research methodology, research methods, undergraduate courses on multimedia design and social aspects of communication technology. |
| Employer: | BBC World Service, Romanian Section |
| Position: | Journalistic and Editorial Experience |
| Description: | Invited Analyst. 1991-1993 Producer/Presenter. Dispatches and documentaries available at: http://matei.org. |
| Employer: | University of Kentucky |
| Position: | Assistant Professor |
| Time period: | January 2001 - December 2003 |
| Description: | Courses Taught: New and Mass Media Theories and Applications.
Projects: Good and Bad Neighborhoods http://www.matei.org/resear... |
| Employer: | University of Southern California: Metamorphosis |
| Position: | Project Manager |
| Time period: | January 1996 - December 1998 |
| Description: | Lead large graduate and staff team. Conducted data collection and analysis, media relations campaigns. http://www.metamorph.org |
| Employer: | Information, Communication & Society |
| Position: | Editorial Assistant |
| Time period: | January 1996 - December 1997 |
| Description: | Editorial Assistant to the American editor, William Dutton. Coordinated paper screening and review process. |
| Employer: | Radio Free Europe, Cotidianul |
| Position: | Journalistic and Editorial Experience |
| Time period: | January 1990 - December 1991 |
| Description: | Political and current affairs correspondent, including coverage of major political events immediately after the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe. |
| Employer: | University of Southern California |
| Position: | Lecturer |
| Time period: | December 1999 |
| Description: | Communication in the Virtual Group - COMM 321. Full responsibilities for multimedia / Internet communication class with a focus on web design skills and social research of on-line social interaction. |
| Employer: | Marist College |
| Position: | Adjunct Professor |
| Time period: | December 1998 |
| Description: | Multimedia design - COMM 356. Principles of multimedia design and web production. Syllabus available at: http://matei.org/learn/inte...
Interpersonal communication - COMM 203. Introductory course to the theory and practice of interpersonal communication. |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of Southern California |
| Time period: | 2001 |
| Degree: | Communication, PhD |
| University: | Tufts University |
| Time period: | 1994 |
| Degree: | International Relations, MA |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | -Sorin A. Matei et al. Learning and Discovering in Real and Virtual Time and Space. (2007). First Monday. http://www.firstmonday.org/...
- Sorin A. Matei (in press). Globalization and heterogenization: cultural and civilizational clustering in telecommunicative space (1989-1999). Informatics and Telematics. - Sorin A. Matei & Sandra Ball-Rokeach (in press). Watts, the 1965 Los Angeles riots and the communicative construction of the “fear epicenter” of Los Angeles. Communication Monographs. - Sorin A. Matei (2005). From counterculture to cyberculture: virtual community discourse and the dilemma of modernity. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication. Vol. 10(3). [On-line]. Available: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol... - Sorin A. Matei (in press). Virtual community as ideology. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. - Anthony Faiola & Sorin A. Matei (in press). Cultural cognitive style and web design: Beyond a behavioral inquiry of computer-mediated communication. The Journal of Computer- Mediated Communication. - Sorin Matei (2004). The effect of state-level social capital on on-line communities. The Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. Vol. 48(1), 23-40. - Peter Monge and Sorin A. Matei (2004). The role of the global telecommunications network in bridging economic and political divides between 1989 and 1999. Journal of Communication. 54(3), 511-531. - Sorin Matei (2004) The Romanian way: from nationalism to privatism. Problems of Postcommunism. Vol. 51(2), 40-47. - Sorin Matei (2003) The Internet as magnifying glass: marital status and on-line social ties. The Public. Vol. 10(1), 101-112. - Sorin Matei and Sandra Ball-Rokeach. (2003). The Internet in the communication infrastructure of urban 5 residential communities: meso or macro-linkage? Journal of Communication. 53(4), 642-657. - Sorin Matei and Sandra Ball-Rokeach (2001). Real and virtual social ties: Connections in the everyday lives of seven ethnic neighborhoods. American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 45(3), 550- 563. - Sorin Matei, Sandra Ball-Rokeach, and Jack Qiu (2001). Fear and misperception of Los Angeles urban space: A spatialstatistical study of communication-shaped mental maps. Communication Research, 28(4), 429-463. - Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Yong-Chan Kim, Sorin Matei (2001). Storytelling neighborhood: paths to belonging in diverse urban environments. Communication Research, 28(4), 392-428. - Sorin Matei, Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Elizabeth Gutierrez Hoyt, Mary Wilson, and Jennifer Gibbs (2001). Metamorphosis: A multi-method research design for the study of communication technology and community. Electronic Journal of Communication. Vol. 11(2), [On-line]: www.cios.org |
| Papers: | - Sorin A. Matei (in press). Globalization and heterogenization: cultural and civilizational
clustering in telecommunicative space (1989-1999). Informatics and Telematics. - Sorin A. Matei & Sandra Ball-Rokeach (in press). Watts, the 1965 Los Angeles riots and the communicative construction of the “fear epicenter” of Los Angeles. Communication Monographs. - Sorin A. Matei (2005). From counterculture to cyberculture: virtual community discourse and the dilemma of modernity. Journal of Computer Mediated Communication. Vol. 10(3). [On-line]. Available: http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol... - Sorin A. Matei (in press). Virtual community as ideology. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication. - Anthony Faiola & Sorin A. Matei (in press). Cultural cognitive style and web design: Beyond a behavioral inquiry of computer-mediated communication. The Journal of Computer- Mediated Communication. - Sorin Matei (2004). The effect of state-level social capital on on-line communities. The Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media. Vol. 48(1), 23-40. - Peter Monge and Sorin A. Matei (2004). The role of the global telecommunications network in bridging economic and political divides between 1989 and 1999. Journal of Communication. 54(3), 511-531. - Sorin Matei (2004) The Romanian way: from nationalism to privatism. Problems of Postcommunism. Vol. 51(2), 40-47. - Sorin Matei (2003) The Internet as magnifying glass: marital status and on-line social ties. The Public. Vol. 10(1), 101-112. - Sorin Matei and Sandra Ball-Rokeach. (2003). The Internet in the communication infrastructure of urban 5 residential communities: meso or macro-linkage? Journal of Communication. 53(4), 642-657. - Sorin Matei and Sandra Ball-Rokeach (2001). Real and virtual social ties: Connections in the everyday lives of seven ethnic neighborhoods. American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 45(3), 550-563. - Sorin Matei, Sandra Ball-Rokeach, and Jack Qiu (2001). Fear and misperception of Los Angeles urban space: A spatialstatistical study of communication-shaped mental maps. Communication Research, 28(4), 429-463. - Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Yong-Chan Kim, Sorin Matei (2001). Storytelling neighborhood: paths to belonging in diverse urban environments. Communication Research, 28(4), 392-428. - Sorin Matei, Sandra Ball-Rokeach, Elizabeth Gutierrez Hoyt, Mary Wilson, and Jennifer Gibbs (2001). Metamorphosis: A multi-method research design for the study of communication technology and community. Electronic Journal of Communication. Vol. 11(2), [On-line]: www.cios.org |
| Books: | Sorin A. Matei (2004). Boierii mintii. Intelectualii romani intre grupurile de prestigiu si piata libera a ideilor. [The mind boyars. Romanian intellectuals between status groups and the free market of ideas]. Compania Publishing House, Bucharest, Romania. |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Hiking, Biking |
| Hobbies: | World War 2 History, Golden Age of Hollywood Movies, Big Band Music |
| Memberships: | •International Communication Association Student Member of the Board of Directors. Chair of Graduate Student Committee (1998-2000).
•Member of International Communication Association, Association of Internet Researchers, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). |
| Awards: | •Discovery Learning Center Seed Grant, Purdue University, 2004
•Motorola research Grant, 2004 •University of Kentucky College of Communication Faculty Award, 2002 •University of Kentucky Faculty Enhancement Award •Summer Research Fellowship, University of Kentucky, 2002 •Kettering Foundation Research Grant, 2002 •Top four faculty paper, 51st (2001) Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Mass Communication Division •Top three paper, Theory and Methodology Division, AEJMC 2001 Convention. •Top six student presentation, UCGIS Summer Assembly, 2000 •Top three paper, Western States Communication Association 2000 Annual Conference •Best graduate student paper, Annenberg School, 1997 •Outstanding Student Paper, Rochester Institute of Technology 1997 Conference: “Communication, Technology, and Cultural Values” •Soros Foundation scholarship (1992) • Fletcher School A. P. Vandoros Fellowship (1993). |
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C.C. Miller
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