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A Summary of Recent and Ongoing ResearchInternational Communication: Arctic Internet and Social Networking in the North
I am currently working on preparing segments of my dissertation for publication based onthe data collected while living in theCanadian Arctic. Elements of focus are Cybersecurity in theNorth, Social Networking in the Arctic, and the development of tools enhancing native-language useonline.
is work extends into the International Circumpolar through the development of portalslinking the Ainu in Japan with Inuit in both Nunavik and in Greenland. Two papers are initially planned, the first in collaboration with Barbara Endicott-Popovsky, director of the Center forInformation Assurance and Cybersecurity at the University of Washington, and the second paper works with Seattle and Montreal-based software developers and focuses on language preservationtechnologies enabling streaming video within Bebo and Facebook pages.
Digital Media and Distance Learning Design
My current position at the University of Washington is funded by a federal grant andinvolves designing New Media content for education and communication curriculum. Specifically, Iam creating immersive content by embedding flash video into PDF and Powerpoint files.
is mediaformat is designed to target multiple learning styles during distance learning.
e development of these projects is achieved through software workflow that I developedintegrating Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems and multiple software packages.
eresults are professional, exceedingly user friendly and very e
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ective at transmitting a maximum of information in a format engaging to the user. I am very interested in the synergy between mediaformats on the web, specifically combining streaming media, immersive distance learning, andinteractivity online, and am writing a paper on this workflow for submission to the Journal of Computer Mediated Communication. I anticipate that my academic and media production tutorialsand papers will be a consistent and fertile source of publications in the future. Examples of my work can be seen on the website I coded at www.timpasch.com.
Critical
eory of New Media, Cybersecurity and Constructing Online Identity
A research project in progress investigates the illusory nature of perfect privacy onlinethrough a detailed exploration of personal information that search engines currently archive.
is work continues through proposing that a conscious creation of online identity is a more appropriateand indeed, constructive option than the quest for total privacy. A detailed series of specific stepsinvolved in working with search engines towards constructing a positive online identity ensues,designed to create an e
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ective online profile that will emerge when the user’s name is searched.
Timothy James Pasch, Ph.D.
tpasch@u.washington.edu2603 Boylston Av E #2Seattle, WA 98102-3236206-391-0890
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