Vitak

Jessica Vitak

Jessica Vitak, a second year CCT student, graduated from Elon University in 2002 with bachelor's degrees in Communications and Journalism. For the last five years, she has been living in Washington, D.C. and working as an editor for PR Newswire, the global leader in news distribution and monitoring services. In fall 2007, she left that position to join the Pew Internet & American Life Project as a research intern, where she collaborates on projects related to the impact of technology on society and blogs about current technology news. Her research interests are as varied as CCT: she spent a month in China during summer 2007 studying globalization and international media usage, but also enjoys the areas of computer-mediated communication and social media. Jessica will begin her Ph.D. studies this fall at Michigan State's Media & Information Studies program, where she plans to continue her focus on the impact of the Internet and new communication technologies on interaction patterns.