A downloadable collection of my own research papers. I gratefully welcome any comments and critiques you have on these works, as it is such commentary which helps me grow as a writer and academic. Feel free to leave comments below or send comments to james at jdfielder dot com or james-fielder at uiowa dot edu.
Synthetic Democracy: Associations and Social Capital in Virtual Worlds
(Updated 14 March 2011) Presented at the International Society of Political Psychology 2008 annual meeting, Paris France, July 2008. Revised version under review for publication submission.
Dissent in Digital: The Challenge of Contemporary Information Communication Technology to Authoritarian States
(Updated 14 Mar 2011) Presented at the American Political Science Association Pre-Conference on Political Communication, Washington D.C., 1 September 2010.
Speculative Sovereignty: Internet Effects on Currency Volatility
(Added 26 Aug 2011) Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, 1 April 2011. Needs revision based on comments received at MPSA (particularly tightening my theory), but it will be some time before I can work on it again.
Dissent versus the (Online) Surveillance State: Measuring Authoritarian Control of the Internet
(Updated 26 Aug 2011) Accepted for presentation at the American Political Science Association annual meeting, Seattle WA, September 2011.
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