Student Information
Graduate Student
Journalism and Mass Communication
Cronkite School-Journ/MassComm
Long Bio
Doctoral candidate at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Earned a doctoral candidacy status after passing provisioned prospectus titled "Evolving in the shadows: A Netnographic Study of Illicit Communities on the Dark Web."
Moe's research interest areas are:
Dark Web research, Computer-mediated communications, critical cultural studies, special topics including LGBTQ+, health communication, advertisement and marketing research, popular culture studies, and sports communications.
Education
Ph.D. in Mass Communication and Journalism (Candidacy status - Dissertation in progress)
M.A in Strategic Communication with an emphasis on Public Relations
B.A in Communication, Arizona State University.
Research Activity
Research presentation at various conferences:
- Narratives of Fear, Panic and Sensationalism in COVID-19 News in the U.S., for a presentation as a poster at the 2021 SPSP Virtual Annual Convention.
- The End(chan) of Times: Apocalyptic Narratives of Good and Evil in the Semi-Dark Web for 72nd Annual International Communication Association Conference (2022).
- Chatting with #Ana and #Mia: Instagram community & Eating Disorder. In the 2022 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Detroit.
- Inspiration, Fairness, Cheating, and Transphobia: An Analysis of Tweets about Lia Thomas' NCAA Swimming Championship. In the 2023 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), Washington, DC.
- Social justice icon or unfair participation? A thematic analysis of media framing of Lia Thomas’ national championship. In the 73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference in Toronto, Canada.
- Evolving in The Shadows: A Media Ecology Study of Dark Web Social Networks. National Communication Association (2023). Washington DC.
Courses
2024 Spring
2023 Fall
Honors / Awards
Top poster presenter award at the 72nd International Communication Association (Paris, 2022) presenting research paper titled "The End(chan) of Times: Apocalyptic Narratives of Good and Evil in the Semi-Dark Web"