Director of the Information Studies Research Lab at the University of California, Los Angeles
About
Diana L. Ascher is a co-founding principal at Stratelligence LLC and a co-founder of the Information Ethics & Equity Institute. She studies how people seek, prioritize, and trust information, often using data visualization to reveal how power and information flow through social networks. She brings more than two decades of experience as an analyst, editor, media director, and information strategist to her work at the intersection of information studies and the fields of behavioral science, finance, higher education, journalism, law, leadership, management, medicine, and public policy. Dr. Ascher earned a PhD in the Department of Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles; an MBA at the Peter F. Drucker Graduate School of Management at Claremont Graduate University; and a BA in public policy from Duke University as a recipient of the Benjamin N. Duke Leadership Scholarship.
Current Work:
Dr. Ascher's current research investigates: 1) the algorithmic turn in news organizations' social media activity (dissertation research); 2) hyper-vigilant information-seeking behavior in hospitals; 3) network analysis of neo-nazi hate speech on Twitter; 4) network analysis of tweets pertaining to the 2016 US presidential election; 5) translating data management priorities for information workers; 6) cognitive reflection and information-seeking behavior; 7) the ethics, economics, and politics of long-term genomic data management; and 8) information ethics with respect to identity, privacy, power, and freedom.
Research Area Keyword(s):
Information, access, networks, systems, journalism
