Hector Postigo
Temple University
Dept. of Broadcasting, Telecommunications & Mass Media
School of Communication and Theatre
Annenberg Hall
2020 North 13th Street
email: hector [dot] postigo [at] temple [dot] edu
Blog: I Shot The Cyborg
My research focuses on new digital media. Specifically, I study video game culture and online environments and I’m pursuing two lines of research. The first line of research focuses on value production on the internet. I was one of the first researcher to study video game fan communities that make valuable modifications to popular PC games (modders). I recently gave a talk on this topic at the Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. The second line of research is a study of social movements and their use of hacking and social networking technologies. My work on social movements is funded in part by the National Science Foundation.