I specialise in the study of digital activism, with a focus on five key areas:

(1) the use of social media by citizens to create and share acts of sousveillance (inverse surveillance);

(2) the ways in which digital media can be used to crowdsource crisis information;

(3) the use of new media to reduce sectarian tensions and promote better community relations in divided societies such as Northern Ireland. 

(4) Misinformation and disinformation on social media during contentious episodes

(5) Social media research ethics