My research program centers on understanding "what goes wrong" when the Internet intersects with people and their relationships - examples such as communication breakdown in online communities, misuse of smart home devices amongst intimate partners, COVID-19 misinformation's insights for more effective information policy and addressing content moderation and online security issues in the global information ecosystem.

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I am interested in understanding why conflicts and tech misuse occur in tandem with developing impactful interventions to support victims and contribute to the design of safer and more equitable online infrastructures. 

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I'm most interested in contributing to teams and projects centered on real world impacts surrounding emerging tech abuse/misuse issues. 

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Please see a selection of my peer-reviewed empirical work below. 

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Neubauer, L., Li, L., Luna-Reaver, D., Knittel, M., Mariconti, E. & Tanczer, L. (2023, September 11-13).  Automatic Identification of Reports of Psychologically Abusive Behaviours in Online Forums [Paper presentation]. ECDV 2023: European Conference on Domestic Violence, Reykjavik, Iceland.

 

Knittel, M. (2023, September 11-13).  “I didn't expect the permissions to be a beast like they were”: The 'Black Box' of Intimate DataFlows in Internet of Things-Mediated Intimate Abuse [Paper presentation]. ECDV 2023: European Conference on Domestic Violence, Reykjavik, Iceland.

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Mitchell, K. M. & Knittel, M. L. (2023). Navigating the Role of LGBTQ+ Identity in Self-Disclosure

and Strategies Used for Uncertainty Reduction in Online Dating. The Journal of Sex Research. DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2023.2179009

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Knittel, M. & Wash, R. (2022). How an online health support community responded to the COVID-19 crisis. Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (3761-3770). Rertieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10125/79794 

 

 

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