HE Qualifications

BA (Hons); MA By Research

Teaching:

Martyn teaches across a range of critical theory and practical units for the Lincoln School of Media undergraduate programs, as well as contributing towards the MA Digital Cultures module. His main research and teaching interests are in digital media, film and television, whilst specialising in the critical analysis of networked media technologies and digital cultures.

Research:

Martyn’s main research focuses on interactive, participatory, digital technologies and practices, exploring the emerging interrelationships between capital, labour, subjectivity and affect which have become prevalent within social media environments. He is an active researcher in his field and is currently embarking on a PhD project which interrogates the nature of subjectivity in online social networking services, representing a critique of wider developments to highly mediated, networked cultures in the context of global capitalism.

Recent research grants:

University of Lincoln MPhil/PhD Studentship

Recent Conference Papers:

Towards The Connected Capital, InterFace 2011, 3^rd International symposium for humanities and technology, UCL , July 2011

Power of the Multitude: Making Social Networking Work For You, University of Lincoln Post-Graduate Conference, EMMTEC, February 2011

Digital Profiling: The Accumulation of Personal Data in the Attention Economy, Paying Attention: Digital Media Cultures and Generational Responsibility, Linköping, Sweden September 2010