Daniel Trottier

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Daniel Trottier
PhD Candidate
Department of Sociology
Queen's University

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Research Interests

I am interested in the connections between surveillance and new media devices, with a particular focus on social networking sites (SNS) like Facebook. In addition to completing my doctoral research on this topic, I am also organizing The Surveillance Project’s ongoing seminar series.

Education

  • Doctorate in Sociology (anticipated graduation May 2010)
    Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
    Dissertation: “Emergent Surveillances on Social Networking Sites”
    (Supervisors: David Lyon, Martin Hand, and Vincent Mosco)
  • Master of Arts in Sociology, Thesis Option (2006)
    Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
    MA Thesis: “Surveillance, Reality Television, and the Cultivation of Savvy Audiences”
    (Supervisors: Bart Simon, Valérie de Courville Nicol, and Anouk Bélanger)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Sociology (Honours) and Psychology (Major) (2004)
    McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
    Honours Thesis: “Juvenile Delinquency as a Form of Pro-Social Behaviour”
    (Supervisor: Lucia Benaquisto)

Publications

  • (draft) Trottier, D. (2009) “Towards a (Ubiquitous) Surveillance Account of Social Networking Sites.”
  • Trottier, D. (2006) “Watching Yourself, Watching Others: Popular Representations of Panoptic Surveillance in Reality TV Programs”, in How Real Is Reality TV?: Representations and Reality Television. D. Escoffery (ed.), McFarland and Company.

Teaching Experience

  • Teaching Fellow: “Surveillance and Visibility” Department of Sociology, Queen’s University (Winter 2009)
  • Teaching Fellow: “Sociology of Information Communication Technology” Department of Sociology, Queen’s University (Winter 2009)
  • Instructor: “Introduction to Criminology” Enrichment Studies Unit, Queen’s University (February 2009)
  • Teaching Assistant: “Introduction to Sociology” Department of Sociology, Queen’s University, Taught by Prof. Rob Beamish (Fall 2008 – Winter 2009)
  • Teaching Assistant: “Social Psychology” Department of Sociology, Queen’s University, Taught by Jason Pridmore (Fall 2007 – Winter 2008)
  • Teaching Assistant: “Introduction to Sociology” Department of Sociology, Queen’s University, Taught by Prof. Rob Beamish (Fall 2006 - Winter 2007)
  • Teaching Assistant: “Introduction to Society” Department of Sociology, Concordia University, Taught by Prof. Avi Goldberg (Winter 2005)
  • Teaching Assistant: “Sociology of Cyberspace” Department of Sociology, Concordia University, Taught by Prof. Bart Simon (Fall 2004)

Guest Lectures

  • “Social Networking and Everyday Surveillance”, for Prof. Martin Hand’s Sociology of Communication and Information Technology, Department of Sociology, Queen’s University (March 2008)
  • “Erving Goffman, Cyberselves, and (the return of) Social Networking”, for Prof. Jason Pridmore’s Social Psychology, Department of Sociology, Queen’s University (October 2007)
  • “Reality TV, Audiences, and Surveillance” For Prof. Shawn Berry’s Sociology of the Media, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University (November 2005)
  • “Mass Media and Society” For Prof. Avi Goldberg’s Introduction to Society, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University (April 2005)
  • “Reality TV, Audiences, and Surveillance” For Prof. Anouk Bélanger’s Sociology of the Media, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University (November 2004)

Selected Conference Presentations

  • “Theorizing Everyday Surveillance: Facebook and Ubiquitous Media” Panel presenter, Canadian Sociological Association 43rd Annual Meeting, Vancouver (June 2008)
  • “Theorizing Everyday Surveillance on Facebook” Panel presenter, Interface Colloquium 2008: Culture and Technology. Carleton University, Ottawa (May 2008)
  • “Theorizing Everyday Surveillance on Facebook: Assemblages and (Mutual) Augmentations” Panel presenter, Invisibilities: 3rd Annual Surveillance & Society Conference, Sheffield (April 2008)
  • “Social Networking Sites, Ubiquity, and Surveillance (2.0?)" Panel presenter at the Society for Social Studies of Science Annual Meeting, Montreal (October 2007)
  • "Towards a Ubiquitous Surveillance: Facebook and Peer-to-Peer Monitoring" Paper delivered at the Surveillance Project Seminar Series, Queen's University, Kingston (October 2007)
  • "Lateral Surveillance and Social Networking Sites: The case of Facebook" Panel presenter at "Towards a Social Science of Web 2.0" Conference, University of York, U.K. (September 2007)
  • "Social Networking Sites: A Surveillance Studies Primer" Panel presenter at "CITASA Mini-Conference 3.0", American Sociological Association (August 2007)
  • "Lateral Surveillance and Social Networking Sites: The Case of Facebook" Panel presenter at Sociology and Anthropology Graduate Student Association's annual conference, Concordia University, Montreal (March 2007)

Public Lectures and Media Engagements

  • Three-part series on social networking, by Liz Cook. CKWS 6 O’clock News, Wednesday, February 18th – Friday, February 20th, 2009
  • “Do you want Google tracking your every move?” by Josh Visser. CTV.ca, Sunday, February 8th, 2009
  • “Social Networking and Privacy” by Rita Celli, Ontario Today, CBC Radio One Ottawa, Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 12:30pm – 1:00pm
  • “The (sometimes ugly) truth is out there: The Internet has made our personal lives public – and we’re to blame, experts say” by Don Butler, Ottawa Citizen Monday, February 2nd, 2009
  • “Internet ‘Friends’: Fact, Fantasy, or Fear Factor”, Communications and Public Affairs Media Fellowship: Weird Wired World: Surveillance, Security and Society. Queen’s University, May 1st - 2nd 2008.
  • “The Spy Who Blogged Me: How we learned to stop worrying and love surveillance”, by Hal Niedzviecki, The Walrus, May 2008, pp. 36-42.
  • “Science et société - Les amis de mon ordi sont mes amis”, by Gaëlle Lussiaà-Berdou, Les Années Lumière, Radio-Canada (Première Chaine), Sunday, April 20th, 2008 12:15pm – 2:00pm.
  • “A lesson in integrity”, by Jordan Press, The Kingston Whig-Standard, Thursday, March 13th, 2008, p. 1-2.
  • “Facebook poses risk to privacy”, by Frank Armstrong, The Kingston Whig-Standard, Thursday, November 29th, 2007, p. 1, 8.
  • “Facebook and Online Surveillance: It Could Happen to You (and it probably does!)” Surveillance Awareness Week, Queen’s University, Tuesday, November 27th, 2007.
  • “Facebook and Surveillance”, thoughtcrime, CFRC 101.9 FM, Monday, November 26th, 2007.

Awards

  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship – OSAP (2007-2008)
  • Queen’s Graduate Award (2006-2007; 2008-2009)

Contact
Daniel Trottier
Macintosh-Corry Hall, C-501
(613)533-6000 x74680
5dt14@queensu.ca
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