Patricia G. Lange

Patricia G. Lange is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Annenberg Center for Communication at the University of Southern California. She holds a PhD degree in anthropology from the University of Michigan and a Masters degree in International Policy Studies from Stanford University. Her research combines theories and methods from cultural and linguistic anthropology to understand online interaction. Areas of interest also include gender, semiotics, film, and video. She has written extensively on issues related to identity performance and technical affiliation in online communities. Her current work involves semiotic analyses of video production, sharing, and reception on sites such as YouTube and in the video blogging community.