Tracy L. M. Kennedy

Tracy L. M. Kennedy is a PhD Candidate at the University of Toronto, where she is completing her dissertation research entitled “The Digital Home in Canadian Context.” Her research is part of “The Connected Lives Project,” which uses quantitative and qualitative methods to examine the prevalence of the Internet in Canadian homes, and investigates the implications of the household Internet use on social interactions and relationships between household members. Currently, Tracy is researching rural Internet use in Chapleau Ontario, which has recently had high speed and wireless Internet implemented. She explores the socio-cultural implications of high speed Internet on local residents. Tracy has attended the Summer Doctoral Program at the Oxford Internet Institute and the University of Maryland’s annual WebShop. She is also a lecturer at Brock University and the University of Toronto on the subjects of media, cyberculture, information & communication technologies, education, family and gender.