Welcome! This is the Website of Interactive Media Researcher and Designer, Lindsay Ems
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I am a graduate student at Indiana University in the Department of Telecommunications. My work fundamentally aims to achieve a better understanding of how varying styles of human media use can impact society. Of particular interest to me is atypical behavior like hacking, modding open source software use, etc.

Six years of work in advertising and endless hours using page layout and design software programs have helped spur my interest in digital media. This interest grew during the past couple of years as my work became more focused on building interactive media systems.

Now my work is moving towards a theoretical exploration of technological development and social application of digital media in the Information Age. Specifically, I'm interested how activities like the open source movement, hacker ethics and video game modding (to name a few) impact our larger social system. One could say that I am studying digital anarchy.