Stephen Ostertag Associate Professor Department of Sociology Tulane University

Stephen Ostertag

Monroe Fellowship 2013

Biography

Stephen Ostertag is a sociologist at Tulane University who studies digital news making, organizing and mobilizations. His research examines the creation of a post-Katrina blogosphere; the motives to blog, the formation of digital networks and social ties, and movement to offline mobilizations and organizations.

Research

This project examined how bloggers formed online communities and their movement offline, over time.