Michael S. Daubs

Michael S. Daubs is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Media, Film and Communication programme at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. He also serves as one of the co-directors of Kōtaha - The Internet, Social Media and Politics Research Lab (ISPRL) at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington in Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand.

He has presented at conferences in North America, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia, including SIGGRAPH, the annual conference for the Society for Animation Studies, the annual conference for the Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA), and the annual conference of the German Communication Association (DGPuK).

He earned his B.A. in Telecommunications (with a Psychology minor) from Indiana University (Bloomington) in 2000, an M.Sc. in Media Arts and Sciences from Indiana University (Indianapolis) in 2005, and a PhD in Media Studies from the University of Western Ontario in 2011 in London, Ontario, Canada. He has previously worked at the University of Western Ontario and Victoria University of Wellington, and as a Senior Policy Advisor at InternetNZ and as a Senior Policy Analyst for the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs.