Dr Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon

• Research Fellow, September 2008 -

Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon graduated in sociology at the University of Barcelona. She came to Oxford as an MSc student, graduating with distinction at Lady Margaret Hall (2003-2004), and moved on to complete her DPhil in Sociology as a member of Nuffield College (2004-2007). Prior to coming to the OII, she held an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship in the department of Sociology (2007-2008). She is still affiliated to Nuffield College as a non-stipendiary Research Fellow.

Sandra is broadly interested in how new communication technologies shape the flow of information and how online networks influence exposure to ideas and debates. She is currently involved in research that explores how political discussion networks form and evolve in different online settings.

Research interests

Internet and political engagement, e-deliberation, structure and evolution of online networks, statistical models for network analysis

Contact information

Dr Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, 1 St Giles Oxford OX1 3JS, United Kingdom. Telephone: +44 (0)1865 287210 Fax: +44 (0)1865 287211 Email: enquiries@oii.ox.ac.uk

Taught courses

• Online Social Networks

• Social Research Methods and the Internet (Parts I and II)

Publications

• González-Bailón, S., Kaltenbrunner, A. and Banchs, R. (2010) The Structure of Political Discussion Networks: A Model for the Analysis of Online Deliberation. Journal of Information Technology 25 (2).
• González-Bailón, S. (2009) Opening the Black Box of Link Formation: Social Factors Underlying the Structure of the Web. Social Networks 31 (4) 271-280.
• González-Bailón, S. (2009) Traps on the Web: the Impact of Economic Resources and Traditional News Media on Online Traffic Flow. Information, Communication & Society 12 (8) 1149-1173.

Events

• Internet, Politics, Policy 2010: An Impact Assessment

  Thursday 16 - Friday 17 September 2010

Last updated on: 3 February 2010