Gary Ritzenthaler

Current

• PhD student / Instructor at University of Florida

Past

• Instructor at Valencia Community College
• Web Developer at PUSH

Education

• University of Florida
• University of Florida
• State University of New York College at Oswego

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Industry

Online Media

Gary Ritzenthaler’s Summary

I am currently a PhD student in mass communication at the University of Florida. My current research explores the ways people use online social networks, in particular online communities where there is frequent interaction between members of an online community across both virtual and physical spaces. I am exploring how membership in an online community can motivate people enough to act, offline, in the same “physical” space served by the “virtual” space.

I have studied several different subjects in my academic career, doing undergraduate and graduate study in interactive media, information science, art history and design, history and philosophy. I have studied both applied technology and theory in these areas.

My study of interactive media has a long history and some of my work in online journalism and the Web goes back to the beginnings of the Web.

Gary Ritzenthaler’s Specialties:

Web design, development, and programming; social networks and social capital; social networks as online media; history of journalism on the Web; Facebook development; philosophy of new media

Gary Ritzenthaler’s Experience

• PhD student / Instructor

  University of Florida

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2007 — Present (2 years 11 months)

  Instructor for undergraduate lab classes in web design and related topics.