R.L. Bince
The global communications terrain is a minefield.
Navigating it means traversing politically inflamed topics, scandals, cultural and technological transformations, and the shifting sands of global trade policy. I help teams read the terrain, develop a strategy for crossing it, and handle challenges that emerge along the way.
R.L. Bince
Strategic Insights for Complicated Times
The global communications terrain is a minefield.
Navigating it means traversing politically inflamed topics, scandals, cultural and technological transformations, and the shifting sands of global trade policy. I use research-based insights, training and development skills to help teams read the terrain, develop a strategy for crossing it, and handle challenges that emerge along the way.
Scroll to the Projects section for a portfolio of frameworks, models, procedures, and case studies that I've developed to that end.
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PhD, Northwestern University, 2025
MA, Syracuse University, 2017
Projects
Effects of Infilitration on Digital Organizations
Using two case studies, I model how infiltration and security measures in crowd-enabled online organizations create a "security culture" with challenging organizational consequences.
This project was presented at two communication research conferences.
Tracking Social Influence at a Network Scale
By following several examples of international information warfare conducted online, I show how network analysis helps us understand how influence works on digital social media platforms.
This research article was published in Argumentation and Advocacy.
Digital Social Connection after COVID-19
Commonplace concerns about contagion during COVID-19 propelled “contactless” services from technological novelty to the ordinary way of doing business. As a result, digital technology solidified its position as mediator between humans who would otherwise experience face-to-face contact.
This article was published in Lo Squaderno.
Strike and Tangle: Crowds, Influence, and Digital Security
Exploring how two key digital brands—CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm, and CrowdTangle, a social analytics service—talk about their relationship to crowds helps explain the role of crowds in the digital world.
This article was published in Explorations in Media Ecology.
How Civil Infrastructure Affects Civic Engagement
By analyzing statistics from the Crowd Counting Consortium alongside geographic data from three U.S. cities, I demonstrate how civic engagement is influenced by transit network structures and the location of symbolically significant sites.
This project was presented at a national conference.
How Art Communities Can Stimulate Civic Engagement
Through ethnographic interviews of residents at "punk houses," I identify how avant-garde art networks can support activist mutual aid organizations.
This project was presented at multiple conferences and earned the National Communication Association's award for Top Master's Thesis.
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