Keith Hampton

Professor

CA435, East Lansing, MI, 48823

(517) 432-6747

khampton@msu.edu

Biography

Keith Hampton, Ph.D., enjoys sharing and exploring new research across disciplines, and introducing students to the study of social network analysis. He is a focused teacher whose research-rich style brings concepts to life through the study of media and information theory and methods. Hampton studies community and the relationship between digital technologies, social networks, democratic engagement and the urban environment. A dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, Hampton received his doctor

Education

PhD, University of Toronto, 2001

PhD, Michigan State University, 1980

Publications

Hampton, Keith (2019). Social Media and Change in Psychological Distress over Time: The Role of Social Causation. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.

Marin, Alexandra & Keith Hampton (2019). Network Instability in Times of Stability. Sociological Focus 34(2).

Hampton, Keith and Barry Wellman. (2018). Lost and Saved… Again: The Moral Panic about the Loss of Community Takes Hold of Social Media. Contemporary Sociology 47(6), 643-651.

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