Dr Victoria O'Meara

Dr. Victoria O'Meara researches and teaches about digital media cultures, platform-mediated labour, gender and technology. She holds a PhD in Media Studies from the University of Western Ontario and before joining the University of Leicester in 2024, she held a position as Post-Doctoral Fellow at Royal Roads University in the College of Interdisciplinary Studies. Her work draws from critical theory, media and cultural studies, and has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC, UK) and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC, Canada) Her research is published in venues like Social Media & Society, New Media & Society, and the International Journal of Communication, among others.