Research

PUBLICATIONS

Melton, B. “‘By Women For Women’ Communicating Gender Discourse in r/FemaleDatingStrategy”. [First Author Publication]. Feminist Media Studies. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14680777.2025.2453442

Botterill, J., Melton, B., Smith, K. “Ad Avoidance or Ad Clutter?”. The Political Economy of Communication. [Collaborator on project] [In Press]

RESEARCH WORK

Social Media Research Ethics. Graduate Research Assistant (Principal Investigator: Dr. Jacqueline Burkell, Western University). October 2022-Current.

Right to Repair. Graduate Research Assistant (Principal Investigator: Dr. Alissa Centivany, Western University). May- September 2022.

Course Developer. Graduate Research Assistant (Supervisor: Giulia Forsythe, CPI Teaching & Learning, Brock University). September 2021.

Gen Z’s Practices for Resisting Ads. Graduate Research Assistant (Supervisor: Dr. Karen Smith, Brock University). May 2020- May 2021.

iPads, Free Data and Young Peoples’ Rights: Refractions from a Universal Access Model During the Pandemic. Graduate Research Assistant (Supervisor: Dr. Karen Smith, Brock University). April 2021.

Popular Culture MA Curriculum Committee. Graduate Research Assistant (Supervisor: Dr. Marian Bredin, Brock University). Feburary-October 2020.

CREATIVE OUTPUTS

Melton, B. (2023, March 20). “Canadian Social Media Research & the Ethical Challenges Surrounding it”. [Guest Lecture] International Mass Communications, COMM 410, Penn State Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State.

Melton, B. (2022, March 10). “By Women For Women” Communicating Gender Discourse in r/FemaleDatingStrategy”. [Presentation] Mediations, Online. Watch it Here.

Brean, J. (May 31, 2021) “Red-pilling the Pink Pill: Why gendered vitamins have different priorities”. [Public scholarship] Oh! The Humanities, National Post. Read it Here.