Veronika Tzankova is a Ph.D. candidate in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, having previously gained her M.A. from the School of Interactive Arts and Technology at the same institution. Her research is in the area of interactive technologies within contexts of social appropriation and democratic inclusiveness. Her work has been published in journals and books, and her research has also been presented at various conferences such as the Association of Internet Researchers and the Association for Cultural Studies (ACS) Crossroads.