Anna Marie Rezk, PhD Candidate
Anna Marie Rezk is a PhD candidate funded by SGSAH (AHRC), working in partnership with the BBC R&D. Her research explores user agency in the curation and creation of personalised news, with a focus on the role of generative AI in personalising individual’s news, and the dynamic this creates between users, journalists, and recommender systems.
Anna holds a MSc in Interactive Digital Media awarded by Trinity College Dublin and a BA in Journalism and Public Relations awarded by the University of Applied Sciences FH Joanneum (including a completed Erasmus semester at Northumbria University). Her professional background includes roles as a journalist, UX/UI designer, and web developer.
Research interests:
- User Agency
- HCI
- Personalisation and AI
- Media Studies