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Alison McKinlay
Research
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Ego Media
.Ego-Media , a 5-year ERC-funded Advanced Grant project on the impact of new media on self presentation, ran from 2014-19
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Interactions with health-related information online in people with migraine and epilepsy
Prof Leone Ridsdale & Dr Alison McKinlay reflect on their Ego-Media Project research nto how people with migraine or epilepsy interact with online media.
Project status: Completed
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Research methodology
Prof Leone Ridsdale and Dr Alison McKinlay discuss their methods for researching how people with epilepsy/migraine interact with relevant information online
Project status: Completed
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Benefits and uses of social media by people with epilepsy and migraine
Prof Leone Ridsdale & Dr Alison McKinlay discuss their research for the Ego Media Project – the benefits of social media
Project status: Completed
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Recommendations
Prof Leone Ridsdale and Dr Alison McKinlay outline the recommendations arising from the research for the Ego-Media Project
Project status: Completed
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Reflections on what we learned from the research
Prof Leone Ridsdale and Dr Alison McKinlay reflect on what they learned from their research for the Ego-Media Project
Project status: Completed
Research
![ego media](/ImportedImages/Schools/Artshums/AHRIpages/CHS/201718/ego-media.x1062662b.jpg?w=939&h=440&crop=780,440,80,0&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Ego Media
.Ego-Media , a 5-year ERC-funded Advanced Grant project on the impact of new media on self presentation, ran from 2014-19
![](https://kcl.ac.uk/siteelements/images/news-image-kings-logo-780x440.xe298f98f.jpg?width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Interactions with health-related information online in people with migraine and epilepsy
Prof Leone Ridsdale & Dr Alison McKinlay reflect on their Ego-Media Project research nto how people with migraine or epilepsy interact with online media.
Project status: Completed
![](https://kcl.ac.uk/siteelements/images/news-image-kings-logo-780x440.xe298f98f.jpg?width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Research methodology
Prof Leone Ridsdale and Dr Alison McKinlay discuss their methods for researching how people with epilepsy/migraine interact with relevant information online
Project status: Completed
![](https://kcl.ac.uk/siteelements/images/news-image-kings-logo-780x440.xe298f98f.jpg?width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Benefits and uses of social media by people with epilepsy and migraine
Prof Leone Ridsdale & Dr Alison McKinlay discuss their research for the Ego Media Project – the benefits of social media
Project status: Completed
![](https://kcl.ac.uk/siteelements/images/news-image-kings-logo-780x440.xe298f98f.jpg?width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Recommendations
Prof Leone Ridsdale and Dr Alison McKinlay outline the recommendations arising from the research for the Ego-Media Project
Project status: Completed
![](https://kcl.ac.uk/siteelements/images/news-image-kings-logo-780x440.xe298f98f.jpg?width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Reflections on what we learned from the research
Prof Leone Ridsdale and Dr Alison McKinlay reflect on what they learned from their research for the Ego-Media Project
Project status: Completed