Robertson, C. & Nyaupane, P. (2024). The stadium as sociotechnical change. International Journal of Communication, 18, 793-799.

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This article explores how stadiums are intricately networked with the built and social environments around them. They are technologies themsleves that change the relationships between the material and the sociocultural elements of their surroundings.

Shresthova, S., Sinker, D., Nyaupane, P., Madej, S., & Maclay, C. (2025). We Are Civic Media. Northwestern University Press.

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A commitment to participatory meaning-making, this book takes a human-centered approach to civic media; one that foregrounds lived experiences, struggles, concerns, solidarity, and aspirations of those who create and engage with civic media. 

Nyaupane, P., & Rojas, A. A. (2025). Kicking Error Out of the Game: Video Assistant Referee as Technosolutionism. International Journal of Communication, 19, 7-7.

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This analysis of VAR highlights that error isn’t simply a problem to be solved but a crucial component within a broader culture of technology and society that recursively builds on epistemological understandings of objectivity and solutionism. Given the global implementation of VAR, there is a reckoning for error to exist without the interference of technosolutionism, where joy is meant to be imperfect and not overturned because of technicality.

Cheong, P. & Nyaupane, P. Understanding normative tensions and epistemic divides in smart campus governance. Big Data & Society, 9(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517221092656

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Amidst an expansion of the "Smart campus," this paper explores student tensions and alternative data imaginaries of navigating datafication and IoT. Through an empirical investigation of student focus groups, the smart campus becomes a critical site for the negotiation of public life in an increasingly digital manner.  

Henderson, C. W., & Nyaupane, P. Cultural Extraction and Subcultural Resistance in US Professional Soccer: If You're Not Anti, You're Pro. In M. Turner & J.A.L. Ludvigesen. (Eds.) Social Control and Disorder in Football. (pp. 77-99). Routledge

Nyaupane, P. #WeAreAllMonkeys: Eating bananas as the intersection of hashtag activism and anti-racist solidarity. In. T.L. Rentner & D. Burns. (Ed.). Social issues in sport communication: You make the call. (pp. 132-140). Routledge. 

Kassing, J., & Nyaupane, P. “I just could not believe I was there”: An exploration on soccer pilgrimage. International Journal of Sport Communication, 12(2),167–184. https://doi.org/10.1123/ijsc.2018-0165