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Nicole S. Cohen

Nicole S. Cohen is an associate professor at the University of Toronto. She is the author of Writers’ Rights: Freelance Journalism in a Digital Age, which received the 2017 Gertrude J. Robinson Book Prize from the Canadian Communication Association.

Murat Akser

Murat Akser worked as programmer at Toronto International Film Festival and as coordinator at Canadian Film Centre. As a cameraman he worked in major Hollywood productions and he is a member of IATSE International Cinematographers Guild and Canadian Academy of Film and Television.

Constance Crompton

Constance Crompton is an assistant professor and Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities in the Department of Communication at the University of Ottawa.

Alumni List

Name Thesis/MRP Supervisor Committee Member / Second Reader
Claudia Abate Pop Music as a Counter Culture? Hybrid Identities and the new Global Youth Bailey, Steven Murphy, Michael
Annamaria Aceto Mazepa, Patricia Mazepa, Patricia Mazepa, Patricia
Temilade Adebiyi Femvertising Meets Black Feminism: Inside Nike’s Feminist Aesthetic and Collaboration with Serena Williams Thompson, Cheryl Fresco, Estee
Renee Alleyn Cosmopolitan Nationalism and its Theoretical Application in Studies of the Canadian National Project Reisenleitner, Markus Bailey, Steven
Amina Ally Justin Bieber is Freaking Sexy!”:  An Exploration of Fangirl Desire and (Dis)Identification Using Schizoanalysis Campbell, Miranda Driver, Susan
Rawan Al-Wakeal Strengthening Canadian Identity Via New Design Interface:  MyTIFF-Festivals and MyTIFF-Learning for the Toronto International Film Festival Bailey, Steven Hayward, Mark; Pruska-Oldenhof, Isabella
Melissa Anderson Urban Sanctuary Assemblages:  A Case Study on Canada's Sanctuary City Movement Coombe, Rosemary Shields, John
Michele Anderson Sense of Place:  Finding a Place for Toronto Chinese-Canadian Diaspora in the Creative City Discourse Drache, Daniel Frolic, Bernard
Antonia Antonopoulos "Participatory Video" By and For BRAC Peer Educators Fletcher, Fred Evans, Barbara
Julia Aoki Revitalizing the Park:  Digging up Historical Narratives in Oppenheimer Eichhorn, Kate Marchessault, Janin
Catherine Argiropoulos The value of culture:  Culture and Municipal Policy in the city of Toronto Dowler, Kevin Zemans, Joyce
Aurore Coco Avolonto The Choice of Acculturation Strategies:  Intercultural Adaptation of International Students from Sub-Saharan African Francophone Countries in Ontario Walsh-Matthews, Stephanie Hayward, Mark; Garon, Francis
Olukayode Ayankojo Diasporic Community Cultural Identity and the Internet Blum, Alan Bailey, Steven; Prokopow, Michael
Loren Aytona The Kids Are (Not) Alright: Framing Canadian Young Worker Subjectivities Through Policy & Media Discourse Vosko, Leah Thomas, Mark
Daria Bagan Having the Best of Both and None of Any: Television, Popular Media and Social Representations of  The Working Woman Burwell, Jennifer MacLennan, Anne
Joseph Bahn Living With Culture: The "Creative City" and Toronto's Nuit Blanche Drache, Daniel Crichlow, Warren
Nicholas Balaisis Ethical Interventions: Italian Neorealism and Everyday Life Marchessault, Janine Mooers, Colin
Jennifer Ball Constructing & Representing Identities of Criminalized Popularities Cukier, Wendy Feldman, Seth; Skinner, David
Brenda Bannis Can Koudnet Help Reclaim Community Fisher, Caitlin Hyman, Belerie; Fletcher, Fred
Natalia Barykina Complicating Post-Soviet Urban Space: Theoretical Inquiry into Power, Architecture, Media and Social Space in contemporary Minsk Ingram, Susan Reisenleitner, Markus
Arianne Beauchamp Seducing Quebec Audiences: Looking into Quebec Film's Box-Office Boom at the Turn of this Century Elmer, Greg Marchessault, Janine
Katherine Bell News Coverage of the Pope's death Crow, Barbara Fletcher, Fred; Allen, Gene
Sabrina Bellissimo Marketing and Adversiting to Teenage Girls in the Social Media Age Gammel, Irene Campbell, Miranda
Andrea Benoit Cleaning Up: Reality, Responsibility and Relativity in The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty Bruce, Jean Crow, Barbara
Megan Berry N/A N/A N/A
Kris Bertram Decolonizing the Digital: Radio Spectrum in an Age of Neocolonialism Middleton, Catherine Slowey, Gabrielle
Michael Bickerton Strategic Storytelling: Challenging Dominant Metaphors of HIV and AIDS through Serial Television Drama Denisoff, Dennis Dowler, Kevin
Andrew Bieler Rhythmanalysis of Critical Mass: A Meeting Place Marchessault, Janine Dowler, Kevin; Kipfer, Stefan
Susan Bigelow Technologies of Perception: Miyazaki in Theory and Practice Marchessault, Janine Goulding, Jay; Bailey, Steven
Nis Bojin What Do We Learn When We Change the Way We Play? Augmenting the Computer Gameplay Experience Durlak, Jerry Herman, Andrew
Maya Boritz The Strategic Use of the Internet within Civil Society Organizations towards an Expanded Framework Crow, Barbara Alhassan, Amin
Allison Bottomley Art in the Neighbourhood - Public Culture and the Urban Environment Cohnstaedt, Joy Mooers, Colin
Allison Bowsher They're Gonna Put Me In The Movies: The Pop Music Soundtracks of the Conventional, the Unconventional and the Vampires Bailey, Steven MacLennan, Anne; Mooers, Colin
Frederique Bournot White Noise: Essay on Multiculturalism in the Canadian Racial and Cultural Imaginary MacLennan, Anne Fletcher, Fred; Pruska-Oldenhof, Izabella
Sheilagh Brasset Baudrillard's Last Man: The Necessity of Self-Satire for a Critical Spirit Bailey, Steven Rowland, Wade
Jennifer Breckenridge Evolution of Commodified Identity and its Resistance & Renegotiation Rowland, Wade Mooers, Colin
Natalie Brown Remote Witness: Google Earth and the Visualization of Conflict in Crisis in Darfur Viseu, Ana Elmer, Greg; Rowland, Wade
Roberta Brown Representations of the Female Serial Killer in Film Young, Suzie Fisher, Caitlin; Cukier, Wendy
Christene Browne The Cinematic Dreams of Black Female Protagonists Sanders, Leslie Bociurkiw, Marusya; Kazimi, Ali
Ren Bucholz Laws of Air and Ether: Copyright, Technology Standards, and Competition Coombe, Rosemary Skinner, David; Elmer, Greg
Tara Burke "Steal Away": The Commodification of the Black Gospel Choir Bowman, Rob Salter, Loira
Zoe Burke The meaning of murals: The role of public art in Canadian communities Campbell, Miranda /A
Jacquelyn Cain Representations of Memory in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Marchessault, Janine Trifonova, Temenuga
Iain Cameron Ambiguous City Space Marchessault, Janine Snyder, Don
Christopher Caruso Value-for-Signal: The Future of Television Broadcast Regulation in Canada MacLennan, Anne Bailey, Steven
Maria Casasfranco Family Engagement in the Development of Tablet Applications for Facial Expression and Emotion Recognition for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder Pruska-Oldenhof, Izabella Walsh-Matthews, Stephanie; Wong, Wendy
Hilary Chan Ready-Made Experience: Consumer Culture Coombe, Rosemary Hadlaw, Jan
Mahssa Chavoshi RYUReady: Building Online Communities Bailey, Steven; Pruska-Oldenhof, Izabella; MacLennan, Anne N/A
Michael Cheatley When Old Space Was News: Transformations in American Urban Form and Commercial Newspapers, 1890-1920 Moore, Paul Allen, Gene
May Chew Proximal Bodies: A Museological Journey from Distantiation to Collection Viseu, Ana Bailey, Steven
Kiera Chion Super Girls in China: The Performance of NeoLiberal Values, Desire and Alternative Temporalities Little, Ken Lee-Loy, Anne Marie; Crow, Barbara
Hanna Cho Untethering Social Capital: A case study in Wireless Community Networking Middleton, Catherine Crow, Barbara
Alan Chumley Milestones & Metrics: Toward The Economic Value of Public Relations Gillies, Donald Crow, Barbara
Ryan Clement Comic Worlds: American Comics, Japanese Manga and the Question of Globalization Fisher, Caitlin Wong, Wendy
Kristine Collins Locating the "Critical" in Media Education in Ontario Mazepa, Patricia Gillies, James
Rachel Crowe Intercultural Communication and the Internet: Exploring the Dissonance Between Canadian Online Communications Strategies and the Use Practices of Chinese International Students in Canada Middleton, Catherine MacLennan, Anne
Julia Cucci Reinventing Music: The Evolution of the Independent Artist in the Digital Era Gauntlett, David Robinson, Danielle
Emma Culpeper How to Succeed in Acting (After Much Trying…): Flexibility, Vulnerability and Social Capital for the Actor in a Liquid Modern Age Moore, Paul Slopek, Ed
Jesse Cumming Buffered: Livestreaming and the Social Implications of New Technology Marchessault, Janine Reisenleitner, Markus
Jessica Cwynar-Horta Documenting Femininity: Body-Positivity and Female Empowerment on Instagram MacLennan, Anne Coulter, Natalie; Langlois, Ganaele
Stephanie D'Lima Sharing Food With Strangers: The Potential Role Of Peer To Peer Food-Sharing Platforms In The Promotion Of Toronto's Alternative Food System Koç, Mustafa Fletcher, Fred
Candice D'Souza Popularizing Pedagogy: The Potential Role Of Peer To Peer Food-Sharing Platforms In The Promotion Of Toronto's Alternative Food System Crow, Barbara Khayatt, Didi; Mooers, Colin
Yolande Daley Visual Persuasion: Paparazzi and the Power of Photographic Reflections Little, Ken Gillies, Donald
Lauren Daniel Canada's Dark Secret: The Re-Emergence of Blackface Within Canada's Multicultural Nirvana MacLennan, Anne Dua, Ena
Heather Davis Imag(in)ing Colonial Landscapes: Nationalism and Amnesia Early Canadian Photography Tschofen, Monique Seaton, Beth
Patrick Dawson Star Stuff: An Exploratory Case Study of the Cosmos Television Franchise -- A Companion Paper to the Scalar Project Theophanidis, Philippe Elwick, James; Kemp, Dave
Eleni Deacon Evolving Mythologies of the Media: Digital Journalism in Contemporary Film Forsyth, Scott Allen, Gene
Scott Deeming Abandonware, Commercial Expatriation and Post-Commodity Fan Practice: A Study of the Sega Dreamcast Lessard, Bruno Brayton, Jennifer; Bailey, Steve
Michael DeJong Objectivity and the Kyoto Protocol: A Case Study of Newspaper Framing Fletcher, Fred Allen, Gene
Vanessa Del Carpio Layers of In-Between: On Women and Fashion Pruska-Oldenhof, Izabella Matthews, David; MacLennan, Anne
Monika Delmos Museums of Cultural Waste: The Garage Sale as a Locus of the circulation of Cultural artifacts Feldman, Seth Innes, Christopher
Lisa Dobbin The Pirate Party Movement: Charting a Course Toward Copyright Reform in the Digital Era Coombe, Rosemary Pedersen, Isabelle
Anne Doelman Looking Back to What Exactly? Understanding the Implications of Working with 15mm Home Movies in a Digital Non-Linear Editing Environment Elder, Bruce Wickens, Renate
Greg Dube The Street is Disgusting and Beautiful: The Meanings, Materials and Politics of Automobility Slopek, Ed Marchessault, Janine
Alexandra Duncan From the Street to the Gallery: A Critical Analysis of the Inseparable Nature of Graffiti and Context Hornstein, Shelley Eichhorn, Kate
Stephanie Dunlop After Merger Mania: The Effects of Canadian Media Concentration Skinner, David Crow, Barbara
Holly Dupej The Lyric Online: Re-envisioning a Genre for Digital Poetry Eichhorn, Kate Uppal, Priscila; Cain, Stephen
Susan Dupej Self-Representing Culture: Aboriginal Identities and Place Branding in a Canadian Tourism Context Coombe, Rosemary Slopek, Ed; Holmes, Teresa
Diana Edelhauser Escorts Online:Effects Of Policy On Sex Work Through Digital Spaces MacLennan, Anne Bailey, Steven; Coulter, Natalie
Elizabeth Edwards Brotherly Love: Remaking Homosexuality and Masculinity in Fan Fiction MacLennan, Anne Bailey, Steven; Rubenstein, Anne
Kelly Egan The Site of Sound: An Exploration of the E/Affects of Intermedia Texts Through Animated Sound Film Tschofen, Monique/Elder, Bruce Dowler, Kevin
Gary Ellis Toying with Us? Analysis of Gender and Race in Children's Television Advertisements Fletcher, Fred Gillies, Donald
Tesni Ellis Media-Making at Youville Centre: Voicing Young Mother's Agency Through Digital Storytelling in the Alternative Classroom Longfellow, Brenda Pruska-Oldenhof, Isabella; Schifellite, Carmen
Kirsten Ellison The Myth of Agelessness: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Agelessness in North American Anti-Aging Skin Care Advertisements Pedersen, Isabel MacLennan, Anne; Cody, Susan
Erin Elofson Evolving Media Richness Theory to Support the Communication Technologies of Today's Tomorrow Middleton, Catherine Crow, Barbara
Lucy Eskedjian Naturalizing Nature: The Use of Idyllic Tropes of Nature as Response to Risk on Environmental Advertising Bruce, Jean Cukier, Wendy
Fernando Espinosa De Los Reyes Cultural Corportism in Mexico: Approaching the Question of Intellectual Incorporation Mooers, Colin Skinner, David
Gabrielle Etcheverry Ediciones Cordillera: A Study of Chilean Literary Production in Canada Panofsky, Ruth N/A
Jacqueline Ewald "Water Should be for Life, Not for Profit": National Mythologies and Environmental Policy in the Case of Nestle Water-Bottling in Ontario Mooers, Colin Skinner, David
Karen Fernandes Democracy, Power and Decision Making: A Study of Ontario Municipal Board Decisions for Downtown Toronto 2000-2008 Salter, Liora Walsh, Philip; Bailey, Steven
John Fernandez Exploring Interactivity: Expanding the Performance Right for Sound Recordings in American Copyright Law. Coombe, Rosemary Ojo, Tokunbo
Edileia Figueiredo Motivating Political Participation Online: A case study of E-Participatory Budgeting from Brazil Elmer, Greg Skinner, David
Charles Finley The Palimpsest of Discourse: A Framework for Comparitive Urban Theory and Practise Tschofen, Monique Marchessault, Janine
Rebecca Fisseha Translation as Experience: Haddis Alemayehu's Fikir Iske Megabir Panofsky, Ruth Adem, Teferi (Ctre for Race & Ethnic Rels); Mukherjee, Arun
Ian Fitzgerald "A simple story for simple people.": Current Trends in the Hollywood Romantic Comedy as a Film Genre Fogarty, Mary Moore, Paul
Laura Flanagan Mothering on Instagram Friedman, May O'Reilly, Andrea; Pruska-Oldenhof, Izabella
Susan Flavelle Leave it to the Men: Representations of Gendered Power and Authority in Television Advertising MacLennan, Anne Moore, Paul
Gregory Flemming Television and Psychoanalysis: A Laconian Model of Television and its application. Dowler, Kevin Herman, Andrew
Matthew Flisfeder Globalization, Postmodernism and Public Space: A Visual Study of Yonge - Dundas Square Berland, Jody Dowler, Kevin; Shields, John
Victoria Floyd Play me a Story: Personal Narrative Development in the SIMS 2 Jensen, Jennifer Crow, Barbara
Keith Flynn Lucian Influence on Abstract Expressionism Hornstein, Shelley Zemel, Carol
Rebecca Foley "Crazy B****": Discriminatory Language, Radio Censorship, Regulation, and Enforcement Policies in Canada MacLennan, Anne Bailey, Steven; Walsh-Matthews, Stephanie
Laura Fox Thinking In Networks: The Interactive Documentary as a Tool for Social Change Langlois, Ganaele Longfellow, Brenda; Pruska-Oldenhof, Izabella
Naomi Fraser Expressions of Resistance: An Investigation into Aesthetics, Social Movements and Change Crow, Barbara Shields, John
Alla Gadassik Hybrid Art in Motion: Live-Action and Animation Elder, Bruce Feldman, Seth
Adrianne Gaffney Consumption and Belonging in the Era of Neo-Tribalism Gillies, Donald Siegel, Arthur
Teisha Gaylard Canadian Digital Television: The CRTC's Licensing Framework and Canada's Broadcasting Policy Objectives Siegel, Arthur Gillies, Donald
Amanda Graham Lost and Unfounded: Revealing Disappearances in the Art of Oscar Munoz Tschofen, Monique Marchessault, Janine
Océane Nyela Braided Archives: Black hair as a site of diasporic transindividuation Langlois, Ganaele Monique Tschofen; Davis, Andrea
Olga Grass Interactive Branding and Consumer Identity: Me.com Mooers, Colin Ripley, Louise
Matthew Greaves The Fetishism Of The Ipad Ruggles, Myles Slopek, Ed; Bailey, Steven
Hyacinth Greville Genealogy of the Royal Ontario Museum Gillies, Donald Fletcher, Fred
Marc Griebel On "Inextricable Links" and "Innovative Bridges":  Tracing the Multiscalar Conjunctures and Generative Possibilities of Repatriating Crop Genetic Resources as Indigenous Biocultural Heritage Coombe, Rosemary McAllister, Carlotta
Susan Grossman The Role of media in sustaining capitalist hegemony: A critical review Mooers, Collin; Mazepa, Patricia Crow, Barbara
David Groundwater The New Cryptographers Coombe, Rosemary Baskoy, Tuna
Richard Grunberg Communicating the Concept Durlak, Jerome Fletcher, Fred
Jade Guthrie Thorncliffe Community Market: Developing a 'Sense of Place' for Female Newcomers in Marginalized Neighbourhoods Koç, Mustafa Riesenleitner, Markus
Stephanie Guthrie Narratives of Quality and Conflict: Media Studies in the Ontario Secondary Curriculum Gillies, Donald Mazepa, Pat; Trott, Elizabeth
Zena Haberman Meaningful Fiction: An Approach For Appreciating The Book in a Visual Culture Tschofen, Monique Feldman, Seth
Haidi Hall Print Media Charaterizations of Low Income Communities in Toronto:  The Branding of Jane and Finch Mazepa, Patricia Alhassan, Amin
Abu Faiz Haque Invisibility of Visible Minorities: A Community Perspective McCullough, John Morbey, Mary Leigh; Tschofen, Monique
Brooke Harrison Jerry Lewis and Victorian Liminality Pomerance, Murray Keil, Charles
Sarah Harrison Having the Straight Edge: The Politics of the Straight Edge Subculture Gillies, Donald Marchessault, Janine
James Harrison An Archaeology of Terror(ism) in Hollywood Film Pomerance, Murray Forsyth, Scott
Ziaul Hasan Objectivity and Partiality in Primetime News Coverage of National Elections in 2018 and 2019 by Public Channels in Canada and Bangladesh MacLennan, Anne Heynen, Robert
Alex Hayter Be the Bad Guy: Roleplaying Human Rights Abusers in Newsgames Jenson, Jennifer Bailey, Steven
Talson Henderson The Uncanny in Modernity and the Techne of Anipaint Bell, Shannon Slopek, Ed
Dylan Hennessey The Future of Security: The Impact of the Anti-terrorism Act on Canadian Media Mazepa, Patricia Mooers, Colin
Abigail Henry Digitality and its (Dis)Contents: Rediscovering Caribbean Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age Coombe, Rosemary MacLennan, Anne; Ford-Smith, Honor
Jamaliah Henry #BLACKLIVESMATTER; New Media, Democracy And The Digital Public Sphere Hadlaw, Jan MacLennan, Anne
Jeffrey Heydon Fetishizing Fictions: An Investigation into the Use of "race" in Television Sports Advertising Fletcher, Fred Gillies, Donald
David Hibbs Individualised Environmentalism(s): The Deadly Sins of Environmental Organizations Walsh-Matthews, Stephanie MacLennan, Anne; Dowler, Kevin
Mary Higgins Transitions in Political Communication: Opening and Closing Publics Mazepa, Patricia Drache, Daniel
Samantha Hodder Documentaries and Broadcasting in the Canadian Context Feldman, Seth McCullough, John
Jaigris Hodson A Tangled Web: Public Reason, Web 2.0 and a New Definition of Action for Participatory Technologies Drache, Daniel Crichlow, Warren; Crow, Barbara
Eben Holmes Gameplay, Simulation, and the Aesthetics of Contingency Pomerance, Murray Lessard, Bruno
Jeannine Holwill The Cult(ure) of Charity and the Myths of Free The Children Alhassan, Amin Viseu, Ana; Naghibi, Nima
Guy Hoskins The Efficacy Aggregator; Avaaz.org as Transnational Public Space Drache, Daniel Baskoy, Tuna
Megan Humphrey Framed: Mainstream Media Coverage of Anti-Globalization Protesters in Seattle and Miami Crow, Barbara Skinner, David; Shields, John
Mike Hunter Something in the Water: Hegemonic Roots of Cape Breton Culture[s] Seaton, Beth Slopek, Ed
Sadia Husain Mediating Public and Private Interests: A Casy Study of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection Cohnstaedt, Joy Crow, Barbara
Aaisha Islam The Lost Generation of Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCC): Stories of Loss, Longing, and Belonging Pelkey, Jamin Ingram, Susan; Winland, Daphne
Andrew Jacob Legal McLuhanism in Practice: Decontextualization in Barrick Gold Corp v. Lopehandia Coombe, Rosemary Skinner, David
Preethi Jagadeesh Of All Places: The Making of an Essay Film for the Interrogation of ‘Home’ Through Diasporic Experience Ng-Chan, Taien Naghibi, Nima; Pruska-Oldenhof, Izabella
Jay Jameson The Ideal of Telepresence in Mediated Communication: The divergent frames of video-calling interaction and face-to-face communication Hadlaw, Jan MacLennan, Anne
Jovana Jankovic The Media Politics of Privacy and Memory: A Study of Surveillance Video in Contemporary Narrative Cinema. Trifonova, Temenuga Lessard, Bruno
Robyn Joffe This Far, But No Further: Questioning the "Bromance" Trope in Contemporary Film and Television McCullough, John Hayward, Mark; Burwell, Jennifer
Paula John Gendering the Nation: Joyce Wieland's Representation of Canada as Feminine versus the Masculine State Pruska-Oldenhof, Isabella Levin, Laura
Jose Johnson-Cami I, Author? A Filmmakers Critical Exploration of His Authorship Schifellite, Carmen Longfellow, Brenda; Muzzattii, Stephen
Julie Johnston Understanding Challenges to Social Inclusion in Mixed-Income Housing Communities: A Case Study of Knowledge Mobilization and Knowledge Transfer (KM/KT) in Regent Park Shields, John Baskoy, Tuna
Christopher Jones The Nature of Hate Propaganda on the Internet in Canada Cohnstaedt, Joy Fletcher, Fred
Dayna Jones Bird-Women: A Brief History MacLennan, Anne Bailey, Steven
Genevieve Kang The Importance of Nutritional Literacy and the Significance of Product Packaging in Food Choices Schifellite, Carmen Koç, Mustafa
Michael Keshen Making Kinections: Understanding and Exploring the Kinect for Xbox 360 Jenson, Jennifer Lessard, Bruno
Sharmeen Khan Amplifying Action Oriented Media Pedagogy: Identity, Access and Social Change in Community Radio Skinner, David Mazepa, Patricia
Grant Kien The Digital Story: Analyzing Binary Code as a Cultural Text O'Neill, John Crow, Barbara, Burwell, Jennifer
Bradley King Postmodernity with Chinese Characteristics: Representing Transnational Urban Space in Beijing Dowler, Kevin; Tschofen, Monique (2nd Sup.) N/A
Mary Kitchen Actor Engagement: The Theory and Practice of Monologues Innes, Christopher Fothergill, Robert
Ya-Yin Ko Interrogating the One Laptop per Child Project Alhassan, Amin Crichlow, Warren; Viseu, Ana
Jiaxin Koh What's Eating Signapore? Longfellow, Brenda Pruska-Oldenhof, Isabella
Caroline Kolombos Convergence and Corporate Public Image Burwell, Jennifer Crow, Barbara
Anabel Khoo The Emergent Political in Two-Spirit, Queer and Trans People of Colour (2-QTPOC) Media Driver, Susan Little, Ken; Noble, Bobby
Tesfaye Kumsa Media, Human Rights and Development in Ethiopia Alhassan, Amin Dowler, Kevin
Randall Kapuscinski Alton Memories MacLennan, Anne Bailey, Steven; Marchessault, Janine
Martha Ladley [Tentative] Research and Design Methods for Mobile Platforms Slopek, Ed Durlak, Jerome
Benjamin Landau Transcending Cultural Barriers: An Exploration of Third Culture Theory through the Case Study of Sharhythm Magazine MacLennan, Anne Bailey, Steven
Ganaele Langlois Online Journalism and the Public Sphere: A Discourse Analsis of three Newspaper Web Sites Fletcher, Fred Smith, Joyce; Allen, Gene
Anne LeMesurier The Growing Culture of Youth Unemployment Drache, Daniel Shields, John
Yee-Man Janice Leung From crowdsurfing to crowdsourcing: Production, consumption, and the shifting music fan experience in a mobile, networked era. Crow, Barbara Bailey, Steven; Elmer, Greg
Yingning Lin The Rise of Consumer Society in China Seaton, Beth Gillies, Donald
Ariella Linovski Media's Representation of National Identity During Armed Conflicts Weiser, Keith Ruggles, Myles
Erika Loic Memory, Geometry, and the Films of Robert Breer Elder, Bruce Feldman, Seth
Joana Londono Lovers and Bananas: Hollywood and the Exotization of Latin American 'Magic' Tschofen, Monique Forsyth, Scott
Paul Longhurst Addressing the New Enclosure: Land Grabs and the Food Crisis in a Globalized World Drache, Daniel Kitzmann, Andreas
Roberto Lopez Life After Sport: providing transitioning athletes with the resources needed for success after sport MacLennan, Anne Coulter, Natalie ; Reed, Daryl
Melanie Love Communicative Action and Corporatisation: Human Needs and Health Care Systems Rowland, Wade Bailey, Steven
Janet Loveday Creativity Needs Space Innes, Christopher Zemans, Joyce
Andrea Luc Hit "XX" to Reproduce Gender Binaries: An Exploration of Access, Skill, and Gaming Identities Among Pre-Adolescents Jensen, Jennifer Boyd, Jason
Kailing Ma Transformation: Aspects of the Contemporary Mediascape in China Fletcher, Fred Gillies, Donald
Le-Le Mac Chinese Canadian Identity and Film Nijhawan, Shobna Bailey, Steven
Isabel Macdonald The Haiti Coup 2004: The Propaganda Model & Canadian Press Sources Skinner, David Mooers, Colin; MacDermid, Robert
Jacinda Mack Remembering Ista: Nuxalk Perspectives on Sovereignty and Social Change Dion, Susan (Educ) Seaton, Beth; Barndt, Deb
Erin MacKeen The Myth of Technological Salvation: Posthuman Promises for the Future and the Invisible Present of Techno-Evolution Tschofen, Monique Mooers, Colin
Jessica-Ursula Malkin The Womb-Not-Womb O'Neill, John Slopek, Ed
Mamta Manhas Creating Third Spaces: A podcast project analyzing transformative resistance and identity formation among South Asian artists in the Greater Toronto Area. Driver, Susan Pelkey; Hirji
Rosemary Marchant The Artist Trading Card Movement: An Expression of the Curatorial Me Bailey, Steven Singer, Yvonne
Valerie Marchant Reflection on the Memorialization of the Canadians who died serving in World War One Mooers, Colin Rowland, Wade
Monika Marescaux Web of Spies: Database Marketing, Informational Security and the Internet McNally, David Mooers, Colin
Bezdek Mark An analysis of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica crisis based on best suggested crisis communication strategies Akanbi, Opeyemi Shtern, Jeremy
Nicole Markowich Shifting Standards and Practice at the CRTC: Planned, Inadvertent or Accidental. The Implications for a Changing Regulatory Environment on Canadian Broadcasting Gilles, Donald Siegel, Arthur
Hana Marku The Implications of the Internet on Civic Identity in Kosovo Drache, Daniel Allen, Gene; Feldman, Seth
Daniel Marrone Between Panels: Nostalgia in the Work of Daniel Clowes Panofsky, Ruth Mooers, Colin; Ingram, Susan
Sascha Marschang Neue Heimat or Temporary Dwelling Place? Hybridity on Migrant Websites in Germany Slopek, Edward Alhassan, Amin
Nino Marshania Georgian Diaspora Online Bailey, Steven Rowland, Wade
Sara Martel Transformative Politics in Consumer-Capitalism: Critically Constructing the Political Subject Mooers, Colin Seaton, Beth; Fletcher, Fred
Bassel Martin Ashley at UrbanArts: Popular Theatre and Personal Growth Among Youth in Toronto Rudakoff, Judith Slopek, Edward; Crow, Barbara
Jennifer Martin Avatar Interaction: Online Identity and the Effects of Visual Technologies Crow, Barbara Bailey, Steven; Jensen, Jennifer
Frederick Matern The Discourse of Civilization in the Works of Russia's New Eurasianists Plekhanov, Sergei Bell, David
Jeremy Mathers Hidden Power: Atomic Energy Documentaries at the National Film Board of Canada Feldman, Seth Moore, Paul
Melanie McBride Massively Multiplayer Marginalizations: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Claims of Advanced in the Works of Gee, Steinkuehler and Squire Nolan, Jason Jenson, Jennifer
Robin McCullough Notes from the Field: Translation, Inscription, and the Materiality of Communication in Silvicultural Practice Berland, Jody Fitzpatrick, Blake; Viseu, Ana
Brenda McDermott The Exhibition and Reception of Newsreels and Topical Films in Toronto During World War I Allen, Gene Morris, Peter
Lucinda McDonald The Meaning of "E-": Language, Technology and Society Crow, Barbara Embleton, Sheila; Bailey, Steven
Caitlin McKinney Making Out on the Internet: Interpreting Popular Photographs on Afterellen.com Driver, Susan MacLennan, Anne; Parsons, Sarah
Cameron McMaster The Protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions in Canada using Intellectual Property Rights Salter, Liora Craig, Carys
Erica Melamed Are You Really There? The Mediatized Experience of the 21st Century Concert-Goer Maclennan, Anne Crow, Barbara; Bailey, Steven
Jessica Mende From the Tongues of Good Intention: A Critical Look into the Articulated Experiences of Work and Study Abroad in Southern Environment Alhassan, Amin Haig-Brown, Celia
Maria Menegakis Representation, Race & Riches; Profit Driver use of Ethnic Stereotypes in the Media MacLennan, Anne Shtern, Jeremy; Gakas, Athanasios
Lanjuan Meng The Phantom Public Sphere and its Problems: An Inquiry into Neoconservative Ideology and the Political Value of the Aesthetic Dimension Slopek, Edward Tschofen, Monique
Tamara Miller Digital Activism: Free The Children and Youth Online Crow, Barbara Alhassan, Amin; Murphy, Michael
Theadora Mills Postmodernity with Chinese Characteristics: Representing Transnational Urban Space in Beijing Schifellite, Carmen Neverson, Nicole
Lesley Model Indian Myths and Legal Realities: The New Age Appropriation of Indigenous Imagery Coombe, Rosemary Fletcher, Fred
Sara Mohr Making the Trail: Politics of Identity, Place and Nature in British Columbia Coombe, Rosemary Viseu, Ana
Aidan Moir Transient Vogue: The Commodification and Spectacle of the Vagrant Other MacLennan, Anne Bailey, Steve; Muzzatti, Stephen
Marcos Moldes Unfabulous? Alternative Media and the Politics of Representation Bruce, Jean MacLennan, Anne; Skinner, David
Jon Montes N/A N/A N/A
Andrew Alexander Monti Comparative Electoral Hortatory Language 1993-1994: Jean Chretien and Silvio Berlusconi Mazepa, Patricia MacLennan, Anne; Mooers, Colin
Samantha Moonsammy Surfing Under Palm Trees: The Internet and Everyday life in Barbados Crow, Barbara Alhassan, Amin; Middleton, Catherine
Sheila Moore The Transformation of News: From Public Good to Cash Cow? Skinner, David Rowland, Wade
Ana Rita Morais New Technologies and the Transition to personal Public Speres: Exploring the Circuit of the Mobile Device use Model Crow, Barbara Viseu, Ana; Pedersen, Isabel
Lisa Morgan Identities in Motion Crow, Barbara; Shields, John (2nd Sup.) Fletcher, Fred
Rhianna Morris The Constructed Real: How Fashion and Advertising Shape Personal Identity Marchessault, Janine Tschofen, Monique
Abidah Murji Western Media Image vs. Lived Cultural Reality: A Portrait of the Modern Iranian Citizen Fletcher, Fred Shields, John
Zahra Nader Can Facebook help Afghan women to gain political inclusion? Shannon Bell N/A
Samita Nandy Theorizing Kineticism in Cyberbodies: Embodiment and Sexuality in Cyberspace O'Neill, John Marchessault, Janine
Eva Nesselroth Sublimating the Message: Substance and Meaning in New Media Communication O'Neill, John Herman, Andrew
Gagan Nijjar Changing The Face Culture Of Hockey: The National Hockey League And Anti-Racism Policy Fresco, Estee N/A
Hiromi Noguchi Transnational Divorce: The Experiences of Immigrant Japanese Mothers Oikawa, Mona Anderson, Karen; Moore, Paul
Lisa Norton Educational and Promotional Elements of Branded Prescription Drug Websites Directed to Canadians Lexchin, Joel Rowland, Wade
Clare O'Connor Pedagogies of Space: The Contestation of Vari Hall Berland, Jody Rebick, Judy
Katie-Lynn O'Connor The Serial Killer as Celebrity Deviant, Cultural Commodity and Other Macabre Representations of Jeffrey Dahmer Muzzatti, Stephen McCullough, John
Caitlin O'Donovan From Clicks to Cash: Audience Participation and the Recapitalization of Broadcast Using Cross-Platform Entertainment Elmer, Greg Davis, Charles
Akane Ogiso Kawaii Curse: Japanese Millennial Working Women and their Negotiation with Gender Performativity Coulter, Natalie MacLennan, Anne
Heather Olsen-Seabourne National Property: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven, Reproduction, Industrialization and Canadian Landscape Painting Eichorn, Kate Marchessault, Janine
Magdalena Olszanowski Microfeminine Warfare: Exploring Women's Space in Electronic Music Nolan, Jason Fisher, Caitlin
Esho Oyindamola Oluwasey Beyond Africa as Aesthetic: Exploring Nigerian Afrobeat(s) as a Liberative Tool Simpson, Hyacinth Mecija, Casey; Medovarski, Andrea
Christian Oquendo Exploring the Frontiers between Communication & Non-Communication with Mexian Society Ruggles, Myles Skinner, David; Dowler, Kevin
Katrina Orlowski Asinabka Views: Place, Cultural Memory, and Documentary Practice Pruska-Oldenhof, Izabella McNab, David; Longfellow, Brenda
Karol Orzechowski Under the Flag? Identity and Nationalism in Canadian Rodeo Mooers, Colin MacLennan, Anne; Evans, Barbara
Josh Overbeek The Soul of the Corporation: Authenticity and the Socially Responsible Employee MacLennan, Anne Coulter, Natalie
Asiamah Alfrieda Owusu Covid-19 Related Misinformation on Social Media in Ghana: A Case of Two Selected Bloggers on Instagram Elmer, Greg Langlois, Ganaele
Evren Ozselcuk Realist, Surrealist, Real-ist: Exploring Three Voices of Critique Trhough the Works of Luis Bunel and Louis Althusser Tschofen, Monique O'Neill
Christian Oquendo Exploring the frontiers among communication and non communication: Exclusion, Conflict, and discursive Interactions about Maize within Mexican society Ruggles, Myles Skinner, David
Shoshana Palatnik Nasa's Space Shuttle Program: Risk Assessment, the Normalization of Deviance, and Irrational Decision-Making McArthur, Dan Bailey, Steven
Danielle Paroyan A Public Relation Approach to Post-Soviet Nation Building Skinner, David Fletcher, Fred
Cortney Pasternak Media Discourses of Women in Conflict Zones: (Mis) Representations of Palestinian Women Alhassen, Amin Crow, Barbara
Jason Peng Time is Money: The Role of Local Governments Schifellite, Carmen Sears, Alan
Delmy Xiomara Peraza-Torres Refugee Political Transnationalism in El Salvador: The Role of Local Governments Goldring, Luin Shields, John
Malve Petersmann Mindy is Missing and Stephen is Home: Lost and Found Pet Posters as a Form of Micro-Communication in an Urban Space Marchessault, Janine Mooers, Colin
Pablo Petrucci Cornergig: A New Media Experiment:  Understanding New Media, Music, and Local Experience Bailey, Steven Fletcher, Fred; Van Der Bleek, Robert
Jaigris Phillips (Hodson) Web 2.0 A Case Study: New Information Technology and Public Reason Drache, Daniel Crichlow, Warren
Daniel Pillai Reclaiming the "Local" Through the "Foreign": And Analysis of Contemporary Bollywood Cinema Sapra, Rahul Drummond, Lisa
Marcelina Piotrowski Matter as Movement: Exploring the Role of Movement in Henri Bergson and Bruno Latour Janine, Marchessault Elmer, Greg
Shelagh Pizey-Allen Activating Space: Listening to Toronto Soundwalks Berland, Jody Blake, Art
Cassandra Poley Sexually Transmitted Communication: Getting Between the Sheets with Technology Pruska-Oldenhof, Isabella Bell, Shannon; Bailey, Steven
Robert Price The Taxpayer: A Simmelian Analysis of the Taxpayer as a Social Type and an Analysis of Taxpayer Discourse Blum, Alan Shields, John; Burke, Mike
Mark Profiti How Surveillance Capitalism Dismantles Democracy: Big Data and the Threat Against Agency Jonathan Obar Bailey, Steven
Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof Cinema of Rapture: the Rhythms of Flesh in Ecriture Feminine and Experimental Cinema Elder, Bruce Feldman, Seth; Longfellow, Brenda
Sylwia Przezdziecki Bridging the Gap: Stories and the Search for Family History: Stories and the Search for Family History Panofsky, Ruth Podnieks, Elizabeth
Susan Quail Conceptions of the Body in Obesity Epidemic Discourses Sears, Alan Podnieks, Elizabeth; Mooers, Colin; Driver, Susan
Erin Queck Masculinity and Space: Why Men Love Man Caves: Why Men Love Man Caves Hornstein, Shelley Tschofen, Monique
Fatima Quraan Las Meninas (The Ladies in Waiting): Where does "She" Exist? A Preliminary Suggestion for Construction an Ontological Space for the Feminine Pantev, Boris; Bailey, Steven Pelkin, Jamin; Friedman, May
Mahshid Rafiei Images: Context, Encounter and Communication Singer, Yvonne Elder, Bruce; Pruska-Oldenhof, Izabella
Sahar Rahmani The Conscious Revolution of Mind/Body Integration Through the Re-Feminization of Culture Elder, Bruce Small, Holly
Christina Raimondo The New Advertainment Elmer, Greg Ruggles, Myles
Ryan Ram Canada Loses: Discourse Surrounding Moments of Loss in Canada's National Winter Sport Neverson, Nicole MacLennan, Anne
Rekha Ramachandran Inter-action: An Intermedia Representation of the Construction of Self in Multicultural Spaces Pruska-Oldenhof, Isabella Naghibi, Nima; Longfellow, Brenda
Kayla Ramlochand Digital Gaydar; Locating and being located online and off Middleton, Catherine Ruggles, Myles
Jessica Ranger A Paradigm Shift: Consolidation of Canada's Communication Industries Baskoy, Tuna Skinner, David
Priya Rehal Navigating Transcultural Identity and Post Colonialism through Steampunk and Cosplay MacLennan, Anne Coulter, Natalie
Valeria Duarte Reyes We Are Because We Create. The Importance Of Creativity In Rehumanizing Ourselves And Others Gauntlett; David N/A
Pamela Rice Who Has Time to be Online?: Staying Informed of Learning and Debates in the New Media Public Sphere Moore, Paul Rowland, Wade
Teresa Ritter Aboriginal Peoples and Broadband Technology: An analysis of the gap between community expectations and the iniatives funded by Canadian Governments Middleton, Catherine Cohnstaedt, Joy; Krogh, Kari
Rebecca Roberts "Re-moderning" MOMA: Space, power, discourse Zemans, Joyce Hudson, Donna
Eve Robertson 'A Cultural Object Analysis of Nameplate Earrings Fogarty, Mary Alcedo, Patrick
Christian Robinson Next to Normal? Interrogating the Idea of the Abnormal Body Bailey, Steven Slopek, Ed; Bell, Shannon
Rodrigues- Beaudoin The Medium "Echoes" The Message: The Use of Nahuatl "Amate" Paper through Two Artistics Lenses Longfellow, Brenda Pine, Lila; Pruska-Oldenhof, Izabella
Alex Rogalski Indopunk Evans, Barbara Slopek, Edward
David Ross Digital Literacy: E-reader and Educational Technologies for Children Hadlaw, Jan Bailey, Steven
Rebecca Rouse Woyzeck Fisher, Caitlin Innes, Christopher; Mason, Jean; Sapra, Rahul
Aimee Roy The Word on the Street is "Festivalization": A Case Study Shields, John Skinner, David
Caitlin Russell What 'Heather Picks' for Canada: An Analysis of the Current Bookselling Industry Panofsky, Ruth Cohnstaedt, Joy
Effifa Russo Minorities in the Media: An Analysis of South Asian Representation in Contemporary Sitcoms MacLennan, Anne Jamal, Amina
Steve Ryder Cracking Visual Skulls: Enumerating and categorizing player narratives of interpersonal conflict in the massively multiplayer online game, World of Warcraft, as a basis for pedogogical and social change in virtual game and community design Singer, Yvonne MacLennan, Anne
Boke Saisi Black Diasporic Disasters and the Africanization of Poverty in Western print media: A case study of Hurricane Katrina and the Haitian Earthquake in the New York Times Robinson, Danielle Mooers, Colin; Anderson, Karen
Esther Sampson From One Place to an 'Other': Meanings, Ideologies, Identities, and Representations on the Covers of Japanese Self-Help Translations Pelkey, Jamin Theophanidis, Philippe; Goossen, Ted
Maria Samur Cyberactivism in Practice: A study of online strategies employed by Adbusters and rabble.ca Drache, Daniel Crow, Barbara
Anne-Marie Santerre Dance And Invisible Disablity: How Mental Health Issues Can Be Represented Through Dance Robinson, Danielle Steven, Bailey
Ryan Scheiding "Those Poor Civilians of Raccoon City": The Collective Memory & Allegorical References to Atomic Bomb Victims in Resident Evil MacLennan, Anne Bailey, Steven
Peter Schmidt Constructing Imperial Hegemony in American Media Culture Mooers, Colin Mazepa, Patricia
Steven Schnoor Ideology and Technology of the Third Reich: IBM and the Final Solution Mooers, Colin Hanke, Bob
Brendan Scott Neo-liberalism and Democratic Alternatives Elmer, Greg Mooers, Colin
Yukari Seko Online Suicidal Mumurs: Analyzing self-distructive discourses in the blogophere Elmer, Greg Kitzman, Andreas; Middleton, Catherine
Andrea Shabbar And You Thought I Was Powdering My Nose: Women's Washroom Graffiti Barndt, Deb Snyder, Don
Samantha Sharp Tinder: The Perversity of the Swipe Shtern, Jeremy Coulter, Natalie
Shon Shum Cultured meat or frankenfood? A study of the normalizing and transforming discursive processes at work in the cultural politics of “meat”. Pelkey, Jamin Hadlaw, Jan
Elliot Silverstein Media Melee: The Emergence of the Internet as a Political Vehicle in Canadian Election Campaigns Fletcher, Fred Shields, John
Jennifer Sipos The Right Road: Finding the Freedom to Create An Exploration of the Prison Metaphor in Select Autobiographical Accounts of the Creative Process Elder, Bruce Fletcher, Fred
Christopher Smith Publicity: Notes on the Politics of Public Space in the Postmodern Cityscape Marchessault, Janine Dowler, Kevin
Julian Smith Reunion: Duchamps, Cage and Ludology Gammel, Irene Korrick, Leslie; Bailey, Steven
Sasha Smith Does Your Hair Matter? Black Women and the Meaning Their Hair Has for Them Persram, Nalini Pruska-Oldenhof, Izabella; Parsons, Sarah
Abbas Somji Visible vs. Invisible Minorities: A Study of Toronto Newsrooms Davis, Charles Callison, Darcey
Efstathia Spathara Targeted Advertising Through Surveillance of Social Media Users' Activities and Interests Elmer, Greg Zwick, Detlev
Douglas Spielman Immaterial Labour and the Law of Value: On the Theoretical Grounding of the Immaterial Labour Thesis and the Continued Relevance of Marx's Theory of Value Skinner, David Bailey, Steven
Elisabeth Springate Networks of Resistance: Digital Media, Storytelling, and Acts of Resistance to Sexual Assault Crow, Barbara Mooers, Colin; Murphy, Michael
Milena Stanoeva Hate Watching Trash TV: Intersection of Class and Anti-Fandom Bruce, Jean Bailey, Steven; MacLennan, Anne
E. Charlotte Stevens Chasing Semiotic Rabbits: The Proliferation of Meaning in Doctor Who Fanvids Brayton, Jennifer Bailey, Steven; Lessard, Bruno
Michael Stiavnicky Stop! Hey, What's that Sound?: A Critical Re-Examination of the Socio-Political functions of 1960's Popular Music in America MacLennan, Anne Wekerle, Gerde
Kerilee Stone Medication Meditation Driver, Susan Jenson, Jennifer; Fisher, Jennifer
Marisol Suarez Saiz The Cultural Evolution of Celtic Patterns Schwarz, Judith Gillies, Donald
Abigail Suissa Rising from the Ashes: Gender, power and agency in Game of Thrones Walsh-Matthews, Stephanie Pelkey, Jamin
Whitney Sweet #FatWomenAre Callison, Darcey MacLennan, Anne; Uppal, Priscila
David Synyard Imag (e) ining the self in Self-Portraits and Selfies: The self as Media and Sexual Object Zryd, Michael Rogers, Ken
Stedman Tabiri Postmodernism and Black Masculinity: A Short Film based on Spatial Experience Thompson, Cheryl Gauntlett, David; Coulter, Natalie
Taha Taha Media and Development Communication in Syria: The Restructuring of Syrian Media Alhassan, Amin Skinner, David
Nicholas Taylor Playing by the books: Working out the Dichotemy Between "Learn and Play" Jensen, Jennifer Slopek, Ed
Matthew Tegelberg Tourism, Representation and Lonely Planet Cambodia: A critical discourse analysis. Alhassan, Amin Edward Slopek, Patricia Mazepa
Emma Thompson Left Out: A Revealing Look Into the Everyday Fashion Choices of Individuals With Mobility Disabilities MacLennan, Anne Reisenleitner, Markus; Halifax, Nancy
Brigid Tierney An Urban Encounter: Affect, Aesthetic, and the Poetics of Public Portraits Marchessault, Janine Tschofen, Monique
Filip Tisma The Sick Environment: Cities, Mobility, and Mental Health Elder, Bruce Callison, Darcey
Sonja Touesnard Workplace 2.0: How Worker Productivity Is Shaped Through Office Design MacLennan, Anne Fletcher, Fred; Shtern, Jeremy
Monique Twigg The Impact of TRIPS on UNDP Information Technology, Programmes and ICT Diffusion in Latin America: Policy Alternative Shields, John Coombe, Rosemary; Seaton, Elizabeth
Sara Udow The Global Roots Oral History Project:  An Arts-based Storytelling Project Exploring Themes of Place, Food and Culture in Multiethnic Cities www.globalrootsstories.thestop.org Barndt, Deb Marchessault, Janine
Peter Unwin The Black Art: Ink and the Biological Origins of Communication Pruska-Oldenhof, Isabella Fletcher, Fredd
Deepa Venkatesa F se Feminism Longfellow, Brenda Pruska-Oldenhof, Isabella
Robyn Verley Queer Expression from the Anglophone Caribbean Diaspora: An Analysis of Queer Diasporic Artistic Expression by Staceyann Chin and Lawrence Graham-Brown Hayward, Mark Neverson, Nicole
Caroline Verner Locating Cyberpunk within the Cinema of Resistance: Visions of the Popular and the Postmodern Forsyth, Scott McCullough, John; Bell, Shannon
Iris Verschuren The depth of the urban palimpsest: exploring layers and processes of change in cities Reisenleitner, Markus N/A
Sophia Goshulak Figuring Webcomics as Alternative Digital Archives: A Research Creation Project Gammel, Irene Fisher, Caitlin; Coulter, Natalie
Sophia Vlahos Missing in Representation Aboriginal Recipes and Culinary Practices in Canadian Cookbooks Koç, Mustafa McCullough, John
Annie Vong Heidegger on the Phone:  An Ontological Inquiry of the History of Telephony between 1900-1990 Bailey, Steve Pruska-Oldenhof, Isabella
Jordan Waldman The Digital Divide and Social Inclusion:  Media Literacy for Older Adults MacLennan, Anne Bailey, Steven
William Wallace Breaking the Cycle of Poverty:  A Kitchener-Waterloo Case Study Elmer, Greg Latham, Robert; Hayward, Mark
Lauren Marguerite Walter Don’t Be A DNB: An Analysis of Ronda Rousey’s Gender Performance in the Sport Media Neverson, Nicole Fresco, Estee
Randall Walter Racial Profiling of Blacks Living in the Greater Toronto Area Fisher, Caitlin Tator, Carol
Jing Wang Individual Exposures to History:  Examining Individual Existence in Postmodern History through Postmodern Cinema Marchessault, Janine Forsyth, Scott
Robert Washburn The Future of Journalism Online:  A Case for e-journalism Fletcher, Fred Skinner, David; Middleton, Catherine
Joshua Weale Canadian Style Healthcare:  The Media Portrayals of Canada's Healthcare System during the US Health Reform debate of 2009-10 Cukier, Wendy Theissen, James
Tamar Weinstein The Trouble With Journalism: Mainstream News, Current Affairs and the Case of The Fifth Estate at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Elmer, Greg Heynen, Rob
Jessica Weisner (Moore) Representations of Motherhood:  A Critical Discourse Analysis of Vegan Mommyblogs Podnieks, Elizabeth O'Reilly, Andrea
Daniel Wiley Media Development, Information Operations, and the Liberal Peace Latham, Robert Mazepa, Patricia; Mooers, Colin
Arlene Williams The Political Economy of Communication and the Policy Communities Approach:  Connecting Critical View of the Media to Post-Pluralist Analyses fo the Policy Process Salter, Liora Dowler, Kevin; Johns, Carolyn
Cheryl Williams Courting the Child Consumer:  The Role of the Nineteenth Century Press in Children's Commercial Enculturation, 1835-1900 Moore, Paul MacLennan, Anne
Lesley Williams Manoeuvring the Peacemaking Myth:  Canadian New Media Reports in the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan Mazepa, Patricia Whitworth, Sandra
David Williamson The Impact of the Freemium Economic Model on Virtual Play Spaces Pelkey, Jamin Jenson, Jennifer
Catherine Wilshire Modes of Listening and their Implications to Audience Experience of Orchestral Concerts, with a Case Study of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra Bailey, Steven MacLennan, Anne; Moore, Paul
Deborah Wilson Consumer Culture, Gender & The Construction of The Female Shopaholic Brayton, Jennifer Siegel, Arthur
Alison Withers Recipes of a Nation:  Themes of Canadian National Identity in Anita Stewart's Canada Coulter, Natalie Koç, Mustafa
Jess Woods Human Computer "intra-action" in New Media Literacy Viseu, Ana Rowland, Wade
Mark Woods Outrageously Political:  "The Use of Queer Theory and Camp in the Subversion of Heterosexist Action Adventure Film" Denisoff, Dennis Longfellow, Brenda
Kristin Wozniak Perceiving Democracy:  Exploring the Democratic and Community Development Potential of Student Newspapers on University Campuses Fletcher, Fred Cukier, Wendy
Lan (Sheila) Xu Changes in China's Media Since Economic Reform Allen, Gene Seaton, Beth
Zhicong Yang From a Case Study to see the changes in Chinese Television Industry in the new century Feldman, Seth Mooers, Colin
Nikki Yeboah Poverty Inc:  An Investigation into the Commodification of Poverty Alhassan, Amin Skinner, David
Cindy Yip Contribution of Asian Dance to the Conception of Canadian Identity Cohnstaedt, Joy Odom, Selma
Dan (Angela) Yu Chinese Television Reform Allen, Gene Seaton, Elizabeth
Wenjun Zhang Canada and China: A Case Study of Selected Film Co-Productions Cohnstaedt, Joy Mooers, Colin
Sandra Zichermann Realistic Promises? Or Unrealistic Goals? Canadian Government's Response to Romanow's Health Care Funding Initiatives Fletcher, Fred Shields, John
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Samantha Abel Let's talk about your weight": How fatphobia manifests in therapy Friedman, May MacLennan, Anne; Gingras, Jacqui
Ahmed Abul Press Freedom and Democracy in Bangladesh: A Study of Press Regulations Fletcher, Fred Cukier, Wendy; Drache, Daniel
Samuel McCready Playing and Making History: How Game Design And Gameplay Afford Opportunities For A Critical Engagement With The Past Jenson, Jennifer Boyd, Jason; Smith, Bryan
Murat Akser N/A Feldman, Seth Drache, Daniel; Fletcher, Fred
Christopher Alton Zombies, Phallic Monsters, and Rocket Launchers:An Examination of Gender Representations and Simulations in the Resident EvilSeries N/A Langlois, Ganaele; McCullough, John
Pamela Andrews Somatic Anacrusis: An Experiential Poetics of Deborah Hay's Choreography and Practice in the Solo At Once Bailey, Steven Robinson, Danielle; Levin, Laura
Susan Ashley Museum Renaissance? Revisioning 'publicness' at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto. Cohnstaedt, Joy Mooers, Colin; Prokopow, Michael
Nicholas Balaisis Seeing for the First Time: Cinema Spectatorship, the Public Sphere, and the Making of Cuban Revolutionary Subjects Zryd, Michael Dowler, Kevin; Marchessault, Janine
Ann Barrow Homeless on the Range: Masculinity and The Orphan Myth in the American Western, 1950–1990 Feldman, Seth Cameron, Evan; Leonard, Gary (UT)
Andrew Bieler Exhibiting Climate Change: An Examination of Thresholds of Arts-Sciences Collaborations in the Context of Learning for a Sustainable Future Marchessault, Janine Barndt, Deborah; Crichlow, Warren
Kelly Bronson Framing the Debate: How Scientism in the language of the law binds public-biotechnology engagement Berland, Jody Ruggles, Myles; Imhotep, Edward
Roberta Buiani Viral Culture(s): An Investigation into the cultural lives of Computer Viruses Marchessault, Janine Tenhaaf, Nell; Elmer, Greg
Darcey Callison Dancing Masculinity for Hollywood: The American Dream, Whiteness and the Movement Vocabulary within Hollywood's Choreography for Men Crow, Barbara Forsyth, Scott; Elder, Bruce
Alex Chalk Producing Play: The Political Economy of "Actual Play" Media Jenson, Jennifer; Dubois, Louis-Etienne Langlois, Ganaele; Bailey, Steven
David Clifton A Lexicon of Force: Framing Language and Television News Coverage of the 2003 War in Iraq Drache, Daniel Fletcher, Fred; Allen, Gene
Nicole Cohen N/A Mazepa, Patricia Vosko, Leah; Ross, Stephanie
Michelle Coyne This Project Can Be Upcycled Where Facilities Are Available: An Adventure Through Toronto's Food/Waste Scape Moore, Paul Skinner, David; Bailey, Steven
Constance Crompton Making the Modern Man: Eugen Sandow and Muscled Masculinity Janzen, Lorraine Lightman, Bernie; Braun, Martac
Trevor Cunnington Schadenfreude, Villainy, and Empathy: the Ideological Life of Media Representations of "White Trash" McCullough, John Forsyth, Scott; Prokopow, Michael
Michael Curran One Nation Under the Market: Mediated Narratives of the 2008 Crisis in America Bailey, Steven Moore, Paul; Dowler, Kevin
Brady Curlew Play/Counterplay: The Cultural Politics of Digital Game Modification Marchessault, Janine Crow, Barbara; Elmer, Greg
Patricio Davila Visualization as Assemblage: How Modesty, Ethics, and Attachment Inform a Critical Design Practice Marchessault, Janine Fisher, Caitlin & Hadlaw, Jan
Joshua Dittrich Geosonics: Bodies, Instruments, Interfaces Cecchetto, David Marchessault, Janine
Lai-Tze Fan Pre | Digital Liminalities: A Hermeneutics of the Intermedial and Materiality in the Print Intermedial Novel Tschofen, Monique Reisenleitner, Markus; Fisher, Caitli
Naomi Fraser 'We are all connected': internationalism, communication and Canadian identity Berland, Jody Shields, John; Isin, Ergin
Anna Friz The Radio of the Future Redux: Rethinking Transmission through Experiments in Radio Art Bailey, Steven Fisher, Jennifer; Marchessault, Janine
Amir Ganjavie Contemporary Hollywood and the Spirit of Hope: America, Celluloid, and the Desire (mis)called (dis)Utopia Bell, Shannon Marchessault, Janine; McCullough, John
Tyrone Hall Global Narratives & the Vulnerable Frontiers: A Critical Assessment of Global Climate Change Communication Processes & Traditional Retentions MacLennan, Anne Bailey, Steven; Ojo, Tokunbo; MacLennan, Anne; Tegelberg, Matthew; Skinner, David
Milan Hanan The Media-Foreign Policy Relationship: Pakistan's Media Image and U.S. Foreign Policy Fletcher, Fred Cukier, Wendy; Drache, Daniel
Daniel Harley The Politics of Consumer VR: Framing Contemporary Virtual Reality Jensen, Jennifer Nolan, Jason; Mazalek, Ali
Alison Harvey N/A Crow, Barbara Coombe, Rosemary; Jenson, Jennifer
Jaigris Hodson Followers, Users and Friends: Technology, Participation and Organizational Stories on the Google, Facebook, and Twitter Blogs 2006–2011 Drache, Daniel Cukier, Wendy; Fletcher, Fred
Steve Jankowski The Trouble with Knowing: Wikipedian consensus and the political design of encyclopedic media MacLennan, Anne Obar, Jonathan; Hadlaw, Jan
Lianrui Jia Cooptation, Collusion Contestations; Development, Regulation and Globalization of Internet in China Middleton, Catherine Elmer, Greg; Ojo, Tokunbo
Constance John The evolution of the Canadian Film industry in Quebec (1968–1983) Cohnstaedt, Joy Shields, John; Sauvageau, Florian
Jon Johnson Pathways to the Eighth Fire: Mapping Indigenous Knowledge in Toronto McNab, David Fletcher, Fred; Angus, Lynne; Newhouse, David
Naveen Joshi Arranged Identities: Second Generation South Asian Canadians in Shaadi.com Crow, Barbara Dua, Enakshi; Coombe, Rosemary
Aleksandra Kaminska Mediating Poles: Media Art and Critical Experiments of the Polish Site, 2004–2009 Marchessault, Janine Trifonova, Temenuga; Eichhorn, Kate
Lewis Kaye Hearing Space: The Social Architecture of Aural Experience Myles Ruggles Herman, Andrew; Marchessault, Janine
Mirah Jennifer Kirshner American Girl: A Critical Inquiry Into Dolls, Childhood, and Consumer Culture Podnieks, Liz Bailey, Steven; Cowdy, Cheryl
Gregory Klages Representative (of) Democracy: The Rise and Decline of the Keynesian Era in Canadian Visual Arts Policy (1941–1984) Salter, Liora Mooers, Colin; Nelles, Viv
Helmut Klassen "Life As It Is" A Renovation of the Project and the City Elder, Bruce Marchessault, Janine; Tschofen, Monique
Christine Korte Refusing the End of History: The Politics and Aesthetics of FrankCastorf’s Volksbühne Bailey, Steven Bailey, Steven; Dowler, Leslie; Slopek, E; Hadlaw, Jan; Mueller, G; Siegal, M
Irena Knezevic Discourses of Privatization and Industrialization: Agricultural Changes in the Former Yugoslavia Fletcher, Fred Coombe, Rosemary; Shields, John; Koç, Mustafa
Duncan Koerber Communication as Mobilization: The Development of Newspaper-based Political Parties in Upper Canada, 1820–1841 Allen, Gene Fletcher, Fred; Skinner, David; Allen, Gene
Kaitlyn Kribs From Piracy Panic to Platform Praise (and Back Again): Digitization’s Impact on Making, Moving, and Monetizing Music in Canada Campbell; Miranda Bailey, Steven; Skinner, David
Alysse Kushinski The Potential of Leaks: Mediation, Materiality, & Incontinent Domains N/A Hadaw, Jan; Marchessault, Janine; Straw, Will; Bell, Shannon; Bailey, Steven; Bunch, Mary
Martha Ladly Eros, Women, and Technology Elder, Bruce Fisher, Jennifer; Jenson, Jennifer
Andrew Laing A Critical Evaluation of the Methodological Underpinnings of Agenda—Setting Research, and a New Media Approach Fletcher, Fred Davis, Charles; MacDermid, Robert
Ganaele Langlois N/A Crow, Barbara Bailey, Steve; Elmer, Greg
Sabine Lebel The Life Cycle of the Computer: A Study in the Materialities of Risk Berland, Jody Fitzpatrick, Blake; Prokopow, Michael
Steven Logan Modernist Urbanism in the Age of Automobility: Producing Space in the Suburbs of Toronto and Prague Berland, Jody Marchessault, Janine; Keil, Roger
Bryn Ludlow "What makes a great story?”: Multidisciplinary and International Perspectives On Digital Stories By Youth Formerly In Foster Care In Canada. Flicker, Sarah Crawford, Allison; Bailey, Steven
Monica Macdonald Producing the Public Past: Canadian History on CBC Television, 1952–2002 Fletcher, Fred Cohnstaedt, Joy; Heron, Craig
Shana MacDonald Between Frames: Feminist Experimental Media 1960–2010 Marchessault, Janine Longfellow, Brenda; Levin, Laura; Zryd, Michael
Timothy MacNeill Culturally Sustainable Development: Maya Cosmovision, El Centro Pluricultural Para la Democracia, and The Idea of Development Ruggles, Myles Alhassan, Amin; Spotton-Visano, Brenda
Heather Maguire Airwaves & Waterways: Mobile Networks, Information & Communication Technologies Crow, Barbara Middleton, Catherine; Adelson, Naomi
Sara Martel Seeing Invisible Subjects: The Biopolitics of Perinatal Loss Photograph Murray, Stuart Bailey, Steven; Davidson, Deborah
Victoria McArthur Me, Myself, and I(nterface): An Analysis of Character Creation Interfaces and Affordances in Massively Multiplayer Online Games Jenson, Jennifer Bailey, Steven; Nolan, Jason
David McIntosh Globalization, Networks and Audiovisual Spaces: Shifting Representational Relations in Canada, Mexico and Argentina Longfellow, Brenda Shields, John; Drache, Daniel
Brianna Wiens Moving with Stories of "Me too.": Towards a Theory and Praxis of Intersectional Entanglements MacLennan, Anne Danisch, Robert; Marchessault, Janine
Caitlin McKinney The Cultural Politics of Digital Media in Queer Archival Contexts Driver, Susan Noble, Bobby; Eichhorn, Kate
David Meurer Network Narrative: Prose Narrative Fiction and Participatory Cultural Production in Digital Information and Communication Networks Fisher, Caitlin Tschofen, Monique; Coombe, Rosemary
Aidan Moir Punk, Obamacare, and a Jesuit: Branding the Iconic Ideals of Vivienne Westwood, Barack Obama, and Pope Francis MacLennan, Anne Hadlaw, Jan; Bailey, Steve
Alla Miroshnichenko Multi-Modal Game Design as a Medium of Digital Communication Jenson, Jen Gelb, David; Wakefield, Graham
Tanner Mirrlees Cultural Mediations of American Empire Mooers, Colin Forsyth, Scott; McNally, Dave
Aimee Mitchell Amateur Itinerant Filmmaking in 1940s Ontario: A Case Study in the Role of Activists in Preserving Marginal Cinema in Canadians Local Archives Zryd, Michael Marchessault, Janine; Moore, Paul
Ravindra Mohabeer Looking at "made up" girls: Linking girls, life skills and media education A., Goodrum, Crow, Barbara; Jensen, Jennifer
Janice Nathanson From Praxis to Theory: Expanding and Enriching Social Marketing Seaton, Beth Ruggles, Myles; Tschofen, Monique; Fletcher, Fred
Bahar Nasirzadeh A Genealogy of Consumer Surveillance: From the First Public Market to Eaton’s Department Store to Amazon Elmer, Greg Langlois, Ganaele; Latham, Robert
Evren Ozselcuk Turkey's Internal Other: Embodiments of Taşra in the Works of Orhan Pamuk, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and Fatih Akin Tschofen, Monique Antze, Paul; Arat-Koç, Sedef
Amanda Oye “Reimagining Public Service Broadcasting News for the Digital Age.” Skinner, David Ojo, Tokunbo; MacLennan, Anne
Helen Papagiannis Augmented Reality as a New Medium: Remediation and Novel Form Fisher, Caitlin Murphy, Michael; Marchessault, Janine
Felan Parker Playing Games With Art: The Cultural and Aesthetic Legitimation of Digital Games Jenson, Jennifer Dowler, Kevin; Zryd, Michael
Nancy Paterson Bandwidth is Political: Reachability in the Public Internet Murphy, Michael Durlak, Jerry; Fletcher, Fred
Jonathan Petrychyn Networks of Feeling N/A Straw, Will; Bociurkiw, Marusya; MacLennan, Anne; Bailey, Steven
Richard Pope Stupid is: Traversing the Sinthome as the Goal of Cultural Psychoanalysis Marchessault, Janine Hyashi, Sharon; O'Neill, John
Scott Preston Horror and Reenchantment: A Supernatural Genre in a Secular Age Marchessault, Janine Bailey, Steven; Tschofen, Monique
Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof Why Film, Why Freud, Why Now: The Revolt and Politics of Cinema in Digital Age Elder, Bruce O'Neill, John; Picchione, John
Ian Robinson Cartographic Projections of the City: Avantgarde Cinema and the Production of Locality Marchessault, Janine Bailey, Steve; Hayashi, Sharon
Laurence Robitaille Capoeira as a resource: Multiple uses of culture under conditions of transnational neoliberalism Coombe, Rosemary Robinson, Danielle; Little, Kenneth
Philip Rose Pragmatism not Idealism: Radiohead, Technology, and the Global Movement for Change. Bowman, Rob Marchessault, Janine; MacLennan, Anne
Richard Rosenbaum Consciousnesses is Story-Shaped: Mapping Isomorphic Structures of Narrative and Human Cognition Pekler, Jamin Walsh Matthews, Stephanie; Ciabatta, David
Wade Rowland Ethics and Artificial Persons: Structural Impediments to Ethical Behaviour in Modern Information Media Seaton, Beth Noble, David; Mooers, Colin
Jennifer Louise Meness Message in the Smoke: Spirit Acts of Transfer, Liminality, and Embodied Relationships in Contemporary Powwow. Koleszar-Green, Ruth Crow, Barbara; Haig-Brown, Celia
Jennifer Ryan Royal Beatings? An Exploration into the Shift from Development 'Gifts' to Development 'Goods' Alhassan, Amin Drache, Daniel; MacLennan, Anne
Giovanni Salas Reclaiming Craftsmanship N/A Slopek, E.; Murphy, M.; Bailey, Steven; MacLennan, Anne; Thompson, K.; & Logan, B.
Philip SavageArts Intervention: Activating Cultural Memory for Social ChangeFletcher, FredShields, John; Raboy, Marc
Lisa Schincairol Lelawala at the Brink: Visual Culture and Colonial History in Niagara Falls, Ontario Dowler, Kevin Barndt, Deborah; Tschofen, Monique
Giovanni Salas Reclaiming Craftsmanship N/A Slopek, E.; Murphy, M.; Bailey, Steven; MacLennan, Anne; Thompson, K.; &  Logan, B.
Philip Savage Arts Intervention: Activating Cultural Memory for Social Change Fletcher, Fred Shields, John; Raboy, Marc
Lisa Schincairol Lelawala at the Brink: Visual Culture and Colonial History in Niagara Falls, Ontario Dowler, Kevin Barndt, Deborah; Tschofen, Monique
Robinder Kaur Sehdev Unsettling the settler at Niagara Falls: reading colonial culture through the Maid of the Mist Berland, Jody O'Neill, John; Sekyi-Otu, Ato
Yukari Seko Interrogating a Politics of Time: Temporality & Difference from the Agora to the Airport Elmer, Greg Bailey, Steve; Nolan, Jason
Sarah Ravi Sharma Temporality and difference from the Agora to the airport: towards a theory of power-chronography Berland, Jody Slopek, Ed; Dowler, Kevin
Tina Sikka Recuperating Politics from Deconstruction: A Pragmatist Critique Ruggles, Myles Coombe, Rosemary; Alhassan, Amin
Karen Skardzius I Stream, You Stream, We all Stream: Gender, Labour, and the Politics of Online Streaming Jensen, Jen Boyd, Jason; Jensen, Jen
Christopher Smith Remapping Urban Addiction: A user's guide to the city. Marchessault, Janine Little, Kenneth; Gaetz, Stephen
David Smith Theorizing Avatar Sexualities: A Grounded Theory Study on the Erotics of Second Life Marchessault, Janine Fels, Deborah; Goodrum, Abby
Sarah Stang Maiden, Mother, and Crone: Abject Female Monstrosity in Roleplaying Games Jenson, Jennifer Boyd, Jason; Fridman, May
Carolyn Steele NFB/Interactive: Understand the Role of the Interface in the Production of Meaning in Interactive Online Documentaries Fisher, Caitlin Bailey, Steven
Chad Story Obscuring Austerity: The Politics and Practices of ‘Citizen-Centred’ Design Hadlaw, Jan Obar, Jonathan; Coulter, Natalie
Sara Swain Feral Ecologies: A Foray Into the Worlds of Animals and Media Zryd, Michael Marchessault, Janine; Moore, Paul
Michael Thorn Know Thyself: Truth and Confession Mediating Religion and Psychology in the Christian Ex-Gay Movement Moore, Paul Lessard, Bruno; Skinner, David
Joseph Turcotte Creative Transformation and the Knowledge-Based Economy: Intellectual Property and Access to Knowledge Under Informational Capitalism Coombe, Rosemary Baskoy, Tuna; Ojo, Tokunbo
Scott Uzelman Direct Action Against Enclosure: "Anti-Proletarian" struggles for the "New Commons" Moores, Colin Skinner, David; McNally, David
Jennifer VanderBurgh City Nation and Television: The Signification of Toronto Television Drama and the Consolidation of Centre-Margin Relations Marchessault, Janine Feldman, Seth; Morris, Peter
Carmen Victor Arctic Contours: Northern Media, Canada and the Anthropocene. Marchessault, Janine Hayward, Mark; Bailey, Steven
Laura Visan Divided We Remain' Civic Participation practices and Network Development Strategies in the Case of Romanian Immigrants from Toronto Shields, John Cohen, Rina; Alhassan, Amin
Tianchi (Jason) Wang "Urban Walking: Configuring the Modern City as Cultural and Spatial Practice" Gammel, Irene Marchessault, Janine; Reisenleitner, Markus
Martin Watson The Sublime as Model: Formal Complexity in Joyce, Eisenstein and Stockhausen Elder, Bruce Cody, Susan; Balfour, Ian
Nataniel Weiner The Not-So-Secret Vice: Menswear, Masculinity & Consumption in Six Online Communities N/A Bailey, Steven; Cole, Shaun;  Vanstone, G.; Reisenleitner, Markus; MacLennan, Anne; Muzzatti, Stephen
Melissa West Marketing Madonna: Celebrity agency across the cultural industry Berland, Jody Moores, Colin; Skinner, David
Jessica Whitehead Movie-Going On the Margins: The Mascioli Film Circuit of Northeastern Ontario Moore, Paul MacLennan, Anne; Machessault, Janine
Kyler Zeleny Visualizing the Canadian Prairies: Photographic Representations of Rurality Moore, Paul Pruska-Oldenhof, Izabella; Hadlaw, Jan; Fitzpatrick, Blake; van Herk, Aritha; Moore, Paul; Brushwood Rose, Chloë
Han Zhang The Root of Excellence: An Interpretive Approach to Understanding Elder Care within Transnational Chinese Families in Canada Bailey, Steven Blum, Alan; Ingram, Susan

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