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The research interests of our faculty reflect our diversity and excellence as a department. Our faculty engage with communications from diverse vantage points ranging from media policy, politics and power, international development, and gender and identity. These faculty interests are reflected in our comprehensive curriculum which ranges from traditional forms of mass communication to mobile technologies, web 2.0 and nanotechnology.

Browse the cutting edge research from our tireless and dedicated faculty members who continue to push boundaries and gain recognition for their contributions. We hope their efforts help and inspire your work. Please feel free to reach out to us for collaboration opportunities.

Featured Publication

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Identity and Industry: Making Media Multicultural in Canada

by Mark Hayward

Identity and Industry explores how ethnocultural media in Canada developed between the end of the Second World War and the arrival of digital media. Through chapters dedicated to film exhibition, newspapers, radio, and television, Mark Hayward documents the industrial and institutional frameworks that defined the role of media in Canadian multiculturalism. Drawing on extensive archival research, the book situates late twentieth-century "ethnic" media at the intersection of demand, cultural integration, and the changing economics of popular culture.

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strategies for media reform

Jonathan Obar
2016

Des Freedman, Jonathan Obar, Cheryl Martens, and Robert W. McChesney: Strategies for Media Reform: International Perspectives (2016)

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David Skinner
2016

Mike Gasher, David Skinner, Rowland Lorimer: Mass Communication in Canada (2016)

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Robert Heynen
2016

Emily van der Meulen, Robert Heynen: Expanding the Gaze: Gender and the Politics of Surveillance (2016)

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Wade Rowland
2015

Wade Rowland: Canada Lives Here: The Case for Public Broadcasting (2015)

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Ganaele Langlois
2015

Greg Elmer, Ganaele Langlois, Joanna Redden:Compromised Data From Social Media to Big Data (2015)

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Patricia Mazepa
2014

Martin Hirst, John Harrison, Patricia Mazepa: Communication and New Media From Broadcast to Narrowcast (2014)

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Robert W. Gehl
2014

Robert Gehl's timely critique, Reverse Engineering Social Media, rigorously analyzes the ideas of social media and software engineers, using these ...

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Natalie Coulter
2014

Natalie Coulter: Tweening the Girl: The Crystallization of the Tween Market (2014)

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Ganaele Langlois
2014

Langlois, G: Meaning in the Age of Social Media (2014)

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Mark Hayward
2013

Joshua S. Hanan, Mark Hayward: Communication and the Economy: History, Value and Agency (2013)

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Wade Rowland
2013

Wade Rowland: Saving the CBC: Balancing Profit and Public Service (2013)

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Mark Hayward
2012

Mark Hayward: Cultural Studies and Finance Capitalism: The Economic Crisis and After (2012)

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Wade Rowland
2012

Wade Rowland: Greed, Inc. Why Corporations Rule the World and How We Let It Happen (2012)

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Patricia Mazepa, David Skinner
2012

Kirsten Kozolanka, Patricia Mazepa, David Skinner: Alternative Media in Canada (2012)

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Ganaele Langlois
2012

Greg Elmer, Ganaele Langlois, Fenwick McKelvey: The Permanent Campaign: New Media, New Politics (2012)

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Susan Driver
2008

Susan Driver: Queer Youth Cultures (2008)