FIMS Publications
The research in Information and Media Studies Publications covers a range of subjects pertaining to information and knowledge and the ways they move through and shape society. They encompass media studies, popular music and culture, journalism, health information sciences, and library and information science.
Submissions from 2011
Putting the pieces together: Endometriosis blogs, cognitive authority, and collaborative information behavior, Diane M. Neal and Pamela J. McKenzie
Facets of serendipity in everyday chance encounter: A grounded theory approach to blog analysis, Victoria L. Rubin, Jacquelyn Burkell, and Anabel Quan-Haase
Under Our Own Umbrella: Mobilizing Research Evidence for Early Literacy Programs in Public Libraries, Rosamund K. Stooke and Pam McKenzie
Talk, Trust and Time: A Longitudinal Study Evaluating Knowledge Translation and Exchange Processes for Research on Violence against Women, C. Nadine Wathen, Shannon L. Sibbald, Susan M. Jack, and Harriet L. MacMillan
Submissions from 2010
Inquiring into the Real: A Realist Phenomenological Approach, John M. Budd, Heather Hill, and Brooke Shannon
Digital Labour: Workers, Authors, Citizens, Jonathan Burston, Nick Dyer-Witheford, and Alison Hearn
Digital Prosumption and Alienation, Edward Comor
La estrella del norte de México. Francisco de Florencia y los orígenes de la “biblioteca guadalupana”, Jason Dyck
Procrustean Motherhood: The Good Mother during Depression (1930s), War (1940s), and Prosperity (1950s), Romayne Smith Fullerton and M J. Patterson
Persistence and change in social media, Bernie Hogan and Anabel Quan-Haase
A New Model For Semantic Photograph Description Combining Basic Levels and User-assigned Descriptors, Hyuk-Jin Lee and Diane M. Neal
Informing Relationships: Small Talk, Informing and Relationship Building in Midwife-woman Interaction, Pamela J. McKenzie
Informing Traces: The Social Practices of Collaborative Informing in the Midwifery Clinic, Pamela J. McKenzie
Informing Evidence: Claimsmaking in Midwives' and Clients' Talk about Interventions, Pamela J. McKenzie and Tami Oliphant
Understanding the Role of Information Policy in LIS Education, Ajit Pyati
European political trends viewed through patterns of Web linking, E. Romero-Frías and L. Vaughan
Patterns of web linking to heterogeneous groups of companies: The case of stock exchange indexes, E. Romero-Frías and L. Vaughan
Cultural Labor’s “Democratic Deficits”: Employment, Autonomy and Alienation in US Film Animation, Matt Stahl
A Holistic Model of Information Policy, Samuel E. Trosow
Bill C-32 and the Educational Sector: Overcoming Impediments to Fair Dealing, Samuel E. Trosow
Why Copyright Fair-Dealing Needs Flexibility, Samuel E. Trosow