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 2003
Usage data for electronic resources: A comparison between locally collected and vendor-provided statistics, J. Duy and L. Vaughan
Corporeal Resistance/Corporeal Reconciliation: Body and Language in Kiss of the Fur Queen, Susan Knabe
Connecting with Information Sources: How Accounts of Information Seeking Take Discursive Action, Pamela J. McKenzie
Randomized Controlled Trials in Pediatric Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Where Can They Be Found?, Margaret Sampson, Kaitryn Campbell, Isola Ajiferuke, and David Moher
Which academic subjects have most online impact? A pilot study and a new classification process, M. Thelwall, L. Vaughan, and V. Cothey
Fast-Track Trade Authority and the Free Trade Agreements: Implications for Copyright Law, Samuel E. Trosow
Bibliographic and Web Citations: What Is the Difference?, L. Vaughan and D. Shaw
Scholarly use of the web: What are the key inducers of links to journal web sites?, L. Vaughan and M. Thelwall
Sharing and accessing internet resources across barriers of nation, language, and collection, L. Vaughan, M. Thelwall, and S. He
Submissions from 2002
Newspaper coverage of SARS: A comparison among Canada, Hong Kong, Mainland China and Western Europe, L.C.Y. Chan, B. Jin, and R. Rousseau
Viral Migrations: Fairy Tales of Family and Nation, Death and Disease, Susan Knabe
The Public Place of Central Libraries: Findings from Toronto and Vancouver, Gloria J. Leckie and Jeffrey Hopkins
Assessing the Quality of Reports of Randomized Trials in Pediatric Complementary and Alternative Medicine, David Moher, Margaret Sampson, Kaitryn Campbell, William Beckner, Leah Lepage, Isabelle Gaboury, and Brian Berman
Authorship Struggles in a Mediated Oral Tradition: The Boy Band, Matt Stahl
Relationship between links to journal Web sites and impact factors, L. Vaughan and K. Hysen
Web link counts correlate with ISI Impact Factors: Evidence from two Disciplines, L. Vaughan and M. Thelwall
Submissions from 2001
HAROLD INNIS AND 'THE BIAS OF COMMUNICATION', Edward Comor
Harold Innis and the Bias of Communication, Edward Comor
The Role of Communication in Global Civil Society: Forces, Processes, Prospects, Edward Comor
The Role of Communication in Global Civil Society: Forces, Processes, Prospects, Edward Comor
Submissions from 2000
Electronic Miscommunication and the Defamatory Sense, Jacquelyn Burkell
Household Consumption on the Internet: Income, Time, and Institutional Contradictions, Edward Comor
Submissions from 1999
Contribution of information to business success: A LISREL model analysis of manufacturers in Shanghai, L.Q. Vaughan
Submissions from 1998
Communication, Commerce and Power: The Political Economy of America and the Direct Broadcast Satellite, 1960-2000, Edward Comor
A cross-cultural comparison of business information use, L.Q. Vaughan