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 2016
Digital Refuse: Canadian Garbage, Commercial Content Moderation and the Global Circulation of Social Media’s Waste, Sarah T. Roberts
In/visibility, Sarah T. Roberts
Empowered to Name, Inspired to Act: Social Responsibility and Diversity as Calls to Action in the LIS Context, Sarah T. Roberts and Safiya Umoja Noble
Supporting Sensemaking of Complex Objects with Visualizations: Visibility and Complementarity of Interactions, Kamran Sedig, Paul Parsons, Hai-Ning Liang, and Jim Morey
Faculty members’ perceptions and use of open access journals: Bangladesh perspective, Nafiz Zaman Shuva and Radia Taisir
Uncovering information from social media hyperlinks: An investigation of twitter, L. Vaughan
The Use of Microblogs and Social Networking Services: A Comparison Between Academic Libraries of the United States and China, L. Vaughan and Y. Gao
To submit or not submit: The burden of evaluation on postgraduate medical trainees, Elaine M. Zibrowski, Jeff Crukley, Jacqui Malett, and Kathryn Myers
Submissions from 2015
Differences Over Discourse Structure Differences: A Reply to Urquhart and Urquhart, Jennie A. Abrahamson and Victoria L. Rubin
Enhancing Key Digital Literacy Skills: Information Privacy, Information Security, and Copyright/Intellectual Property, Jacquelyn A. Burkell, Alexandre Fortier, Lisa Di Valentino, and Sarah T. Roberts
Innovative Deviance: A Theoretical Framework Emerging at the Intersection of Copyright Law and Technological Change, Alissa Centivany
A Collaborative Approach to Improving Information Ethics Education, Alissa Centivany, Michael Zimmer, Melissa Chalmers, and Rebecca Frank
Marx’s Value Theory: a Critical Response to Analyses of Digital Prosumption, Edward Comor
Journalistic Labour and Technological Fetishism, Edward Comor and James R. Compton
Journalistic Labour and Technological Fetishism, Edward Comor and James R. Compton
Awareness and Perception of Copyright Among Teaching Faculty at Canadian Universities, Lisa Di Valentino
Indigenous and Black Intellectuals in the Lettered City, Jason Dyck
Hidden online surveillance: What librarians should know to protect their privacy and that of their patrons, Alexandre Fortier and Jacquelyn Burkell
Crime News: Defining the Boundaries, Romayne Smith Fullerton and M J. Patterson
Social capital and Library and Information Science research: definitional chaos or coherent research enterprise?, Catherine A. Johnson Dr.
Transitioning & Preparing Library Students: Canadian PD Programs, Amanda R. Kelly and Sajni Lacey
A Matter of Time and Academic Discipline? Exploring the Use of Resources, Lori McKay-Peet, Anabel Quan-Haase, Dagmar Kern, and Peter Mutschke
The McDonaldization of Academic Libraries and the Values of Transformational Change, Karen P. Nicholson