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 2015
Beyond traditional publishing models: An examination of the relationships between authors, readers, and publishers, Jen Pecoskie and Heather Hill
The Use of Technology in the ‘Third Age’: Findings from the Effects of Digital Technology on Seniors (EDITS) Project, Anabel Quan-Haase, Kim Martin, and Kathleen Schreurs
Networks of digital humanities scholars: The informational and social uses and gratifications of Twitter, Anabel Quan-Haase, Lori McKay-Peet, and Kim Martin
Interrogating Course-Related Public Interest Internships in Communications, Sandra Smeltzer
Lee Marshall (ed.), The International Recording Industries, Matt Stahl
Popular Musical Labor in North America, Matt Stahl
Popular Music and/as Work: The Politics of (Cultural) Labor and (Creative) Property, Matt Stahl
Data mining from web search queries: A comparison of google trends and baidu index, L. Vaughan and Y. Chen
Submissions from 2014
McLuhan and World Affairs, Edward Comor
The quest for effective interdisciplinary graduate supervision: A critical narrative analysis, Kathryn Hibbert, Lorelei Lingard, Meredith Vanstone, Elizabeth Anne Kinsella, Pam McKenzie, Allan Pitman, and Tim D. Wilson
Beyond obscenity: An analysis of sexual discourse in LIS educational texts, Heather Hill and Marni Harrington
Beyond Obscenity: an analysis of sexual discourse in LIS educational texts., Heather Hill and Marni R. Harrington
Veracity Roadmap: Is Big Data Objective, Truthful and Credible?, Tatiana Lukoianova and Victoria L. Rubin
Changing Chance Encounters: Historians, Serendipity, and the Digital Text, Kim Martin and Anabel Quan-Haase
Information creation and the ideological code of “keeping track”, Pamela J. McKenzie, Elisabeth Davies, and Sherilyn Williams
Borrowed voices -- conversational storytelling in midwifery healthcare visits., Pamela J. McKenzie and Phillippa Spoel
Indie media and digital community collaborations in public libraries, Jen Pecoskie and Heather Hill
Not All on the Same Page: E-Book Adoption and Technology Exploration by Seniors, Anabel Quan-Haase, Kim Martin, and Kathleen Schreurs
Pragmatic and Cultural Considerations for Deception Detection in Asian Languages, Victoria L. Rubin
Truth and Deception at the Rhetorical Structure Level, Victoria L. Rubin and Tatiana Lukoianova
Employee in a Cage? Olivia De Havilland, Warner Bros. Pictures, and the ‘Limit Case’ of Star Employment, Matt Stahl
Intellectual Property, Employment, and Talent Relations: A Media Studies Perspective, Matt Stahl
Public, Private, Popular: Pop Performers, Liberalism and the Limits of Rights, Matt Stahl