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 2014
Discovering business information from search engine query data, L. Vaughan
Web search volume as a predictor of academic fame: An exploration of google trends, L. Vaughan and E. Romero-Frías
Firm web visibility and its business value, F. Wang and L. Vaughan
Submissions from 2013
Access to justice for all: Towards an “expansive vision” of justice and technology., Jane Bailey, Jacquelyn A. Burkell, and Graham Reynolds
Implementing technology in the justice sector: A Canadian perspective., J Bailey and Jacquelyn Burkell
Hidden Surveillance on Consumer Health Information Websites, Jacquelyn A. Burkell and Alexandre Fortier
The View From Here: User-Centered Perspectives on Social Network Privacy, Jacquelyn A. Burkell, Alexandre Fortier, Lorraine Wong, and Jennifer Lynn Simpson
Attitudes toward reciprocity systems for organ donation and allocation for transplantation, Jacquelyn Burkell, Jennifer Chandler, and Sam D. Shemie
Facebook: public space, or private space?, Jacquelyn Burkell, Alexandre Fortier, Lorraine Wong, and Jennifer Lynn Simpson
Social Media Use By Ontario University Libraries: Challenges and Ethical Considerations, Gary Collins and Anabel Quan-Haase
‘Digital Engagement: America’s Use (and Misuse) of Marshall McLuhan’, Edward Comor
Health Literacy Promotion: Contemporary Conceptualizations and Current Implementations in Canadian Health Librarianship, Nicole K. Dalmer
Review of Frances L. Ramos, Identity, Ritual, and Power in Colonial Puebla, Jason Dyck
Disability and accessibility in the library and information science literature: a content analysis, Heather Hill
Disability and accessibility in the library and information science literature: a content analysis., Heather Hill
“Part of the University Lexicon”: Marketing and Ontario Universities, 1990-2013, Daniel Robinson and Lindsay Carrocci Bolan
Comparative Stylistic Fanfiction Analysis: Popular and Unpopular Fics across Eleven Fandoms, Victoria L. Rubin and Vanessa Girouard
Veracity Roadmap: Is Big Data Objective, Truthful and Credible?, Victoria Rubin and Tatiana Lukoianova
Standards and Stories: The Interactional Work of Informed Choice in Ontario Midwifery Care, Phillippa Spoel, Pamela J. McKenzie, Susan James, and Jessica Hobberlin
Historicizing Mainstream Mythology: The Industrial Organization of The Archies, Matt Stahl
Specificity, Ambivalence and the Commodity Form of Creative Work, Matt Stahl
Interdisciplinary doctoral research supervision: A scoping review, Meredith Vanstone, Kathryn Hibbert, Anna Kinsella, Pamela J. McKenzie, Alan Pittman, and Lorelei Lingard
Web traffic and organization performance measures: Relationships and data sources examined, L. Vaughan and R. Yang
Submissions from 2012
‘America’s “Engagement” Delusion: Critiquing a Public Diplomacy Consensus’, Hamilton Bean and Edward Comor
Open Textbooks and Provincial Government Policy: A Look at the Issues, Lisa Di Valentino