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 2012
Suffer the Children: National Crisis, Affective Collectivity, and the Sexualized Child, Susan Knabe
Yes, Canadian Universities Do Discriminate against Their Own Graduates, Douglas Mann
User-generated content 1: Overview, current state, and context, Pamela J. McKenzie, Jacquelyn Burkell, Samuel E. Trosow, Caroline Whippey, and Lola Wong
Intellectual Property and Its Alternatives: Incentives, Innovation and Ideology, Michael B. McNally
User-generated content 2: Policy implications., Michael B. McNally, Samuel E. Trosow, Caroline Whippey, Jacquelyn Burkell, and Pamela J. McKenzie
From Desire to Disease: Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and the Medicalization of Nascent Female Sexuality, Jessica Polzer and Susan Knabe
Is the Uses and Gratifications Approach Still Relevant in a Digital Society? Theoretical and Methodological Applications to Social Media, Anabel Quan-Haase
Exploring the relationships between media and political parties through web hyperlink analysis: The case of Spain, E. Romero-Frías and L. Vaughan
Discerning truth from deception: Human judgments and automation efforts, Victoria L. Rubin and Niall Conroy
The Firm Foundation of Organizational Flexibility: The 360 Contract in the Digitalizing Music Industry, Matt Stahl and Leslie Meier
Objections to the Proposed Access Copyright Post-Secondary Tariff and its Progeny Licenses: A Working Paper, Samuel Trosow, Scott Armstrong, and Brent Harasym
Technology Transfer and Innovation Policy at Canadian Universities: Opportunities and Social Costs, Samuel Trosow, Michael B. McNally, Laura E. Briggs, Cameron Hoffman, Cassandra D. Ball, Adam Jacobs, and Bridget Moran
Exploring Web keyword analysis as an alternative to link analysis: A multi-industry case, L. Vaughan and E. Romero-Frías
Web data as academic and business quality estimates: A comparison of three data sources, L. Vaughan and R. Yang
Web co-word analysis for business intelligence in the Chinese environment, L. Vaughan, R. Yang, and J. Tang
Submissions from 2011
Using information obtained through informetrics to address practical problems and to aid decision making: Sponsored by: ASIS&T SIG/MET, J. Bar-Ilan, J. Levitt, and K. McCain
Effective Interventions to Facilitate the Uptake of Breast, Cervical and Colorectal Cancer Screening: An Implementation Guideline, Melissa C. Brouwers, Carol De Vito, Lavannya Bahirathan, Angela Carol, June C. Carroll, Michelle Cotterchio, Maureen Dobbins, Barbara Lent, Cheryl Levitt, Nancy Lewis, S. Elizabeth McGregor, Lawrence Paszat, Carol Rand, and Nadine Wathen
What Implementation Interventions Increase Cancer Screening Rates? A Systematic Review, Melissa C. Brouwers, Carol De Vito, Lavannya Bahirathan, Angela Carol, June C. Carroll, Michelle Cotterchio, Maureen Dobbins, Barbara Lent, Cheryl Levitt, Nancy Lewis, S. Elizabeth McGregor, Lawrence Paszat, Carol Rand, and Nadine Wathen
Personal Information and the Public Library: Compliance with Fair Information Practice Principles, Jacquelyn Burkell and Robert Carey
PAPER TIGERS: RETHINKING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COPYRIGHT AND SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING, Alissa Centivany
‘Contextualizing and Critiquing the Fantastic Prosumer: Power, Alienation and Hegemony’, Edward Comor
Media, Structures, and Power: The Robert E. Babe Collection, Edward Comor
La parte censurada de la Historia de la Provincia de Francisco de Florencia, Jason Dyck
Ontario public libraries, accessibility, and justice: A capability approach., Heather Hill
Supporting Alternative Incentive Mechanisms for Digital Content: A Comparison of Canadian and US Policy, Michael B. McNally