Research areas
Department of Communication, Media and Film researchers are involved with a broad variety of research interests
Explore our research areas
- Canadian Media
- Communication and Food
- Communication and Health
- Digital Media
- Environmental Communication
- Film History
- History of Communication and Media
- Media and Communication Policy
- Media and Gender
- Media and Politics
- Popular Culture
- Race and Representation
- Rhetorical Communication
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
- Surveillance and Surveillance Culture
- Theories of Communication, Media and Film
- Visual Culture
Canadian Media
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David Janzen
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Tamara Shepherd
Feminist political economy, Digital culture, New media policy and internet regulation, Social media and digital games labour, Mobile technologies, Youth cultural production and digital literacy, Privacy and intellectual property online
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Gregory Taylor
Broadcasting policy, Spectrum, Infrastructure studies, Telecommunications policy, Canadian media history
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Charles Tepperman
Amateur media, Fan cultures and new media, History of motion pictures, Home movies, Media archive and film preservation, Motion picture technology and audiences, Canadian cinema
Communication and Food
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Charlene Elliott
Food marketing/branding, Obesity and public health, Taste and communication, Communication theory, Children and media studies, Sensorial communication, Food Studies
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Dawn Johnston (Teaching)
Food culture, Gender and sexuality in popular culture, Social activism, Television and film
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Lisa Stowe (Teaching)
Lifelong learning, Food studies, Rhetorical communication, Multidimensional learning, Sport and identity
Communication and Health
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Charlene Elliott
Food marketing/branding, Obesity and public health, Taste and communication, Communication theory, Children and media studies, Sensorial communication, Food Studies
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Tania Smith
Rhetorical communication, New media and society, Internet communities and culture, Rhetorical history, Professional communication
Digital Media
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Maria Bakardjieva
Computer mediated communication, Internet use, Media and democracy, New media and society, Social aspects of communication technology
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Julia Chan
Digital Media, Media, Race, and Gender, Surveillance and Culture, Visual Culture, Horror Film, Research Creation
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David Janzen
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Ali Karimi
Critical Information Studies, Surveillance, Data Justice, Privacy, Media History, Global Communication
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Jessalynn Keller
Digital media cultures, Feminist theory and methods, including critical race and queer theories, Popular and celebrity culture, Girls' media and cultures, Historical and contemporary feminisms, Social activism and media
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Tamara Shepherd
Feminist political economy, Digital culture, New media policy and internet regulation, Social media and digital games labour, Mobile technologies, Youth cultural production and digital literacy, Privacy and intellectual property online
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Tania Smith
Rhetorical communication, New media and society, Internet communities and culture, Rhetorical history, Professional communication
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Samantha Thrift (Teaching)
Feminist cultural studies, Digital media activism, Political communication, Race and representation
Environmental Communication
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David Janzen
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Katherine Lawless (Teaching)
Film History
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Lee Carruthers
Cinematic time, Classical and contemporary cinema, European art cinema, Film history, Film theory, Philosophical hermeneutics
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Matthew Croombs
Documentary film, Transnational cinema, Critical communications studies, Film and media theory
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Ryan Pierson
Animation, Digital media, Classical film theory, Film and perception, History of science
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Charles Tepperman
Amateur media, Fan cultures and new media, History of motion pictures, Home movies, Media archive and film preservation, Motion picture technology and audiences, Canadian cinema
History of Communication and Media
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David Janzen
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Ali Karimi
Critical Information Studies, Surveillance, Data Justice, Privacy, Media History, Global Communication
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Katherine Lawless (Teaching)
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Annie Rudd
Critical media studies, History and theory of photography, particularly the histories of vernacular photographies, Photojournalism and documentary photography, History of journalism, North American and British cultural and intellectual history from 1800 to the present, History of philosophy, Cultural theory
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Tania Smith
Rhetorical communication, New media and society, Internet communities and culture, Rhetorical history, Professional communication
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Paul Stortz
Cultural, Social, Political, Ethnic, Gender, and Intellectual History of Education and Universities, Theories of Interdisciplinarity, Intellectual Culture, and Knowledge Construction, Postcolonial historical and educational theories, Canadian Immigration History and Policy, History of Refugee Academic Emigres and Researchers In Canada
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Charles Tepperman
Amateur media, Fan cultures and new media, History of motion pictures, Home movies, Media archive and film preservation, Motion picture technology and audiences, Canadian cinema
Media and Communication Policy
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Charlene Elliott
Food marketing/branding, Obesity and public health, Taste and communication, Communication theory, Children and media studies, Sensorial communication, Food Studies
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Tamara Shepherd
Feminist political economy, Digital culture, New media policy and internet regulation, Social media and digital games labour, Mobile technologies, Youth cultural production and digital literacy, Privacy and intellectual property online
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Gregory Taylor
Broadcasting policy, Spectrum, Infrastructure studies, Telecommunications policy, Canadian media history
Media and Gender
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Julia Chan
Digital Media, Media, Race, and Gender, Surveillance and Culture, Visual Culture, Horror Film, Research Creation
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Dawn Johnston (Teaching)
Food culture, Gender and sexuality in popular culture, Social activism, Television and film
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Jessalynn Keller
Digital media cultures, Feminist theory and methods, including critical race and queer theories, Popular and celebrity culture, Girls' media and cultures, Historical and contemporary feminisms, Social activism and media
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Arti Modgill (Teaching)
Cultural Studies and Critical Theory, Film and Visual Cultural Studies
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Tamara Shepherd
Feminist political economy, Digital culture, New media policy and internet regulation, Social media and digital games labour, Mobile technologies, Youth cultural production and digital literacy, Privacy and intellectual property online
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Samantha Thrift (Teaching)
Feminist cultural studies, Digital media activism, Political communication, Race and representation
Media and Politics
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Maria Bakardjieva
Computer mediated communication, Internet use, Media and democracy, New media and society, Social aspects of communication technology
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Julia Chan
Digital Media, Media, Race, and Gender, Surveillance and Culture, Visual Culture, Horror Film, Research Creation
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Matthew Croombs
Documentary film, Transnational cinema, Critical communications studies, Film and media theory
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David Janzen
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Ali Karimi
Critical Information Studies, Surveillance, Data Justice, Privacy, Media History, Global Communication
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Samantha Thrift (Teaching)
Feminist cultural studies, Digital media activism, Political communication, Race and representation
Popular Culture
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Julia Chan
Digital Media, Media, Race, and Gender, Surveillance and Culture, Visual Culture, Horror Film, Research Creation
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Ronald Glasberg
History of ideas, Interdisciplinary theory, Knowledge unification strategies, Popular culture, World history
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Dawn Johnston (Teaching)
Food culture, Gender and sexuality in popular culture, Social activism, Television and film
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Jessalynn Keller
Digital media cultures, Feminist theory and methods, including critical race and queer theories, Popular and celebrity culture, Girls' media and cultures, Historical and contemporary feminisms, Social activism and media
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Samantha Thrift (Teaching)
Feminist cultural studies, Digital media activism, Political communication, Race and representation
Race and Representation
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Julia Chan
Digital Media, Media, Race, and Gender, Surveillance and Culture, Visual Culture, Horror Film, Research Creation
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Ali Karimi
Critical Information Studies, Surveillance, Data Justice, Privacy, Media History, Global Communication
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Arti Modgill (Teaching)
Cultural Studies and Critical Theory, Film and Visual Cultural Studies
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Paul Stortz
Cultural, Social, Political, Ethnic, Gender, and Intellectual History of Education and Universities, Theories of Interdisciplinarity, Intellectual Culture, and Knowledge Construction, Postcolonial historical and educational theories, Canadian Immigration History and Policy, History of Refugee Academic Emigres and Researchers In Canada
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Samantha Thrift (Teaching)
Feminist cultural studies, Digital media activism, Political communication, Race and representation
Rhetorical Communication
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Ronald Glasberg
History of ideas, Interdisciplinary theory, Knowledge unification strategies, Popular culture, World history
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Arti Modgill (Teaching)
Cultural Studies and Critical Theory, Film and Visual Cultural Studies
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Tania Smith
Rhetorical communication, New media and society, Internet communities and culture, Rhetorical history, Professional communication
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
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Maria Victoria Guglietti (Teaching)
Journalism studies, Scholarship of teaching and learning, Indigenous new media in Canada, Transnationalism and postcolonial theory
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Dawn Johnston (Teaching)
Food culture, Gender and sexuality in popular culture, Social activism, Television and film
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Arti Modgill (Teaching)
Cultural Studies and Critical Theory, Film and Visual Cultural Studies
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Lisa Stowe (Teaching)
Lifelong learning, Food studies, Rhetorical communication, Multidimensional learning, Sport and identity
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Samantha Thrift (Teaching)
Feminist cultural studies, Digital media activism, Political communication, Race and representation
Surveillance and Surveillance Culture
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Julia Chan
Digital Media, Media, Race, and Gender, Surveillance and Culture, Visual Culture, Horror Film, Research Creation
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Ali Karimi
Critical Information Studies, Surveillance, Data Justice, Privacy, Media History, Global Communication
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Tamara Shepherd
Feminist political economy, Digital culture, New media policy and internet regulation, Social media and digital games labour, Mobile technologies, Youth cultural production and digital literacy, Privacy and intellectual property online
Theories of Communication, Media and Film
-
Maria Bakardjieva
Computer mediated communication, Internet use, Media and democracy, New media and society, Social aspects of communication technology
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Lee Carruthers
Cinematic time, Classical and contemporary cinema, European art cinema, Film history, Film theory, Philosophical hermeneutics
-
Julia Chan
Digital Media, Media, Race, and Gender, Surveillance and Culture, Visual Culture, Horror Film, Research Creation
-
Matthew Croombs
Documentary film, Transnational cinema, Critical communications studies, Film and media theory
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Charlene Elliott
Food marketing/branding, Obesity and public health, Taste and communication, Communication theory, Children and media studies, Sensorial communication, Food Studies
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David Janzen
-
Katherine Lawless (Teaching)
-
Ryan Pierson
Animation, Digital media, Classical film theory, Film and perception, History of science
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Annie Rudd
Critical media studies, History and theory of photography, particularly the histories of vernacular photographies, Photojournalism and documentary photography, History of journalism, North American and British cultural and intellectual history from 1800 to the present, History of philosophy, Cultural theory
-
Tania Smith
Rhetorical communication, New media and society, Internet communities and culture, Rhetorical history, Professional communication
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Paul Stortz
Cultural, Social, Political, Ethnic, Gender, and Intellectual History of Education and Universities, Theories of Interdisciplinarity, Intellectual Culture, and Knowledge Construction, Postcolonial historical and educational theories, Canadian Immigration History and Policy, History of Refugee Academic Emigres and Researchers In Canada
Visual Culture
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Lee Carruthers
Cinematic time, Classical and contemporary cinema, European art cinema, Film history, Film theory, Philosophical hermeneutics
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Julia Chan
Digital Media, Media, Race, and Gender, Surveillance and Culture, Visual Culture, Horror Film, Research Creation
-
Matthew Croombs
Documentary film, Transnational cinema, Critical communications studies, Film and media theory
-
Maria Victoria Guglietti (Teaching)
Journalism studies, Scholarship of teaching and learning, Indigenous new media in Canada, Transnationalism and postcolonial theory
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Arti Modgill (Teaching)
Cultural Studies and Critical Theory, Film and Visual Cultural Studies
-
Ryan Pierson
Animation, Digital media, Classical film theory, Film and perception, History of science
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Annie Rudd
Critical media studies, History and theory of photography, particularly the histories of vernacular photographies, Photojournalism and documentary photography, History of journalism, North American and British cultural and intellectual history from 1800 to the present, History of philosophy, Cultural theory
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Paul Stortz
Cultural, Social, Political, Ethnic, Gender, and Intellectual History of Education and Universities, Theories of Interdisciplinarity, Intellectual Culture, and Knowledge Construction, Postcolonial historical and educational theories, Canadian Immigration History and Policy, History of Refugee Academic Emigres and Researchers In Canada
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Charles Tepperman
Amateur media, Fan cultures and new media, History of motion pictures, Home movies, Media archive and film preservation, Motion picture technology and audiences, Canadian cinema
