Research
Contact Information
Research Officer
Chantal Lemire
clemire2@uwo.ca
519-661-2111x85383
FIMS & Nursing Building
Rm 4054
Assistant Dean Research
Isola Ajiferuke
iajiferu@uwo.ca
519-661-2111x81364
FIMS & Nursing Building
Rm 4025
Mediations Lecture Series
Mediations is a graduate student-run workshop and guest speaker series supported by the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS) at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. The goal of the series is to establish a space in which to display the rich diversity of research and scholarship being pursued at FIMS to the broader Western community.
The Mediations Workshop sessions offer members of the FIMS community a venue in which to present any aspects of their work that engage with ‘Media Studies,’ defined as broadly as possible to incorporate many aspects of this rich, diverse, and loosely defined discipline. Sub-fields or approaches might include: Media and Cultural Theory, Political Economy, Technology/Technoculture, Media History, New Media, Journalism Studies, Library and Information Science, Popular Culture, Popular Music Studies, and Media Aesthetics, to name a few. We welcome both theoretically and empirically-based studies, as well as practice-based engagements with media. Each 1.5-hour session consists of one 30-40 minute presentation followed by two respondents (5-10 minutes each). The remainder of the sessions are devoted to questions from and discussion with the audience.
Mediations Presents, a guest speaker series, invites both FIMS and the broader Western community to engage with the work of leading scholars engaging with questions regarding media and mediation, across a variety of interdisciplinary intersections.
For questions please contact the mediations organising committee: mediationsFIMS@gmail.com.
Additional support provided by the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing.
Previous Workshops and Lectures
2023 - 2024
Nov 16: Femcel Forums: Exploring Gender Identity & Radicalization on Reddit
Presented by Brittany Melton, PhD student in Media Studies.
Nov 23: Defining and Classifying the Broadway Musical in an Age of AI
Presented by Professor Grant Campbell (*In memory of Professor Jonathan Burston)
Feb 29: Knowledge Translation: Theories and Practices
Presented by John Kausch, PhD student in Library & Information Science.
Mar 7: Disposable People: Data cleaning and power in AI ethics
Presented by Pinar Barlas, PhD student in Library & Information Science.
May 2: GradCast: Disseminating Academic Research on Air
Presented by Meghan Voll (Media Studies PhD), Mark Ambrogio (LIS PhD) and Amalie Hutchinson (Biology).
May 9: Feedback and Focus: Exploring Post-Secondary Students' Perceptions of Feedback, Mindfulness, and Stress
Presented by Assistant Professor Erin Isings and LIS PhD student Hugh Samson
May 16: Public Health and Safety: An Integrative Review Examining the Use of Pharmaceutical AI for Evergreening
Presented by Earlel Thiyagaratnam, PhD in Health Information Science student
Presented by Brittany Melton, PhD student in Media Studies.
Nov 23: Defining and Classifying the Broadway Musical in an Age of AI
Presented by Professor Grant Campbell (*In memory of Professor Jonathan Burston)
Feb 29: Knowledge Translation: Theories and Practices
Presented by John Kausch, PhD student in Library & Information Science.
Mar 7: Disposable People: Data cleaning and power in AI ethics
Presented by Pinar Barlas, PhD student in Library & Information Science.
May 2: GradCast: Disseminating Academic Research on Air
Presented by Meghan Voll (Media Studies PhD), Mark Ambrogio (LIS PhD) and Amalie Hutchinson (Biology).
May 9: Feedback and Focus: Exploring Post-Secondary Students' Perceptions of Feedback, Mindfulness, and Stress
Presented by Assistant Professor Erin Isings and LIS PhD student Hugh Samson
May 16: Public Health and Safety: An Integrative Review Examining the Use of Pharmaceutical AI for Evergreening
Presented by Earlel Thiyagaratnam, PhD in Health Information Science student
2022 - 2023
Sept 29: Cronenberg and the Abnormal Body: Seeing Disability in Sci-Fi and Horror Films
Presented by Billie Anderson, PhD student in Media Studies.
Oct 13: Imagined Audiences: Connecting the History and Theory of American Entertainment Television, Television Production Studies, and The Debates Surrounding Postfeminism
Presented by Avery Page, PhD student in Media Studies.
Oct 27: Poisoning of Alexei Navalny: Understanding (Counter-)Propaganda
Presented by Eduard Sviridenko, PhD student in Media Studies.
Nov 17: Value, Values, and Visibility: Public Value Conflation in the Mobile Dating Industry
Presented by Meghan Voll, PhD student in Media Studies.
Mar 9: Playing Videogames Their Own Way: Disability, Industry, and Non-Normative Play(ers)
Presented by Juan Escobar-Lamanna, PhD student in Media Studies.
Mar 16: The author and finisher of her craft: authentic creative control in selected South African television series by Black women auteurs
Presented by Sibusisiwe Gugu Manqele, PhD candidate in English, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Mar 23: Using Panlex Swadesh Lists to Create a Phonosemantic Writing System
Presented by John Kausch, PhD student in Library & Information Science.
Mar 30: Understanding Genre Through Journeying
Presented by Mark C. Ambrogio, PhD student in Library & Information Science.
Apr 6: Necropolitics Illustrated: the Covid-19 pandemic and the photojournalistic images related to Brazil's Bolsonaro
Presented by Andrew Melo, PhD student in Media Studies.
Apr 20: The role of influencers on Instagram and Twitter during the 2022/2023 women's rights protest in Iran: Preliminary findings
Presented by Jinman Zhang, PhD student in Media Studies.
Presented by Billie Anderson, PhD student in Media Studies.
Oct 13: Imagined Audiences: Connecting the History and Theory of American Entertainment Television, Television Production Studies, and The Debates Surrounding Postfeminism
Presented by Avery Page, PhD student in Media Studies.
Oct 27: Poisoning of Alexei Navalny: Understanding (Counter-)Propaganda
Presented by Eduard Sviridenko, PhD student in Media Studies.
Nov 17: Value, Values, and Visibility: Public Value Conflation in the Mobile Dating Industry
Presented by Meghan Voll, PhD student in Media Studies.
Mar 9: Playing Videogames Their Own Way: Disability, Industry, and Non-Normative Play(ers)
Presented by Juan Escobar-Lamanna, PhD student in Media Studies.
Mar 16: The author and finisher of her craft: authentic creative control in selected South African television series by Black women auteurs
Presented by Sibusisiwe Gugu Manqele, PhD candidate in English, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Mar 23: Using Panlex Swadesh Lists to Create a Phonosemantic Writing System
Presented by John Kausch, PhD student in Library & Information Science.
Mar 30: Understanding Genre Through Journeying
Presented by Mark C. Ambrogio, PhD student in Library & Information Science.
Apr 6: Necropolitics Illustrated: the Covid-19 pandemic and the photojournalistic images related to Brazil's Bolsonaro
Presented by Andrew Melo, PhD student in Media Studies.
Apr 20: The role of influencers on Instagram and Twitter during the 2022/2023 women's rights protest in Iran: Preliminary findings
Presented by Jinman Zhang, PhD student in Media Studies.
Winter 2022
Feb 3: Storytelling and the Phenomenology of Displacement
Presented by Akram Kangouri, Media Studies PhD student.
Mar 3: Data collection during the pandemic: When the unwritten rules become the applied rules
Presented by Giada Ferrucci and Sanada Sahoo, Media Studies PhD students, Ebenezer Martin-Yeboah, Health Information Science PhD student and Eunice Annan-Aggrey, Geography and Environment PhD student.
Mar 10: "By Women For Women": Communicating Gender Discourse in r/FemaleDatingStrategy
Presented by Brittany Melton, Media Studies PhD student.
Presented by Akram Kangouri, Media Studies PhD student.
Mar 3: Data collection during the pandemic: When the unwritten rules become the applied rules
Presented by Giada Ferrucci and Sanada Sahoo, Media Studies PhD students, Ebenezer Martin-Yeboah, Health Information Science PhD student and Eunice Annan-Aggrey, Geography and Environment PhD student.
Mar 10: "By Women For Women": Communicating Gender Discourse in r/FemaleDatingStrategy
Presented by Brittany Melton, Media Studies PhD student.
2020 - 2021
Oct 22: Big Data in the Digital Health Landscape: An exploration of apps within the transition to parenting context and the co-production of ethical practice in research with minors
Presented by Danica Facca, Health Information Science PhD student.
Nov 11: Amplifying women's concerns in a time of crisis: A study of women's rights organizations on Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic
Presented by Charlotte Nau, Media Studies PhD student.
Nov 16: Social Media and 'The House of Fame'
Presented by Ellis Jones, Postdoctoral Researcher.
Dec 3: Interrogating 'Conspiracism:' Exploring Motivations Behind the Academic Treatment of Conspiracy Theories
Presented by David Guignion, Media Studies PhD student.
Feb 18: An Exercise with Hannah Arendt: Looking at Public and its Collective Responsibility for Government Violence
Presented by Sananda Sahoo, Media Studies PhD student.
Mar 5: Indigenous voices in the digital age: using digital storytelling to illustrate the lived experiences of urban Indigenous peoples
Presented by Percy Sherwood, Media Studies PhD student and Joy SpearChief-Morris.
Mar 24: Social Selection of Algorithms
Presented by Alex Mayhew, Library & Information Science student.
Apr 8: Value Sensitive Design in the Twitter API
Presented by Carolyn Sullivan, MLIS candidate.
Apr 22: Mapping #MeToo: A synthesis review of digital feminist research across social media platforms
Presented by Professor Anabel Quan-Haase and Darryl Pieber, Media Studies PhD student.
Presented by Danica Facca, Health Information Science PhD student.
Nov 11: Amplifying women's concerns in a time of crisis: A study of women's rights organizations on Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic
Presented by Charlotte Nau, Media Studies PhD student.
Nov 16: Social Media and 'The House of Fame'
Presented by Ellis Jones, Postdoctoral Researcher.
Dec 3: Interrogating 'Conspiracism:' Exploring Motivations Behind the Academic Treatment of Conspiracy Theories
Presented by David Guignion, Media Studies PhD student.
Feb 18: An Exercise with Hannah Arendt: Looking at Public and its Collective Responsibility for Government Violence
Presented by Sananda Sahoo, Media Studies PhD student.
Mar 5: Indigenous voices in the digital age: using digital storytelling to illustrate the lived experiences of urban Indigenous peoples
Presented by Percy Sherwood, Media Studies PhD student and Joy SpearChief-Morris.
Mar 24: Social Selection of Algorithms
Presented by Alex Mayhew, Library & Information Science student.
Apr 8: Value Sensitive Design in the Twitter API
Presented by Carolyn Sullivan, MLIS candidate.
Apr 22: Mapping #MeToo: A synthesis review of digital feminist research across social media platforms
Presented by Professor Anabel Quan-Haase and Darryl Pieber, Media Studies PhD student.
2019 - 2020
Oct 17: Structural Violence: Fostering a Pluralistic View from the Middle
Presented by Eugenia Canas, Health Information Science PhD'19.
Responses from Dr. Jacquelyn Burkell and Warren Steele
Nov: Health Justice Extended: Freedom from Aging
Presented by Alex Mayhew, Library & Information Science PhD student.
Responses from Zak Bronson and Kelsang Legden
Dec 5: Appropriating Play: Twitch.tv, Live Streaming, and Platform Capitalism
Presented by Charlotte Panneton, Media Studies PhD student.
Responses from: Atle Mikkola Kjosen and Aidan Warlow
Feb 26: Filtered In/Filtered Out: Locative Media and Social Accessibility in Urban Spaces
Presented by Darryl Pieber, Media Studies PhD student.
Responses from Vicki O'Meara and Charlotte Nau
Presented by Eugenia Canas, Health Information Science PhD'19.
Responses from Dr. Jacquelyn Burkell and Warren Steele
Nov: Health Justice Extended: Freedom from Aging
Presented by Alex Mayhew, Library & Information Science PhD student.
Responses from Zak Bronson and Kelsang Legden
Dec 5: Appropriating Play: Twitch.tv, Live Streaming, and Platform Capitalism
Presented by Charlotte Panneton, Media Studies PhD student.
Responses from: Atle Mikkola Kjosen and Aidan Warlow
Feb 26: Filtered In/Filtered Out: Locative Media and Social Accessibility in Urban Spaces
Presented by Darryl Pieber, Media Studies PhD student.
Responses from Vicki O'Meara and Charlotte Nau
2018 - 2019
Mar: Framing Climate Change: Why Does It Matter How We Frame Environment Challenges Today?
Presented by Giada Ferrucci, Media Studies PhD student.
Responses from Carol Hunsberger and Paul Mensink
Dec: Up Close and Impersonal: Locative Media and the Changing Nature of the Networked Individual in the City
Presented by Darryl Pieber, Media Studies PhD student.
Responses from: Mason Brooks
Nov: Re-Imagining Cataloguing: Evolution and Participation
Presented by Alex Mayhew.
Responses from Melissa Adler and Denise Smith.
Presented by Giada Ferrucci, Media Studies PhD student.
Responses from Carol Hunsberger and Paul Mensink
Dec: Up Close and Impersonal: Locative Media and the Changing Nature of the Networked Individual in the City
Presented by Darryl Pieber, Media Studies PhD student.
Responses from: Mason Brooks
Nov: Re-Imagining Cataloguing: Evolution and Participation
Presented by Alex Mayhew.
Responses from Melissa Adler and Denise Smith.
2017 - 2018
Sept: Pandemic Fame and its Consequences: The Inattention Economy of Online Culture
Presented by: David Marshall, Visiting Scholar at FIMS and Chair in New Media, Communication and Cultural Studies, Deakin University, Australia
Sept: Human Dignity Between Declaration and Curation: The Human Rights Exhibition Album as Cultural Technique
Presented by: Amy Freier
Responses by: Katie Oates and Sonya de Laat
Nov: Prime-Time Minister: Politics, Entertainment and Justin Trudeau
Presented by: Tiara Sukhan
Jan: The Faked Death of Real News: Why Delusion is Here to Stay
Presented by: Andrew Woods, Centre for Theory and Criticism
Responses by: Victoria Rubin and Dylan Hughes
Feb: "I'm Not Evil. I'm Chaotic Neutral!": On the Classification of Internet Trolls
Presented by: Yimin Chen
Responses by: Chandell Gosse and kirstyn seanor
Apr: Capital and Post-Cybernetic Control: On Amazon's Patent for Anticipatory Package Shipping
Presented by: Atle Mikkola Kjøsen
Responses by: Warren Steele and Ryan Schroeder
Presented by: David Marshall, Visiting Scholar at FIMS and Chair in New Media, Communication and Cultural Studies, Deakin University, Australia
Sept: Human Dignity Between Declaration and Curation: The Human Rights Exhibition Album as Cultural Technique
Presented by: Amy Freier
Responses by: Katie Oates and Sonya de Laat
Nov: Prime-Time Minister: Politics, Entertainment and Justin Trudeau
Presented by: Tiara Sukhan
Jan: The Faked Death of Real News: Why Delusion is Here to Stay
Presented by: Andrew Woods, Centre for Theory and Criticism
Responses by: Victoria Rubin and Dylan Hughes
Feb: "I'm Not Evil. I'm Chaotic Neutral!": On the Classification of Internet Trolls
Presented by: Yimin Chen
Responses by: Chandell Gosse and kirstyn seanor
Apr: Capital and Post-Cybernetic Control: On Amazon's Patent for Anticipatory Package Shipping
Presented by: Atle Mikkola Kjøsen
Responses by: Warren Steele and Ryan Schroeder
2016 - 2017
Sept: Fake News or Truth? Using Satirical Cues to Detect Potentially Misleading News
Presented by: Victoria L. Rubin, Niall J. Conroy, Yimin Chen, and Sarah Cornwell
Responses by Vicki O’Meara and Darryl Pieber
Nov: The Entreprecariat: Recording Artists in Extreme Metal Music Proto-Markets
Presented by Jason Netherton
Responses by Norma Coates and Ryan Mack
Feb: Aspirations and Precariousness in the life of Indian IT support service workers
Presented by Indranil Chakraborty
Responses by Edward Comor and James Steinhoff
March: Lewis Hine’s First World War Photographs for the American Red Cross: Interpretations in/of the past for humanitarianism today
Presented by Sonya de Laat
Response by Amy Freier
March, Special Event with PMCP:
A Public Lecture by Dr. Kimi Karki, University of Turku, Finland on Metal Music and Nationalism
Presented by: Victoria L. Rubin, Niall J. Conroy, Yimin Chen, and Sarah Cornwell
Responses by Vicki O’Meara and Darryl Pieber
Nov: The Entreprecariat: Recording Artists in Extreme Metal Music Proto-Markets
Presented by Jason Netherton
Responses by Norma Coates and Ryan Mack
Feb: Aspirations and Precariousness in the life of Indian IT support service workers
Presented by Indranil Chakraborty
Responses by Edward Comor and James Steinhoff
March: Lewis Hine’s First World War Photographs for the American Red Cross: Interpretations in/of the past for humanitarianism today
Presented by Sonya de Laat
Response by Amy Freier
March, Special Event with PMCP:
A Public Lecture by Dr. Kimi Karki, University of Turku, Finland on Metal Music and Nationalism
