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Published: I/O: Reinforcing Newsmaking Practices Through Algorithmic Media

Recent developments in communication and information technology have disrupted the long-established dominance of mass media over the production and distribution of news. As an effort to reclaim their role of society’s information gatekeeper, media companies absorb digital technology as instruments…

Accelerating Sharing Economy

Several companies are investing in digital technology to improve urban infrastructure, reduce costs, and enhance the overall quality of public and private services. Based on sharing economy, these companies seek to optimize resources through the redistribution, sharing, and reuse of…

To Build a Human-Machine Territory:  The Refrain and Mobile technologies

The term “ritornello” means a recurring passage in baroque music for orchestra and chorus. It is a part of the music that returns periodically, like the chorus or refrain during the course of a song. The French term, “ritournelle,” used…

CCA Conference 2016 – I/O: Enforcing Idealized Newsmaking Practices Through Algorithm

During the Canadian Communication Association (CCA) Conference 2017 (Toronto, Canada), I presented the paper “ I/O: Enforcing Idealized Newsmaking Practices Through Algorithm”. Below you will find the abstract and my slides. Abstract For more than two centuries the production of…

Coms 369 – Visual Communication and Culture – Winter 2017

From January to April 2017 I was a part-time faculty for the course on Visual Communication and Culture (COMS 369) in the Department of Communication Studies at the Concordia University. It was not my first teaching experience. I had taught before…

Just completed my comprehensive examination

Below is my list of readings for my Comprehensive Examination in Communication Studies. The list was designed as an exemplary study of some of the key themes in the field. Arkette, S. (2004). Sounds Like City. Theory, Culture &…

CCA Conference Paper: Uber’s Dysfunctional Discourse of Technological Disruption

During the Canadian Communication Association (CCA) Conference 2016 (Calgary, Canada), I presented the paper “Accelerating Sharing Economy: Uber’s Dysfunctional Discourse of Technological Disruption”. Below you will find the abstract, my slides, and the link the completed version of this paper.…

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