The Faculty of Information & Media Studies (FIMS) at Western University is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about media, communications and information technologies. Across our various programs, we foster two key capacities in our students: the ability to think critically about the world in which we live, and the skill and confidence to make an intervention in the communities … Read More
Enough about fake news. What about the real news? What do citizens of our communities need to know about news that matters? In the midst of the dual crises now challenging journalism and the news industry- dwindling trust and decimated local newsrooms struggling to cover their communities – a special Western University Homecoming speaker’s session and panel examines why trusted … Read More
Started in spring 2018 with a launch planned for fall 2018, So What? is a podcast about library and information science research and why it matters. So What? is created and produced by students at the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western University. Our student-driven approach is central to our project; we want to provide students with the … Read More
Work lends ‘voice’ to dementia patient wishes: Read about it on Western News
MIT’s own, unique, new, and immersive learning experience in El Salvador has been featured on CBC. Read the full article here or listen below MIT 3953G- Special Topics in MIT: El Salvador: Mining, Agro Toxics and Environmental Crisis with Professor A. Grzyb This unique international educational opportunity will provide students with an opportunity to complete intensive background reading for six weeks, followed by … Read More
By Aniruddho Chokroborty-Hoque, originally published on Western News In 2010, pop musician Kesha began an ultimately failed three-year legal fight with her two producers, Lukasz Gottwald and David Sonenberg, over exclusive rights to her singing services and song catalogue. “The question that never comes up was, ‘What does she want?’ The court does not care. Her preferences, her desires had no … Read More
By Aniruddho Chokroborty-Hoque, Originally published on Western News Imagine being accused of a crime – or being found guilty of one. Depending on where you live, your future may be determined by what – and how much – the news media says about you. While researching crime reporting across the globe, Faculty of Information & Media Studies professor Romayne Smith Fullerton … Read More
Nelanthi Hewa is a student in the Master of Media in Journalism & Communication program at Western. This essay won the Haak Saan Responsible Journalism Scholarship, established to promote and enhance social justice, peace and harmony, by encouraging highly responsible journalism. “You’re exploiting me,” she said. “You’re trying to dig something out of me.” She didn’t hang up. Instead, there … Read More
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