Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS)
FIMS at @westernu has been dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about media, communications and information technologies since 1997. #ldnont
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- What does political change feel like when it’s personal? A CBC Kids News article centers a Canadian teen’s perspective on the future of Venezuela, alongside insight from FIMS professor Juan Andrés Bello on democracy, power, and what may come next after Maduro’s removal. www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/pos...
- AI companies are embracing the “power of cuteness,” and it’s not accidental. In a recent @washingtonpost.com article, FIMS professor @lukestark.bsky.social shares insight into why this design strategy works on humans — for better or worse. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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- Reposted by Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS)From the newsroom to #WesternU’s classrooms —Angela Murphy, foreign editor of the @theglobeandmail.com, is the 2026 Asper Fellow. She's ready to guide the next generation of journalists (and learn from them, too). Read more about her journey. @westernufims.bsky.social
- What do dreams and mycelium have in common? According to Professor Sharon Sliwinski, both form networks of connection that bind us to each other, our ancestors and the living world. Read more from her new book An Alphabet for Dreamers: thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/dreams-and-m...
- Exciting news at #WesternUFIMS: Angela Murphy, Foreign Editor at The Globe and Mail, has been named the 2026 Asper Fellow in Media. Learn more about her path into journalism and what she hopes to bring to the classroom this year: news.westernu.ca/2025/11/ange...
- Check out FIMS alum Carleigh Bodrug (BA’14) featured in Western Alumni Magazine. Now a New York Times bestselling author and founder of PlantYou, Carleigh has built a global community — driven by her mission to make plant-based eating accessible. Read more: magazine.westernu.ca/from-western...
- How do we stay close when we live far apart? 💭 FIMS professor Anabel Quan-Haase shares insight in The Globe and Mail on how tech helps long-distance friendships thrive. www.theglobeandmail.com/life/advice/...
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- More than one in four Canadian teens report experiencing technology-facilitated sexual violence, according to new research by FIMS Charlotte Nau, PhD and Sociology PhD student Estefania Reyes, published in @ca.theconversation.com
- FIMS Professor Luke Stark joined CBC’s Quirks & Quarks 50th anniversary special, recorded live at the Perimeter Institute. He discussed the history and future of AI and computer technology — part of a look at how the past 50 years of discovery will shape the next 50. www.youtube.com/live/w63qjrD...
- Reposted by Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS)It’s official, we are all in! Join us as we continue to drive impactful change for Canada and the world. There's so much to be proud of and so much more to do. #AllinWesternU Learn more: allin.westernu.ca?utm_medium=s...
- Canada’s $43B subsidies for critical minerals may be missing the mark. In The Conversation, Chris Arsenault, with co-authors Philippe Le Billon and Raphael Deberdt, examines why processing is the weak link in Canada’s critical minerals strategy. theconversation.com/canadas-43-b...
- Grammar vs. grit. Assistant Professor Chris Arsenault breaks down the slip-ups behind NHL team slogans in The Athletic. 🔗 www.nytimes.com/athletic/663...
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- There may be a dark side to your chatbot friend. FIMS professor Luke Stark, along with education professor Colin King and Western's chief AI officer Mark Daley, share expert insight on the potential psychological harms of building relationships with AI chatbots. nationalpost.com/news/science...
