PHD Defence: “Now Playing, You: Big Data and the Production of Music Streaming Space†by Robert Prey

Our dear colleague, Robert Prey, will defend his PhD dissertation on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015 at Harbour Centre, Room 1520 (10:30 am -1:30 pm). Here is the abstract of his dissertation “Now Playing, You: Big Data and the Production of Music Streaming Space”

PHD Defence: “The Right to Authentic Political Communication” by Ann Rees

Our dear colleague, Ann Rees, will defend her PhD dissertation on Friday, January 22nd, 2016 at Harbour Centre, Room 1315 (1:30pm). Here is the abstract of her dissertation “The Right to Au-thentic Political Communication”

MA Defence: “Creativity Within Constraints: Encoding, Production, and Representation in Battlestar Galactica†by Philippa Adams

Our dear colleague, Philippa Adams, will defend her MA Thesis on Friday, December 10th, 2015 at Harbour Centre, Room 1520 (2:00 pm - 4:00 pm). Here is the abstract of her thesis “Creativity Within Constraints”

PhD Defence: “Iranian Community Media in Stockholm: Locality, Transnationality, and Multicultural Adaptation†by Daniel Ahadi

Our dear colleague, Daniel Ahadi, will defend his PhD Dissertation on Monday, June 27, 2016 at Harbour Centre, Library Thesis Room, Bennett Library Room 2020, (10:30 am - 1:30 pm). Here is the abstract of his dissertation “Iranian Community Media in Stockholm”

MA Defence: “Disconnected realities: An analysis of the DrugsNot4Me campaign and its impact on street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada†by Lianlian Ti

Our dear colleague, Lianlian Ti, will defend her MA Thesis on Friday, April 15, 2016 at Harbour Centre, Room 1520 (10:00 am - 12:00 pm). Here is the abstract of her thesis “Disconnected realities: An analysis of the DrugNot4Me campaign and its impact on street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada"

MA Defence: “Tweeting Tsunami: Early Warning Networks in British Columbia†by Amanda Oldring

Our dear colleague, Amanda Oldring, will defend her MA Thesis on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at Harbour Centre, Room 1500 (1:00 pm - 3:00 pm). Here is the abstract of her thesis “Tweeting Tsunami”

MA Defence: “Waste Media Pedagogy: Soundscape Composition as Re-sponsive Spatial Practice

Our dear colleague, Pietro Sammarco, will defend his MA Thesis on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at Harbour Centre, Room 1500 (1:00 am - 12:00 pm). Here is the abstract of his thesis “Waste Media Pedagogy”

Public Presentation of Two Extended Essays by Yuji Zhang

Our dear colleague, Yuji Zhang, will defend her two MA extended essays on Thursday, January 14th, 2016 at Harbour Centre, Room HC 1415 (2:30-4:30). Here are the abstracts of the two extended essays: “China’s Quest for Soft Power” and "Re-examining Herbert Schiller’s Cultural Imperialism Thesis

MA Defence: “Shaping The Genohype: A Cautionary Tale of Overpromise†by Stephan Struve

Our dear colleague, Stephan Struve, will defend his MA thesis on Thursday, December 3rd, 2015 at Harbour Centre, Room 2200 (10:00 am -12:00 pm). Here is the abstract of his thesis “Shaping the Genohype: A Cautionary Tale of Overpromise”