ICCIT's Julie Chen and Alessandro Delfanti have co-edited a special section on worker resistance in the age of digital capitalism in the International Journal of Communication with Michelle Phan from Simon Fraser University. The section includes studies in 6 countries across the globe.

Full PDF available here.

ICCIT's Bree McEwan on Apple's new headset, addressing embodiment, data privacy, and VR/AR surveillance live on CP24.

Watch the full live broadcast here.

Our ICCIT faculty were in Japan this April presenting their new books! Our ICCIT Director, Sarah Sharma, and Professor Jeremy Packer were invited to an afternoon of media theory in Tokyo at Aoyama Gakuin University. The event also featured three local professors of media studies: Takanari Fukuta from Tokyo Metropolitan University, Junichi Miyazawa from Aoyama Gakuin University and Toko Tanaka from the University of Tokyo.
 

Congratulations to the 2023 recipients of the ICCIT Student Awards & Scholarships at the University of Toronto! 🏅

We are thrilled to recognize the exceptional achievements of our undergraduate students through our comprehensive scholarship programs.

🏅 CCIT Field Course Award 🏅
Nadim Kassymov

🏅 ICCIT Director’s Leadership & Engagement Award 🏅
Hai Bui
Hamna Riaz
Jaqueline Shie
Marah Mufleh

ICCIT's Daniel Tsai interviewed on Metro Morning about cell service on the TTC amid rising.

Expert calls on the CRTC to compel big telecom companies to provide cell service on the TTC amid rising violence 

Listen to the interview here

The 4th edition of the ICCIT Council's VISION Journal "Capsule" is now out!

VISION is an annual student-run publication by the ICCIT Council that shares insight into the students' talents. The launch event has taken place on March 22nd, 2023.

The ICCIT students have been working hard from the beginning of the year and it’s incredible to see how far they have come! Take a look at the publication here.

Are you looking to gain experience within and beyond the classroom, while simultaneously developing a competitive professional edge? If so, the Professional Experience Certificate in Digital Media, Communication, and Technology or our ICCIT internship courses may be the just opportunities you're looking for.

ICCIT's Brett Caraway talked to Global News national online journalist about femcels and what unites this enigmatic subculture.

Brett Caraway, a University of Toronto professor who specializes in social movements, says femcels should not be mistaken as simply a tongue-in-cheek, aesthetic-based meme culture. Instead, he says femcels are “a group of people that are on the receiving end of a power dynamic and are performing a grievance.”

ICCIT's Dan Guadagnolo spoke to the group of Humanities and Diverse eResearch Scholars based at the University of Melbourne about the dark patterns of technology design and the pedagogical challenges in teaching in the space between computer science and humanities.

ICCIT's Dan Guadagnolo takes a deep dive into Loblaw's myopic efforts to turn the tide of public sentiment in this Conversation article. 

"The communications failure should spur Canadians to pressure Loblaw — a company that controls our access to food and, increasingly, health care — to worry about the material effects of its actions, not just its words"