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Dr. Jeremy Shtern

Chair, Professor
EducationCommunication, Universit茅 de Montr茅al (Montr茅al, CA), Ph.D; New Media, Information & Society, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (London, UK), M.Sc; Film Studies, Queen鈥檚 University (Kingston, CA), BA; (Hons) Proficiency in Spanish, The Chang School - 成人大片 (Toronto, CA)

Biography

Dr. Shtern joined the 成人大片 faculty from the University of Ottawa in 2013, as the first full time faculty member hired in the School of Creative Industries. Among other contributions, he is co-author of two books: , and . He is also author or co-author on a dozen journal articles and book chapters and has made more than 30 paper presentations at scholarly conferences. Dr. Shtern's list of invited guest lectures includes visits to the Yale Law School鈥檚 Information Society Project, and a Keynote at a 2014 International Conference hosted by the Centre for Culture, Media and Governance, at JMI in New Delhi, India.  Professor Shtern is an innovative and entrepreneurial researcher whose research adds value to 成人大片 and provides opportunities for its students. Since completing his  and  funded PhD and post-docs, Dr. Shtern鈥檚 research program has been supported with more than $250,000 in external research funding.

Dr. Shtern founded and directs the Global Communication Governance Research Lab at 成人大片. Among other academic leadership service appointments, he is vice-chair of the Communication Policy and Technology section of the International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) and previously served on the Board of Directors of the . Jeremy has served on review juries for SSHRC, FRQSC, the Open Society Foundation and the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and has peer-reviewed for leading journals and publishers. He teaches undergraduate courses in the Ryerson School of Creative Industries and regularly teaches and supervises in the York/成人大片 Joint Graduate Program in Communication and Culture.
 

Public Profiles:

  • Full member of 成人大片's Yeates School of Graduate Studies and thereby authorized to evaluate and supervise graduate student projects and theses.

  • Communication policy
  • Globalization & communication
  • Digital technologies
  • Creative labour
  • Internet governance
  • Communication rights
  • Internet and digital platform governance
  • Political economy of media

Books

  • Raboy, M. & Shtern, J. (2010). . Vancouver: UBC Press.
  • Raboy, M.; Landry, N. & Shtern, J. (2010). . New York: Peter Lang.

Book Chapters

  • Hill, S & J. Shtern (in press, expected 2023). 鈥淭echlash, Platformization and the Struggle to Govern Online Content鈥�. In A. Hintz, C. Padovani, G. Goggin et al (eds.) Global Communication Governance at the Crossroads. Palgrave.
  • Shtern, J.& S. Hill. (2021). 鈥淭he Political Economy of Influence: Sponsored Content and Social Media Entertainment鈥�. in S. Cunningham and D. Craig (eds), . New York: NYU Press. 329-362.
  • Levine, I. & Shtern, J. (2015). 鈥淐ultural and Creative Entrepreneurship Education by Design: A Case Study of the Development and Launch of Canada鈥檚 First B.A. Program in Creative Industries鈥�. in. O. Kuhluke, A. Schramme and R. Kooyman (eds)鈥� . Chicago/Amsterdam: Eburon Academic Publishers/University of Chicago Press. pp. 214-223. 
  • Shtern, J. & Blake, S. (2014). 鈥淧ower and Politics at the CRTC: The Recent Past and Uncertain Future of Canada鈥檚 Communications Regulator鈥�. In: L. Shade (eds.) MediaScapes IV. Toronto: Pearson Education. pp. 84-106.
  • Davis, C.; Shtern, J.; Coutanche, M. & Godo, E. (2014). 鈥淪creenwriters in Toronto: Centre, Periphery, and Exclusionary Networks in Canadian Screen Storytelling鈥�. In: J. Grant (eds.) . Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 77-98.
  • Shtern, J.; Par茅, D.; Ross, P. & Dick, M. (2013). 鈥淗istoriographic Innovation: How the Past Explains the Future of Social Media Services鈥�. In A. Krumsvik and T. Storsul (eds.) . Gothenburg: Nordicom. pp. 239-254.
  • Shtern, J. (2012). 鈥淏eyond Policy Analysis: Methods for Qualitative Investigation鈥�. in I. Wagman & P. Urquhart (eds.) Cultural Industries.ca: Making Sense of Canadian Media in the Digital Age. Toronto: James Lorimer and Company. pp. 166-182.
  • Shtern, J.; Landry, N. & Raboy, M. (2012). 鈥淭he Least Imperfect Form of Global Governance Yet? Civil Society and Multi-Stakeholder Governance of Communication鈥�. in D. Frau-Meigs et al. (eds.) . Bristol, UK: Intellect Ltd. pp. TBC.
  • Raboy, M. & Shtern, J. (2010). 鈥淢ediated Speech and Communication Rights: Situating Cyber-Bullying Within the Emerging Global Internet Page 12 of 20Governance Regime鈥�. in S. Shariff & A. Churchill (eds.) . New York: Peter Lang. pp. 193-228.

Guest & Keynote Speaking

  • Shtern, J. (2016). UNESCO global consultation on Internet indicators. Invited by UNESCO to participate in an IAMCR Special Session panel discussion of global internet indicators. Cartagena, COL. July 2017.
  • Shtern, J. (2016). Better than Random: The Chance for Democratic Governance of The Advertising Supported Internet. Queensland University of Technology, Digital Media Research Centre Lunch Seminar. Aug. 2, 2016.
  • Shtern, J. (2016). The Interactor Commodity: The Politics of Social Media Advertising. University of Sydney Department of Media and Communications. Aug. 15, 2016.
  • Shtern, J. (2016). Social Media Activism Workshop. The Toronto Youth Cabinet Summit. Toronto City Hall. May 7, 2016.
  • Shtern, J. (2016). Better than Random: The Chance for Democratic Governance of the Advertising Supported Internet. The Datactive Speaker Series. University of Amsterdam. Feb. 17, 2016.
  • Shtern, J. (2015). 鈥淣etworks of Exclusion: The Mediation of Cultural Diversity in Canada鈥檚 Broadcasting System鈥�. Invited Keynote Talk at "International Conference on Media Diversity: Concept, Analysis, Policy", Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi India, Nov. 25, 2015.
  • Shtern, J. (2011). 鈥淩eal Technological, Political and Social Barriers to the Global Free Flow of Information.鈥� Invited intervention to 鈥淢edia and Internet Policies behind the Great Firewall: A Global Conversation on Traditional and Digital Media Law and the Reality in China鈥�. Invited/organized by Internews. Bangkok, Thailand. Jan. 7, 2011. 
  • Shtern, J. (2010). 鈥淭he Least Imperfect Form of Global Governance Yet?Communication Activism and Multi-Stakeholder Governance of the Information Society鈥�. Invited talk at the Yale University Law School, Information Society Project. Dec. 15, 2010.
  • Shtern, J. (2008). 鈥淕overning the Internet鈥欌��. Broadband: Gilberto Gil in Discussion with Montreal Activists. Invited intervention to a public forum organized by Media@McGill at the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT). Montr茅al, Feb. 16, 2008.

Journal Publications

  • Shtern, J., Hill, S. & D. Chan. (2019). . International Journal of Communication (IJOC) 13(2019) pp. 1939-1958.
  • Zboralska, E., Davis, C., Shtern, J & V. Ciccone. (2017): 鈥淐anada鈥檚 Policy of Cultural Diversity Reporting in the Audiovisual Industry: Making Monitoring Meaningful鈥�. Quaderns del CAC: 43. pp 73-86.
  • Abramson, B.D.; Shtern, J.; & Taylor, G. (2008). 鈥� 鈥楳ore and Better鈥� Research? Critical Communication Studies and the Problem of Policy Relevance鈥�. The Canadian Journal of Communication 33(2). pp. 303-317.
  • Shtern, J. (2006). 鈥溾��. The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge & Society 2(3). pp. 173-179.