Opeyemi Akanbi
Associate Professor, Undergraduate Program Director
Department: The School of Professional Communication, Creative Industries
Email: oakanbi@torontomu.ca
Education: LLB, LLM, PhD (University of Pennsylvania)
Discipline: Law, Technology & Communication
Areas of Expertise:
Culture & Creativity
Digital Work - Regulation
Law & Communication
Political Economy of Digital Media
Privacy
Remote Work
Research Interests
Law; Technology; Communication; Privacy; Media Regulation; Organizational Management.
Dr. Opeyemi Akanbi is an Assistant Professor in the School of Professional Communication and is also cross-appointed to the Joint Graduate Program in Communication and Culture, offered in partnership with York University. She is an interdisciplinary scholar with a background in law and communication. Her research areas are privacy, media regulation, labor and technology, and the political economy of digital media.
Dr. Akanbi holds a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania and was a 2018-2019 Jefferson Scholars Foundation National Fellow. Her publications include articles in the Canadian Journal of Communication, Media Culture and Society, the International Journal of Communication, and Yale Law Journal Forum.
| Course Code | Course |
| CC 8849 | Selected Topics in Politics and Policy - Data Politics |
| CC 8905 | MA Research Specialization and Practice |
| CC 8952 | Political Economy of Media |
| CC 8959 | Special Topics: Politics and Policy - Privacy |
| CC 9900 | Advanced Research Methods |
Related Content
- Akanbi, O. (2021). The right to disconnect: Why legislation doesn't address the real problems with work. The Canadian Press
- Shtern. J, Akanbi, O, & Hill, S. (2021, ). U.S. aligns with global moves against facebook. Province (Vancouver, B.C.)
- Akanbi, O. (2021). A market-based rationale for the privacy paradox. Media, Culture & Society, Journal Article, 16344372110158. https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437211015843
- An Empirical Assessment of the Intrusiveness and Reasonableness of Emerging Work Surveillance Technologies in the Public Sector. (2021). Public Administration Review, 81(4), 810–810. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13325
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