Jeremy Shtern

Politics & Policy

DepartmentCreative Industries (Toronto Metropolitan University)

Areas of Expertiseinternet governance; media policy; communication rights; globalization and communication; political economy of social media advertising; emerging media; creative labour; and research methods.

https://www.torontomu.ca/creativeindustries/people/faculty/jshtern/

Jeremy Shtern is associate professor and a founding faculty member in the School of Creative Industries at Ryerson University. Dr. Shtern’s research and teaching focuses on transformations in the structure and governance of communication industries and creative work as they reorganize around globalization and digital technologies.

Research Interests:

Communication policy; Digital technologies; Globalization and communication; Creative work; Social media advertising; Internet governance; Communication rights and the right to communicate; Regulation and political economy of Canadian media and creative industries.

The Global Communication Governance Lab (external link)

Sample of supervised ComCult projects:

2022 - Stephanie Hill; Dissertation; Chasing the mainstream: Corporate social advocacy and online content governance

2022 - Soeun Outh; MA Major Research paper; Exploration of Trends in Professional Profile Pictures

2020 - Priyana Govindarajah; MA Major Research paper; Openness Principle and Political Party Privacy Policies in Canada and UK: An examination of voter privacy

2020 - Jordan Kroschinsky; MA Thesis; Canadian International NGOs: Holding Discursive Strategies to a Higher Standard

2018 - Emma Whyte; Thesis; From Public Interest To Creators’ Interest: An Examination Of The Policy Discourse Shifts In Canadian Broadcasting: 2003-2017

2017 - Johan Anthony Adams-Persaud; Major Research Paper; From Ghetto To Glam: Representation Of African American Male Identity In Television Sitcoms

2017 - Stephanie Hill; Thesis: Creating content, influencing democracy: situating corporate political communication between marketing and activism

ComCult Teaching Activities

CC 8836 Selected Topics in Media and Culture - Social Media Entertain. Ind.
CC 8849 Selected Topics in Politics and Policy
CC 8902 Research Methods Workshop
CC 8906 CC: An Interdisciplinary Approach
CC 8940 Political Economy of Culture and Commun
CC 8941 Issues in Communication and Cultural Policy
CC 8959 Special Topics: Politics and Policy - Policy Methods and Professional Practices
CC 9900 Advanced Research Methods
CC 9906 PhD Field Seminar: Disciplinary Practice