News & Events

Updated April 30, 2013

RYERSON EXPERTS OFFER UP EXPERTISE ON SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS

Tweeting your friends at work? Worried about how your Facebook profile may harm your chances of landing that much-coveted  job? Ryerson University experts share their knowledge on social media trends that are changing how people communicate.

Social media and civil society
New media and privacy
Political parties' use of social media
Greg Elmer
Bell Globemedia Research Chair
Director, Infoscape Lab, centre for the Study of Social Media
School of Radio and Television Arts
Office: 416-979-5000 x 5282
Alt: 416-802-2182
gelmer@ryerson.ca
www.infoscapelab.ca

Social media
Marusya Bociurkiw
Assistant Professor
School of Radio and Television Arts
Office: 416-979-5000 x 7447
Alt: 416-898-2414
marusya@ryerson.ca
http://mediastudies.blog.ryerson.ca

Social media
Internet usage
Charles Zamaria
Professor
School of Radio and Television Arts
Director and Principal Investigator, Canadian Internet Project
Office: 416-979-5000 x 7549
Alt: 416-460-1972
czamaria@ryerson.ca
http://www.ciponline.ca

Social media and journalism
Gavin Adamson
Assistant Professor
School of Journalism
Office: 416-979-5000 x 6397
Alt: 647-297-0125
gavin.andamson@ryerson.ca
Bio: www.ryerson.ca/biographies/gAdamson.html

Privacy and social media
Law and technology
Avner Levin
Associate Professor, and Chair, Law and Business
Ted Rogers School of Management
Director, Privacy and Cyber Crime Institute
Office: 416-979-5000 x 7690
avner.levin@ryerson.ca
www.ryerson.ca/tedrogersschool/bm/faculty/directory/bios/levin.html
www.ryerson.ca/tedrogersschool/privacy

CONTACT:

Suelan Toye
Public Affairs
Ryerson University
Office: 416-979-5000 x 7161
stoye@ryerson.ca
@RyersonU