Claudia Padovani and the Global Media Policy Working Group organized a panel at the IAMCR 2023 in Lyon where editors of the IAMCR/Palgrave Macmillan Book series were invited to speak about the future of the field. I could not be there in person, but was asked to send a video contribution. I am adding the …
Video: IAMCR 2023 Global Media Policy Panel Contribution Read More »
Recently, I received the excellent news that I have received tenure and will be promoted to associate professor starting september 1st! For those interested, I spoke about some of my journey in an interview with the School of Communication Digital Content Manager – which you can read here. Many colleagues and students – particularly those from …
Benjamin J. Birkinbine (University of Nevada, Reno) reviewed our edited volume Media Governance: A Cosmopolitan Critique for the Journal of Digital Media & Policy. Honored that our book got selected to be reviewed by a colleague! Read the review here.
Thanks to my work-study students Kimia Nafar and Halima Moola, the website for the research coming out of the cultural industries in acute crisis project is now online and accessible here. I am excited about the ongoing work in this realm of research and I am looking forward to sharing more of our findings and …
Cultural Industries in Acute Crisis Website Online! Read More »
Three work-study and three graduate students presented on the work they have been doing the past months. Some of them working on their theses, others working on funded projects together with me as Principle Investigator, others contributing to the design of the SFU website. Good job everyone!
It was great to have the opportunity to read, assess and discuss the entries for the 2023 CRTC Price for Excellence in Policy Research alongside great colleagues. It’s a great way to encourage, support and discover new talent in policy research in media and communication studies. Make sure to apply next year! You can find information …
Selecting the 2023 CRTC Prize Winners for Excellence in Policy Research Read More »
The EJO (European Journalism Observatory) invited myself and Hanan Badr to publish a German summary of the edited volume “Media Governance-A Cosmopolitan Critique” which you can read here.
“Media Governance: A Cosmopolitan Critique” is a new volume edited by Sarah Anne Ganter and Hanan Badr, published in the Palgrave/IAMCR book series. The book offers a critical map to navigate the field of media governance. A thread of cosmopolitan critique connects the fourteen chapters to enhance media governance literature beyond the West and regional …
New book available online! Media Governance: A Cosmopolitan Critique Read More »
If you are interested in pursuing graduate studies at Simon Fraser University in the fields of communication and cultural policy, platform governance, journalism cultures, media structures or de-westernization of media and communication studies please contact me at sganter@sfu.ca. At the moment, I am specifically interested in working with candidates (MA and PhD) in the following thematic areas: Read here for …
I was invited to speak at the Musiccare Conference 2022 that took place in New Westminster – a Conference organized by Room 217 and mainly addressing music therapists. This was a very unusual crowd for me, and it was great to be able to present some preliminary findings from the research we are doing on …