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Video-Blog News of the Week; October 29, 2014

Video-Blog News of the Week; October 29, 2014

This week I wander (carefully) into tender territory reflecting on possible common denominators IMHO among the #gamergate, Jian Gohmeshi and TWU Law situations. If anyone is interested, the slides from a talk to my Media Law class at the UBC Graduate School of Journalism regarding the Gohmeshi situation can be found here: http://medialaw.journalism.ubc.ca/2014/10/29/class-9-partial-slides-ghomeshi/    Unfortunately, for […]

Week 10 Guest Speaker: Mia Consalvo

Week 10 Guest Speaker: Mia Consalvo

                Mia Consalvo is one of the leading video-game academics and researchers in the world. She is the Canada Research Chair in Game Studies & Design at the Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University. Her education includes a BA, Communications from Lyndon State College, Vermont; an MA, Communications […]