MacKenzie, S. P. (2024). Broadcasting a Legend: The Canadian TV Miniseries The Arrow (1997). Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television, 44(3), 588–608.

Journal of Radio & Audio Media

Socolow, M. J. (2021). “Comparing Australian, British, Canadian, and U.S. Broadcasting: The 1934 Radio Reports Compiled by Australian Broadcasting Commissioner E.M.R. Couchman.” Journal of Radio & Audio Media, 28(1), 86–106.

Media History

Kozak, N. (2019). Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?: Canadian radio policy and the Moose Jaw Radio Association, 1922-1947. Media History, 25(2), 163–182.

Media and cultural theory

Canadian Journal of Communication

Young, L. C. (2019). The McLuhan-Innis Field: In Search of Media Theory. Canadian Journal of Communication, 44(4), 527–544.

Media Theory

McQuire, S. (2024). Medium Rare. Photography and Media Theory. Media Theory, 8(1), 19–52.

Theory, Culture & Society

Mizukoshi, S. (2024). Activating Academic Voice: Explorations of the Media Landscape. Theory, Culture & Society, 41(7–8), 147–163.

TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies

Sands, V. (2024). "This Honestly Breaks My Heart:" Black Lives Matter and Reshaping Post-Feminist, Post-Racial Intimacy in Girls' Influencer Economies. TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies 48, 134-154.

Visual communication

Visual Communication

Rubio-Hernández, M. del M., & Martínez-García, Á. (2025). Female archetypes in car advertising: the case of Audi. Visual Communication, 24(1), 178–195.

Visual Communication Quarterly

Raynauld, V., & Lalancette, M. (2021). Pictures, Filters, and Politics: Instagram’s Role in Political Image Making and Storytelling in Canada. Visual Communication Quarterly, 28(4), 212–226.

Visual Studies

Dahin, C. (2023). Exploring visual representations by the UNHCR of the experiences of resettled Syrian refugees in Canada. Visual Studies, 38(3–4), 582–593.

Cultural and creative industries

Creative Industries Journal

Nikzad, R., & Solomon, R. (2019). The value of copyright-based industries in Canada. Creative Industries Journal, 12(2), 204–228.

Digital media studies

Journal of Digital Media & Policy

Noonan, C. (2023). Screen agencies as policy intermediates between small nations and transnational SVoDs. Journal of Digital Media & Policy, 14(3), 303–321.

New Media & Society

Cover, R. (2025). AI generation of rage bait: Implications for digital harms. New Media & Society, 0(0).

Alloing, C., Fortant, E., Pierre, J., Richert, F., & Palisser, R. (2025). Knowing Your Users by Heart: A Critical Examination of the Scientific Research on Emotions Conducted by Social Media Platforms. Social Media + Society, 11(3).

Communication Studies faculty publications

Neil Balan

Balan, Neil. 2015. Anthropology Operationalized, or War as Magic Act. Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies 32: 326-330.

Alexandra Boutros

Boutros, A. (2020). The impossibility of being Drake: Or, what it means to be a successful (Black) Canadian rapper. Global Hip Hop Studies, 1(1), 95–114.

Shaunasea Brown

Brown, S. (2018). “Don’t Touch My Hair”: Problematizing Representations of Black Women in Canada. The Journal of Pan African Studies, 12(8), 64–85.

Colleen Kim Daniher

Daniher, C. K. (2020). Looking at Pauline Johnson: Gender, Race, and Delsartism’s Legible Body. Theatre Journal, 72(1), 1–20.

Greig de Peuter

de Peuter, G., Oakley, K., & Trusolino, M. (2023). The pandemic politics of cultural work: collective responses to the COVID-19 crisis. International Journal of Cultural Policy : CP, 29(3), 377–392.

Jonathan Finn

Antwi, B. B., & Finn, J. (2025). Embracing digital self-tracking for fitness and health: The rise of smartwatches in Ghana’s fitness communities. International Review for the Sociology of Sport.

Jenna Hennebry

Fitz-Gerald, A., & Hennebry, J. (2025). Protecting civilians in a data-driven and digitalized battlespace: toward a baseline humanitarian technology infrastructure. Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 6.

Andrew Herman

Herman, A., Coombe, R. J., & Kaye, L. (2006). Your second life?: Goodwill and the performativity of intellectual property in online digital gaming. Cultural Studies, 20(2–3), 184–210.

Jeff Heydon

Heydon, J. (2021). Canned reactions and FIFA noise: The specter of the audience during a pandemic. MAST, 2(1), 134–150.

Jeremy Hunsinger

Hunsinger, J. (2022). For a More Playful Communication Studies. communication+ 1, 9(2).

Penelope Ironstone

Ironstone, P. (2019). The Microbiome as TED Knows It: Popular Science Communication and the Neoliberal Subject. Canadian Journal of Communication, 44(2), 157–174.

Barbara Jenkins

Gardner, P., & Jenkins, B. (2016). Bodily Intra-actions with Biometric Devices. Body & Society, 22(1), 3–30.

Alex Levant

Alex Levant. (2025). The AI Fetish: When Wooden Brains Begin to Think. Caderno Brasileiro de Ensino de Física, 42(2).

Sara Matthews

Rambukkana, N., & Matthews, S. (2024). Platform Intimacies: Reckoning with the Digital as Intimate Relation. Topia, 48(1), 1–9.

Jade Miller

Miller, J. (2021). “Counting” Informal Media Industries. Media Industries Journal, 7(2).

Judith Nicholson

Nicholson, J. 2024. Critical pedagogies for mobilities studies. Transfers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies, 13(1-2): 13-31.

H. F. Pimlott

Pimlott, H., (2021) ‘Persuasion, Precarity and the Professoriate’: Communication Challenges on Contract Faculty Campaigns, Democratic Communiqué 30(1).

Nathan Rambukkana

Rambukkana, N. (2022). Toward an Audit of Race and Canonicity in Canadian Communication Syllabi. Canadian Journal of Communication, 47(3), 531–543. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjc.2022-07-05

Ian Roderick

Roderick, I. (2023). Autism Robot Therapy, Remediation, and Mimetic Disabling. Media Theory, 7(2), 103–126.

Lindsay Thistle

Thistle, L. (2016). Investigating Afghanada: Situating the CBC Radio Drama in the Context and Politics of Canada and the War on Terror. Theatre Research in Canada, 37(1), 92-113.

Neal Thomas

Thomas, N. (2025). Datafication and Deleuzian Sense. Somatechnics, 15(1), 15–44.

Peter Urquhart

Urquhart, P., & Wagman, I. (2006). Considering Canadian Television: Intersections, Missed Directions, Prospects for Textual Expansion. Canadian Journal of Film Studies, 15(1), 2–7. 4

Searching databases for Communication and Media Studies journal articles

Using Web of Science

Web of Science is a research platform that searches multiple databases.
1. It's listed on the Communication Studies Subject Guide
Scroll and click on the link to the Social Sciences Citation Index (included in the Web of Science platform)
On the Web of Science site, click the Advanced Search link at the top menu
Change the dropdown menu from Topic to Web of Science Categories
In the search box to the right of the dropdown menu, type in "Communication" and select it when the option appears
Use the + underneath the first row to Add a row
Begin to build your search out with keywords appropriate to your research topic or question
Once you've run your search, you can further narrow in Web of Science to Communication Studies by using the Filters found at the left-hand side of the results page:
- Filter by Web of Science Categories, then select Communication Studies
- Filtering by Research Areas; select Communication and Refine
- Filtering to specific Publication Titles; Refine to include Communication Studies related journals, or Exclude titles outside the scope of your research

Using Communication Studies @ EBSCOhost

EBSCOhost has access to Communication & Mass Media Complete, one of the premier databases in the field.

Start on the Communication Studies Subject guide and click the link to Communication Studies @ EBSCOhost
Click the Choose Databases link near the top centre of the page
Check the Select/Deselect all box twice to clear all the databases from the selection window
Check the Communication & Mass Media Complete box, then "Ok"
- This step will focus results to journals that are Communications and Media focused
Use the filters at the left side navigation bar to further refine your results:
- Limit to Peer Reviewed
- Check the Academic Journals box in Source Types
- Filter by Publication title: click Publication filter, then "Show More"
- Click the "Name" check box to select ALL publications and uncheck those that seem out of scope, e.g. journals in different areas like "Health Communication," "Public Relations Review," or "Psychology & Marketing" (these are only examples)
- Filter by Subject, then click "Show More" and check or uncheck those relevant/not relevant