Jon Festinger
“Why Mobile Game Ads Look Nothing Like the Game” (Motherboard)
Hi all, I came across an article which makes an interesting addendum to the topic on which I presented last week: “Why Mobile Game Ads Look Nothing Like the Game” (Motherboard). As the title implies, it focuses on ads for mobile games (on TV and elsewhere), and has more of an American perspective than our […]
“Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds – New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason”
Hello everyone, Here’s a very intriguing article from The New Yorker about information processing and human perception. I suspect that many of you will find this piece interesting and (perhaps more importantly) enjoyable to read. The author relates modern phenomena (e.g. fake news) to key developments in our ancient past, with references to a variety […]
February 15 Group Presentation #2 (Social Media and Government Regulation)
Dear All, Since we are the second group presenting, we’ve tried to keep our content concise. Our presentation will focus on harms arising from social media and government attempts to regulate them. The first link below gives a sense of the type of social harm that can result from the wider reach and often anonymous […]
News of the Week; February 8, 2017
MEDIA, COMMUNICATIONS & NET NEUTRALITY The Future of Simsub Post-Super Bowl: Why Canadian Viewership Data Vindicated the CRTC (Michael Geist) Bell Media adopts new tactics in bid to lure Super Bowl viewers Poll: Vast majority of Canadians oppose Internet Tax, prefer funding CanCon by extending GST/HST to foreign online companies Focus: Is shutting down TV […]
February 15 Discussion Materials (Internet Advertising)
Our discussion outline on internet advertising and a number of unique communications law issues which it raises.
February 8 “Facebook” Slides
Hey everyone, Thanks for the lively discussion today. Here are the slides (in .PDF form) from our presentation.
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