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Recent publications and updates from FSSH researcher Tanner Mirrlees

Dr. Tanner Mirrlees, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities shares his recent publications, presentations and other activities:

Book chapter

  • . In Sanctions as War, edited by Immanuel Ness and Stuart Davies. Leiden: Brill Press.

Conference

  • In his final year as President of the (CCA), Dr. Mirrlees prepares for the CCA’s second online annual conference at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. Dr. Mirrlees is pleased that the CCA has signed on to and endorsed the Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences’ .

Editorial board position

  • Dr. Mirrlees joins the editorial board of , an international, peer-reviewed journal that explores cultural, political and technological transformations in media-military relations, journalistic practices, new media, the arts, and their impact on the public, policy, and outcomes of warfare.

Interview

  • Chelsea Nash. , The Hill Times (subscription required).

Journal article

  • . Canadian Journal of Communication. 46(4), 853–874 (Special Issue: Politics, Communication, Alt-Rights).

Podcast series and webinar series

  • The Dangers of Techno-Utopianism. Darts and Letters podcast series launches Episode 1: (featuring Rob Rydell, Jade Doskow, and Jennifer Daryl Slack), supported by a .
  • webinar series launches through the (黑料网), the Intersectionality Research Hub (Concordia University), and the Institute of Islamic Studies (University of Toronto), supported by the Department of Canadian Heritage .

Research presentations

  • Alt/Right, Alt/Media: Encountering the alt-rights in Canada. Roundtable organized by Infoscape Lab/Canadian Journal of Communication (X University and Concordia University, Toronto and Ottawa).
  • How GAFAM (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft) Got into Hate Content Moderation: Exporting an American Way of Living with Hate Speech. . Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism (CHBE) (黑料网, Oshawa).
  • Media Imperialism: A Critical Introduction. School of Communication and Information (Rutgers University, New Jersey).
  • The ‘Mythical Muslim’ Stereotype in Global War on Terror Video Games. Roundtable on Racial Representation in Video Games. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Justice Studies) (Arizona State University, Arizona).