# Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy

> The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy (CMTD) at McGill University produces policy-relevant research on the intersection of digital media, technology platforms, and democratic governance.

Website: https://mediatechdemocracy.com

## Structured Data (JSON)

- [Publications](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/data/publications.json): 144 publications with metadata, abstracts, author lists, and DOIs
- [Team](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/data/team.json): 241 team members with roles and bios
- [Research Themes](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/data/themes.json): 6 thematic categories
- [Media](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/data/media.json): 372 media appearances

## Publications (Full Text)

- [(Mis)information, Polarization, and Trust in Elections: Longitudinal Evidence from Canada](https://academic.oup.com/poq/advance-article/doi/10.1093/poq/nfag035/8711888): 2026 (external)
- [Four things to watch out for in the Digital Safety Act](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/digital-safety-act-four-things_2026.md): taylor-owen, 2026
- [Gen(Z)AI: Youth Voices, AI Futures - Policy Recommendations for AI and Online Harms Governance in Canada](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/genzai-youth-voices-ai-futures_2026.md): helen-hayes, fergus-linley-mota, madeleine-case et al., 2026
- [Slopaganda: The Inauthentic YouTube Network Selling Secession to Albertans](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/slopaganda-alberta-secession_2026.md): chris-ross, ben-steel, zeynep-pehlivan et al., 2026
- [Gen(Z)AI | Forum Report: AI & Age Assurance](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/genzai-ai-age-assurance_2026.md): nonso-morah, helen-hayes, fergus-linley-mota et al., 2026
- [AI News Audit: How AI Models Use and Distribute Canadian Journalism](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ai-news-audit_2026.md): aengus-bridgman, taylor-owen, 2026
- [Gen(Z)AI | Forum Report: AI & Data Privacy](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/genzai-ai-data-privacy_2026.md): julian-lam, helen-hayes, fergus-linley-mota et al., 2026
- [Scoping AI Chatbots into a revised Online Harms Act: The Case for Immediate Action](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/scoping-ai-chatbots-online-harms-act.md): taylor-owen, helen-hayes, 2026
- [Conspiratorial Claims and Institutional Distrust in Canada's Online Ecosystem](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/conspiracy-distrust_2026.md): mika-desblancs-patel, esli-chan, mathieu-lavigne et al., 2026
- [Canadians' Perspectives on Governing AI Chatbots - A Policy Brief](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ai-chatbots-perspectives_2026.md): mathieu-lavigne, helen-hayes, esli-chan et al., 2026
- [Gen(Z)AI | Forum Report: AI & Information Integrity](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/genzai-ai-information-integrity_2026.md): alexander-martin, julian-lam, madeleine-case et al., 2026
- [Incident Debrief: Ripple Effects of the Charlie Kirk Assassination in the Canadian Information Ecosystem](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/charlie-kirk-debrief_2026.md): aengus-bridgman, eric-merkley, mathieu-lavigne et al., 2026
- [Final Report to the AI Strategy Task Force](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ai-strategy-task-force-final-report.md): taylor-owen, 2026
- [Are Canadians Climate Doomers?](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/are-canadians-climate-doomers_2025.md): chris-ross, 2025
- [Power shift: The rise of political influencers in Canada](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/power-shift-influencers_2025.md): zeynep-pehlivan, junyan-zhu, chris-ross et al., 2025
- [Gen(Z)AI | Forum Report: AI & Chatbots](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/genzai-ai-chatbots_2025.md): madeleine-case, maddie-freeman, julian-lam et al., 2025
- [British Columbia Election Information Ecosystem Project: Final Report](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/bc-election-final_2025.md): alexei-abrahams, thomas-bergeron, danielle-bohonos et al., 2025
- [Submission to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC): Exploratory consultation on the development of a children's privacy code](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/opc-childrens-privacy_2025.md): ava-smithing, 2025
- [OCanada-TVNews: A Two-Year Dataset for Gender and Topic Diversity in Canadian TV News Broadcasts](https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/ICWSM/article/view/35957): 2025 (external)
- [Building a Media Ecosystem Observatory from Scratch: Infrastructure, Methodology, and Insights](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/meo-infrastructure_2025.md): zeynep-pehlivan, saewon-park, alexei-abrahams et al., 2025
- [What Should the CBC Be?](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/what-should-the-cbc-be_2025.md): jessica-johnson, emma-wilkie, chris-ross, 2025
- [The Canadian Information Ecosystem during the 2025 Federal Election](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/federal-election_2025.md): aengus-bridgman, jennie-phillips, alexei-abrahams et al., 2025
- [The Sources and Response to Scams Using AI and Fake News Websites](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ai-scam-sources_2025.md): mathieu-lavigne, alexei-abrahams, tess-corkery et al., 2025
- [Social Media Platforms Host and Profit from Scams Using AI and Fake News Websites](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ai-scam-platforms_2025.md): mathieu-lavigne, alexei-abrahams, mahnan-omar et al., 2025
- [Deliberative Approaches to Inclusive Governance: An Essay Series](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/deliberative-governance_2025.md): liz-barry, claudia-chwalisz, joseph-gubbels et al., 2025
- [Canada's News Bargaining Code: An Unabridged Account of C-18](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/news-bargaining-c18_2025.md): sophia-crabbe-field, asha-sivarajah, sequoia-kim et al., 2025
- [Like it or Not: The Changing Canadian Information Ecosystem](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/changing-canadian-info-ecosystem_2025.md): sejal-davla, chris-ross, saewon-park et al., 2025
- [Can-PolNews: A Multi-Platform Dataset of Political Discourse in Canada](https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/ICWSM/article/view/35956): 2025 (external)
- [Climate Obstruction: On the State and Spread of Climate Disinformation in Canada](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/climate-obstruction_2025.md): sonja-solomun, isadora-borges-monroy, julia-bugiel et al., 2025
- [November 2024: X Marks the Vote -- How Influencers Shape Canadian Politics](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/sitrep-november-2024.md): media-ecosystem-observatory, 2024
- [Russian Funding of US and Canadian Political Influencers](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/tenet-russia-funding_2024.md): aengus-bridgman, alexei-abrahams, jennie-phillips et al., 2024
- [Smoke and Mirrors: Social Media Coverage of Wildfires in the Age of Climate Change](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/smoke-mirrors-wildfire_2024.md): danielle-bohonos, thomas-bergeron, 2024
- [October 2024: Eh or Nay? Canadians Weigh In on the US Election](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/sitrep-october-2024.md): media-ecosystem-observatory, 2024
- [September 2024: Tuning In to the Canadian Podcast Ecosystem](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/sitrep-september-2024.md): media-ecosystem-observatory, 2024
- [Do We Need the CBC?](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/do-we-need-the-cbc_2024.md): jessica-johnson, chris-ross, emma-wilkie, 2024
- [British Columbia Election Information Ecosystem Project: Baseline Report](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/bc-election-baseline_2024.md): aengus-bridgman, alexei-abrahams, thomas-bergeron et al., 2024
- [August 2024: What's All This Buzz About Bots?](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/sitrep-august-2024.md): media-ecosystem-observatory, 2024
- [July 2024: Canadian Interest in American News & Politics](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/sitrep-july-2024.md): aengus-bridgman, 2024
- [August 3 Bot Activity on X Related to Rally in Kirkland Lake](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/kirkland-bots_2024.md): aengus-bridgman, david-hobson, chris-ross et al., 2024
- [Old News, New Reality: A Year of Meta's News Ban in Canada](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/meta-news-ban_2024.md): sara-parker, chris-ross, zeynep-pehlivan et al., 2024
- [June 2024: State of Engagement with News Outlets](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/sitrep-june-2024.md): aengus-bridgman, 2024
- [Flame Wars: Misinformation and Wildfire in Canada's Climate Conversation](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/flame-wars-wildfire_2024.md): chris-russill, aengus-bridgman, helen-hayes et al., 2024
- [May 2024: Canadian Information Ecosystem Snapshot](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/sitrep-may-2024.md): aengus-bridgman, sara-parker, chris-ross et al., 2024
- [When Journalism is Turned Off: The Information Ecosystem in Local News Deserts in Canada](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/news-deserts_2024.md): sara-parker, saewon-park, zeynep-pehlivan et al., 2024
- [Indistinct Information Habitats: Information and Attitudes in the 2023 Alberta Election](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/alberta-election_2023.md): aengus-bridgman, blake-lee-whiting, thomas-bergeron et al., 2023
- [The Canadian Information Ecosystem](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/canadian-info-ecosystem_2023.md): aengus-bridgman, alexei-abrahams, thomas-bergeron et al., 2023
- [2023 Youth Assembly on Digital Rights and Safety: Recommendations to promote the safety, well-being and flourishing of Canadian youth online](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/youth-assembly-digital-rights_2023.md): canadian-youth-assembly, 2023
- [The Role of Social Media in Polarizing Canadians](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/social-media-polarization_2023.md): aengus-bridgman, 2023
- [Echo Chambers and Filter Bubbles Don’t Reflect Our Media Environment](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/echo-chambers-filter-bubbles_2023.md): elizabeth-dubois, guillermo-renna, 2023
- [Journalism in the Age of Polarization](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/journalism-age-of-polarization_2023.md): erica-ifill, 2023
- [Mass Polarization in Canada: What’s Causing It? Why Should We Care?](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/mass-polarization-canada_2023.md): eric-merkley, 2023
- [Polarization and Ideologically Motivated Violent Extremism in Canada since 2015](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/polarization-violent-extremism_2023.md): stephanie-carvin, 2023
- [Polarization as the Technological Goal – Not the Error](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/polarization-technological-goal_2023.md): wendy-hui-kyong-chun, sonja-solomun, 2023
- [App Store Governance: Beyond the Duopoly](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/pg-app-store-governance.md): vass-bednar, 2023
- [Competition Policy as a Lever for Organic Growth and Innovation in Canada](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/pg-competition-policy-organic-growth.md): keldon-bester, 2023
- [Getting Beyond 'Big is Bad': Rethinking the Impact of Platforms on Competition Through the Lens of Market Distortion](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/pg-big-is-bad-market-distortion.md): jennifer-quaid, 2023
- [Beyond Technology: The Role of Information Interference in Climate and Election Obstruction](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/beyond-technology-information-interference_2023.md): heidi-tworek, sonja-solomun, 2023
- [Indigenous People and the Rise of the Right](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/indigenous-people-rise-of-right_2023.md): riley-yesno, 2023
- [The Role of Private Online Spaces in Platform Governance](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/pg-private-online-spaces.md): sam-andrey, 2023
- [Verified-as-Canadian Content? Bill C-11 and the Platform Infrastructure of the Verified Badge System](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/pg-verified-canadian-content-c11.md): robyn-caplan, 2023
- [Canada's Election Laws Aren't Ready for Social Media Influencers](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/pg-election-laws-influencers.md): elizabeth-dubois, 2023
- [A Coherent Domestic and Foreign Digital Policy for Canada?](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/pg-domestic-foreign-digital-policy.md): vivek-krishnamurthy, 2023
- [The Diligent Platform and 'Lawful but Awful' Expression](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/pg-diligent-platform-lawful-awful.md): emily-laidlaw, 2023
- [How Online Harms Regulation Empower Speech and Engagement](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/pg-online-harms-regulation-speech.md): jonathon-penney, 2023
- [Platform Data is Social: How Publicity and Privacy are Vital to Data Governance](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/pg-platform-data-social-privacy.md): wendy-hui-kyong-chun, prem-sylvester, 2023
- [Governing Human-Derived Data](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/pg-governing-human-derived-data.md): teresa-scassa, 2023
- [Beyond Personal Information: A Path to Protect Canadians Against Digital Harms](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/pg-beyond-personal-information.md): christelle-tessono, 2023
- [Don't Fear the Splinternet: Policy Interoperability and Lessons from the Banking Sector](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/pg-splinternet-policy-interoperability.md): blayne-haggart, 2023
- [ChatGPT's Infrastructural Ambitions: AI, Commodification, and the Commons](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/pg-chatgpt-infrastructural-ambitions.md): fenwick-mckelvey, robert-hunt, 2023
- [Carbon Tracking Platforms and the Problem of Net-Zero](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/pg-carbon-tracking-net-zero.md): sonja-solomun, 2023
- [Re-Governing Platform Mediated Work: Disrupting the Disruption to Provide Decent Work](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/pg-platform-mediated-work.md): eric-tucker, 2023
- [About the Series: Platform Governance in Canada](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/pg-series-introduction.md): heidi-tworek, taylor-owen, 2023
- [Analyse du rôle de la mésinformation lors de l'élection provinciale québécoise de 2022](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/quebec-election-misinfo_2023.md): mathieu-lavigne, maxime-blanchard, anne-imouza et al., 2023
- [AI Oversight, Accountability and Protecting Human Rights: Comments on Canada’s Proposed Artificial Intelligence and Data Act](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/aida-comments_2022.md): christelle-tessono, yuan-stevens, momin-malik et al., 2022
- [The Role of Misinformation in the 2022 Quebec Election: Mid-Election Analysis](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/quebec-misinfo-midelection_2022.md): mathieu-lavigne, anne-imouza, maxime-blanchard et al., 2022
- [Submission for the Study on the Use and Impact of Facial Recognition Technology](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/facial-recognition-technology-submission_2022.md): sonja-solomun, yuan-stevens, julia-bugiel, 2022
- [Final Report 2022: How to Make Online Platforms More Transparent and Accountable to Canadian Users](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ccde-final-report_2022.md): rick-anderson, wendy-hui-kyong-chun, nathalie-des-rosiers et al., 2022
- [Mis- and Disinformation during the 2021 Canadian Federal Election](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/federal-election-misinfo_2022.md): aengus-bridgman, mathieu-lavigne, melissa-baker et al., 2022
- [Defining the Lines with iMPACTS: A Multi-Sectored Partnership Policy Model to Rehumanize Children’s Online Communication (“iMPACTS Policy Model”)](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/impacts-policy-model_2021.md): shaheen-shariff, farah-roxanne-stonebanks, 2021
- [Facial Recognition & Canadian Youth](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/facial-recognition-canadian-youth_2021.md): luke-stark, 2021
- [Improving Student Privacy Through Better Governance](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/improving-student-privacy_2021.md): elizabeth-laird, 2021
- [It’s Time for a Change: Rethinking Policies to Protect Children’s Rights in a Datafied World](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/childrens-rights-datafied-world_2021.md): valerie-steeves, 2021
- [Ruptures in Authenticity and Authentic Ruptures: Producing White Influencer Vulnerability](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/white-influencer-vulnerability_2021.md): sarah-banet-weiser, 2021
- [The Great Distractor](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/great-distractor_2021.md): james-bridle, 2021
- [A New AI Lexicon: Sustainability](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ai-lexicon-sustainability_2021.md): sonja-solomun, rachel-bergmann, 2021
- [Diesel Death Zones in the Amazon Empire: Environmental Justice and Algorithmically Mediated Work](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/diesel-death-zones-amazon-empire_2021.md): sonja-solomun, rachel-bergmann, 2021
- [Multicultural Technologies For Climate and Environmental Justice](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ct-multicultural-technologies-climate-justice.md): naolo-charles, 2021
- [Extractive AI](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ct-extractive-ai.md): mel-hogan, theo-lepage-richer, 2021
- [Resisting Detached Datafication: What Toxic Prisons Teach Us about the Imperative of Restorative/Transformative Data Science for Environmental and Social Justice](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ct-resisting-detached-datafication.md): ufuoma-ovienmhada, 2021
- [The Oil And Gas Obstruction Network Blocking Canadian Climate Action](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ct-oil-gas-obstruction-network.md): geoff-dembicki, 2021
- [From Oil Culture Wars to Appliance Wars and Back: Fossil Fuels, Identity, and the Politics of Combustion On and Off Social Media Today](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ct-oil-culture-wars-combustion.md): jordan-kinder, 2021
- [Upgrading Environmental Innovation for the 21st Century](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ct-upgrading-environmental-innovation.md): sanjana-paul, camille-minns, 2021
- [In chips we trust? Remembering the Environmental Impacts of Hardware Manufacturing](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ct-chips-environmental-impacts-hardware.md): melissa-gregg, 2021
- [The Future of Conservation Lies in Justice-led Technology](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ct-conservation-justice-technology.md): joycelyn-longdon, 2021
- [Throwing everything at the wall: Fighting Environmental Racism Through a Diversity of Tactics](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ct-environmental-racism-diversity-tactics.md): ingrid-waldron, hannah-tollefson, rachel-bergmann, 2021
- [The Federal Government’s Proposal to Address Online Harms: Recommendations for Children’s Safety Online](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/online-harms-childrens-safety-submission_2021.md): sonja-solomun, taylor-owen, 2021
- [MEMO #3: Misinformation Spillover from the United States](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/cemp-memo-3_2021.md): , 2021
- [MEMO #2: COVID-19 Misinformation and Protester Violence](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/cemp-memo-2_2021.md): , 2021
- [MEMO #1: Twitter’s “Manipulated Media”](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/cemp-memo-1_2021.md): , 2021
- [Competition Ministers Discuss Tools for Supporting Journalism](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/competition-ministers-supporting-journalism_2021.md): anya-schiffrin, 2021
- [Weak Privacy, Weak Procurement: The State of Facial Recognition in Canada](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/weak-privacy-weak-procurement-frt_2021.md): yuan-stevens, ana-brandusescu, 2021
- [All in this together: deservingness of government aid during the COVID-19 pandemic](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/covid-government-aid_2021.md): aengus-bridgman, eric-merkley, peter-loewen et al., 2021
- [Toward a Global Platform Governance Research Agenda](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/global-platform-governance-research-agenda_2021.md): sonja-solomun, 2021
- [Facing the Realities of Facial Recognition Technology: Recommendations for Canada’s Privacy Act](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/facing-realities-facial-recognition_2021.md): yuan-stevens, sonja-solomun, 2021
- [Facial Recognition Technology Policy Roundtable: What We Heard](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/frt-policy-roundtable-what-we-heard_2021.md): taylor-owen, derek-ruths, sonja-solomun et al., 2021
- [Platform Responsibility and Regulation in Canada: Considerations on Transparency, Legislative Clarity, and Design](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/platform-responsibility-regulation-canada_2021.md): sonja-solomun, maryna-polataiko, helen-hayes, 2021
- [Harms Reduction: A Six-Step Program](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ccde-harms-reduction_2021.md): rick-anderson, julie-caron-malenfant, adam-dodek et al., 2021
- [COVID Alert’s Privacy Promises and Surveillance Risks](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/covid-alert-privacy-surveillance-risks_2021.md): ignacio-cofone, 2021
- [Processes, People, and Public Accountability: How to Understand and Address Harmful Communication Online](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/processes-people-public-accountability_2020.md): chris-tenove, heidi-tworek, 2020
- [Report Highlights: Processes, People, and Public Accountability](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/processes-people-accountability-highlights_2020.md): , 2020
- [Frustrating the State: Surveillance, Public Health, and the Role of Civil Society](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/frustrating-the-state-surveillance-civil-society_2020.md): gabrielle-lim, 2020
- [“An extreme last resort”: Monetary Penalties and the Policing of COVID-19 in Canada](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/monetary-penalties-policing-covid19_2020.md): alex-luscombe, alexander-mcclelland, 2020
- [New Digital Infrastructures of Workplace Health and Safety](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/workplace-health-safety-digital-infrastructures_2020.md): aiha-nguyen, 2020
- [Facial Recognition Moratorium Briefing #2: Conditions for Lifting a Moratorium on Public Use of Facial Recognition Technology in Canada](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/facial-recognition-moratorium-briefing-2_2020.md): taylor-owen, derek-ruths, stephanie-cairns et al., 2020
- [Prospective Economic Costs Undermine Expectations of Social Distancing](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/covid-social-distancing_2020.md): eric-merkley, peter-loewen, 2020
- [Legal aspects of hate speech in Canada](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/legal-aspects-hate-speech-canada_2020.md): lex-gill, 2020
- [Facial Recognition Moratorium Briefing #1: Implications of a Moratorium on the Use of Facial Recognition Technology in Canada](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/facial-recognition-moratorium-briefing-1_2020.md): taylor-owen, derek-ruths, stephanie-cairns et al., 2020
- [Public Interest and Media Infrastructures: Regulating the Technology Companies that Make ‘Pictures in Our Heads’](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/public-interest-media-infrastructures_2020.md): mike-ananny, 2020
- [Anti-intellectualism and Information Preferences during the COVID-19 Pandemic](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/covid-anti-intellectualism_2020.md): eric-merkley, peter-loewen, 2020
- [Facebook’s Safe Harbour for Hate Speech?](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/facebook-safe-harbour-hate-speech_2020.md): , 2020
- [Why Governments, Not Markets, Need to Address Platform Harms](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/governments-not-markets-platform-harms_2020.md): , 2020
- [Public Health Communication and Engagement on Social Media during the COVID-19 Pandemic](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/covid-public-health-social-media_2020.md): lisa-teichmann, sean-nossek, aengus-bridgman et al., 2020
- [The Differences Between Contact Tracing and Exposure Notification](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/contact-tracing-vs-exposure-notification_2020.md): taylor-owen, derek-ruths, peter-loewen et al., 2020
- [Evaluation Questions to Assess a Digital Contact Tracing / Exposure Notification Application](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/contact-tracing-evaluation-questions_2020.md): taylor-owen, derek-ruths, peter-loewen et al., 2020
- [The causes and consequences of COVID-19 misperceptions: Understanding the role of news and social media](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/covid-misperceptions_2020.md): aengus-bridgman, eric-merkley, peter-loewen et al., 2020
- [Lessons in Resilience: Canada's Digital Media Ecosystem and the 2019 Election](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/cdn-digital-media-2019-election_2020.md): taylor-owen, peter-loewen, derek-ruths et al., 2020
- [A Rare Moment of Cross-Partisan Consensus: Elite and Public Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/covid-cross-partisan-consensus_2020.md): eric-merkley, aengus-bridgman, peter-loewen et al., 2020
- [Understanding vaccine hesitancy in Canada: attitudes, beliefs, and the information ecosystem](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/vaccine-hesitancy_2020.md): taylor-owen, peter-loewen, derek-ruths et al., 2020
- [Research Memo #7: The Partisan Playground](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ddp-research-memo-7_2019.md): taylor-owen, peter-loewen, derek-ruths et al., 2019
- [Research Memo #6: Political Advertising](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ddp-research-memo-6_2019.md): taylor-owen, peter-loewen, derek-ruths et al., 2019
- [Research Memo #5: Fact-Checking, Blackface and the Media](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ddp-research-memo-5_2019.md): taylor-owen, peter-loewen, derek-ruths et al., 2019
- [Research Memo #4: Talking Past Each Other on Immigration](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ddp-research-memo-4_2019.md): taylor-owen, peter-loewen, derek-ruths et al., 2019
- [Research Memo #3: Polarization and its Discontents](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ddp-research-memo-3_2019.md): taylor-owen, peter-loewen, derek-ruths et al., 2019
- [Research Memo #2: The Climate Change Conundrum](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ddp-research-memo-2_2019.md): taylor-owen, peter-loewen, derek-ruths et al., 2019
- [Research Memo #1: Media, Knowledge and Misinformation](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/ddp-research-memo-1_2019.md): taylor-owen, peter-loewen, derek-ruths et al., 2019
- [The Digital Ecosystem Research Challenge Report](https://mediatechdemocracy.com/files/publications/digital-ecosystem-research-challenge_2019.md): elizabeth-dubois, taylor-owen, 2019

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