From Mean Girls to Moana, contemporary entertainment has focused heavily on nostalgic content. This practice of using past memories for profit is described as nostalgia-baiting. #FIMS professor Selma Purac discusses this more: theconversation.com/sick-of-reboot… Western University Western Research

Congratulations, class of 2024! It's your time to shine and celebrate everything you achieved at #WesternU! We invited some graduating students to share their memories and future plans. Meet more students at international.uwo.ca/convocation/. @westernU Western Alumni Student Experience

Congratulations to FIMS alum Nicole MacIntyre, (Journalism, MA'02) for her appointment as the Editor and Chief of the Toronto Star. We love to see our alumni landing key roles! Read more about the appointment here: bit.ly/3RLu979 Western University Nicole MacIntyre

Sick of reboots? #WesternU’s Selma Purac explores how ‘nostalgia bait’ profits off childhood memories in a new The Conversation Canada article. From Mario to Moana, our love for the past is big business.🌟📽️ Faculty of Information & Media Studies (FIMS) brnw.ch/21wKF2S

Why did we create AI? What are the ethical concerns? We sat down with #FIMS professor Luke Stark to chat about his research on AI and how he feels about his selection as the first @Westernu professor appointed as a CIFAR Azrieli Scholar! ➡️news.westernu.ca/2024/06/luke-s… Luke Stark (lukestark.bsky.social)

"When you create things that seem human and are communicating in human language...but are not sentient, rather developed for specific purposes, it seems like a recipe for a lot of potential manipulation and problems." Congratulations, Luke Stark (lukestark.bsky.social)! /cc CIFAR

Join us in welcoming Katelyn Esmonde to FIMS and Health Science as the next HIS chair starting July 1, 2024. Esmonde is excited to continuing building the HIS reputation and to explore opportunities for growth and collaboration within the two faculties. fims.uwo.ca/news/2024/kate…

Last week Dean Lisa Henderson and Development Officer Susannah Gergich caught up with Adrienne Arsenault (MA'91), Chief Correspondent at CBC and co-anchor of The National. It's been great this summer, reconnecting with our journalism alumni! Western University Western Alumni

Juan Escobar-Lamanna, PhD candidate in media studies is focusing on how people with disabilities play and interact with video games and how the industry accommodates them - an industry he believes has a lot more work to do. fims.uwo.ca/news/2024/stud… Western University Western Research

#Apple is bringing their self service repair to Canada, so you'll be able to repair your own phone. But is it worth it? FIMS professor and right to repair researcher Alissa Centivany calls their efforts "overwhelmingly underwhelming". Read more: cbc.ca/news/canada/ap…

Following your passions may lead you down an unexpected but life changing path. HIS PhD candidate Eden Hoffer had her eyes on completing a PhD in criminology. Once she learned about the HIS program she began thinking about her research in a new light. fims.uwo.ca/news/2024/stud…

From #WesternU to PlantYou! Social media sensation and Scrappy Cooking author and Faculty of Information & Media Studies (FIMS) grad Carleigh Bodrug is serving up #PlantBased low-waste solutions for the plate and the planet.🌱 Western Alumni news.westernu.ca/2024/07/carlei…

I’ve worked to preserve and digitize 400+ audio-visual records and also with our institutional repository Scholarship@Western to digitally preserve 10,000+ Electronic Theses/Dissertations (words from our outgoing Faculty of Information & Media Studies (FIMS) co-op student Emily) Thanks for the great work Emily!

Luke Stark @WesternuFIMS is inspiring others to think about AI in new and empowering ways. By acknowledging its limitations, and encouraging us to think critically about it, Luke is shifting perceptions to drive positive change. #TheImpactProject #WesternU brnw.ch/LukeStark

As #WesternU welcomes thousands of students to campus, we're working to keep roads safe. The following road closures will be in effect until at least Sept 8. Parking lots are open and pick-up and drop-off locations are available. Give yourself extra travel time.

American YouTuber MrBeast is launching a reality competition show with over 1,000 contestants, the largest cohort in reality TV. FIMS Professor Tiara Sukhan (Tiara Sukhan) spoke with CTV News about concerns regarding the large number of contestants. 👉youtube.com/watch?v=dOOh_y…

To help maintain safety, #WesternU campus road closures will remain in effect until the end of the current labour disruption. Parking lots are open and pick-up and drop-off locations are available. Give yourself extra travel time.