Dr. Michael Lithgow
Associate Professor
Contact information
E-mail: michael.lithgow@athabascau.ca
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Dr. Michael Lithgow
Dr. Michael Lithgow
Associate Professor
Contact information
Email: michael.lithgow@athabascau.ca
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Dr. Michael Lithgow is an Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies, in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies, in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Athabasca University. His research focuses broadly on citizen engagement in public cultures and the implications of communication for subject formation. Current research is focused on critical technology practices and pedagogies including broadband initiatives in rural and remote communities in North and South America, and decoloniality applied to the material infrastructure of digital cultures. In other research, Dr. Lithgow is studying knowledge translation in artist-in-residencies and their implications for organizational and social transformation, and he is part of a SSHRC funded study investigating the implications for professional journalists, news organizations and audiences in response to the rise of user generated content (UGC) as an essential element in news production. In addition to various scholarly publications, Dr. Lithgow has published two collections of poetry: Who We Thought We Were As We Fell (Cormorant Books, 2021), and Waking in the Tree House (Cormorant Books, 2012).
Research interests
- Communication Studies
- Media Studies
- Critical Technology Practice
- Community Networks
- Digital Literacy
- Code Studies
Educational credentials
- MA Media Studies
- PhD Communication Studies