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DESCRIPTION:\nWhen and Where: \nThursday, February 19, 2026 3:30 pm to 5:
 00 pm \n JHB100 \n Jackman Humanities Building \n 170 St. George Street, 
 1st floor \n\nSpeakers \nSherry Yu E. James West \n\nDescription: \nConven
 tionally defined as media by and mainly for ethnic/racial minorities, eth
 nic media (or interchangeably diasporic media) such as the Defender (Chica
 go), the Eastern Eye (London), and the Caribbean Camera (Toronto) have p
 layed a vital organizational and representational role for minority commun
 ities. However, while such outlets remain an important voice, their role
  has been challenged by technological, social, and demographic transform
 ations over the past few decades, including the digital media revolution\
 , the post-George Floyd “racial reckoning,” and the COVID-19 pandemic. As
  an extension of the Digital Ethnic Media Hub (DEMH) project, this resear
 ch program a cohort of ethnic media outlets (legacy and digital native), 
 marketed towards two distinct minority populations (Black and Asian) and e
 xplores their digital transition, as well as their role in intercultural 
 relations, in and across three global cities (Chicago, London, and Toro
 nto) through interviews with media practitioners. This uniquely comparativ
 e and multi-method approach provides new insights into the continued signi
 ficance, and changing role, of ethnic media in modern society.    Dr. Sh
 erry S. Yu is Associate Professor in the Department of Arts, Culture and 
 Media, with a graduate appointment in the Faculty of Information at the U
 niversity of Toronto. Yu’s research broadly explores media and journalism 
 in multicultural societies through critical, comparative, and collaborat
 ive perspectives. She is the author of Diasporic Media beyond the Diaspora
  (2018, UBC Press) and the co-editor of Ethnic Media in the Digital Age (
 2019, Routledge) and The Handbook of Ethnic Media in Canada (2023, McGil
 l-Queen’s University Press).  Dr. E. James West is Lecturer in Interdiscip
 linary Societies and Cultures in the Department of Arts and Sciences at Un
 iversity College London. West’s research focuses primarily on the Black pr
 ess in the United States. More broadly, he is interested in the connectio
 ns between race, technology, media production, and identity formation a
 cross the Black diaspora. He is the author of three books, including A Ho
 use for the Struggle (2022), which has received seven major book awards.R
 EGISTER HERE\nContact Information::  Katharine Bell, cdts.admin@utoronto.
 ca  \n\nContact Information: \n Centre for Diaspora & Transnational Studie
 s cdts.admin@utoronto.ca Centre for Diaspora & Transnational Studies \n\nS
 ponsors \nCentre for Diaspora & Transnational Studies \nMap \n170 St. Geor
 ge Street, 1st floor \n\nCategories \n Lecture \n\nAudiences \n All
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LOCATION:170 St. George Street, 1st floor
SUMMARY:Diaspora and Media in Digital Transition
URL;TYPE=URI:https://www.humanities.utoronto.ca/events/diaspora-and-media-d
 igital-transition
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