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David B. Nieborg is a Professor in Media Studies at the University of Toronto Scarborough. He holds the position of Program Director and is a Senior Fellow at Massey College, as well as a Faculty Affiliate at the Schwartz Reisman Institute. Nieborg has been awarded fellowships with the Jackman Humanities Institute and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. His academic affiliations extend to prominent institutions such as MIT, Queensland University of Technology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Utrecht University, and University of Amsterdam. He has published extensively on topics including the game industry, app platform economics, and game journalism in leading academic outlets like New Media & Society and Media, Culture & Society. Notable publications include 'Platforms and Cultural Production' (Polity, 2021) and 'Mainstreaming Game Journalism' (MIT Press, 2023). Nieborg's teaching and research interests encompass platform studies, app studies, political economy, cultural production, and journalism.
University of Toronto Scarborough • Toronto, ON
Oversees the Media Studies program, guiding academic strategy and curriculum development.
Department of Sociology