Dr. Nicole Cohen

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Biography

Nicole Cohen is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto's Mississauga campus in the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information Technology. She is the author of 'Writers’ Rights: Freelance Journalism in the Digital Age' published by McGill-Queen's University Press in 2016, which was awarded the 2017 Gertrude J. Robinson Book Prize by the Canadian Communication Association. Additionally, she collaborated with Greig de Peuter on 'New Media Unions: Organizing Digital Journalists' published by Routledge in 2020. Cohen's research has been published in various reputable journals such as the South Atlantic Quarterly, Digital Journalism, and Feminist Media Studies, among others. Her research interests focus on the political economy of communication, work and labor in media, cultural industries, media workers' organizing, journalism, and alternative media. Currently, she is involved in a SSHRC-funded project called 'Cultural Workers Organize'.

Research Interests

Awards

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Gertrude J. Robinson Book Prize

Courses

INF2240H Political Economy of Information Policy INF2315H Digital Labour

Requirements for University of Toronto

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:93
Prerequisites
Appropriate four-year bachelor's degree Background in sociological theory and statistics preferred
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Specialization Notes

Department of Sociology