Professor
Fields
Expertise
Digital journalism, Social media, Media innovation, Journalism startups, Media policy, Data journalism, Not-for-profit journalism, Fake news,
Chosen name and pronouns
Alfred Hermida (He/Him/His)
604–827–3540
604–719–7869
Twitter/ hermida
Languages
Spanish
French
In the Media
- Trump’s war on the media is driving students to journalism
- UBC journalism profs receive SSHRC funding for new Canadian media startup
- In a world dominated by social media, is there any role left for broadcast news?
- Spread the news
- Growing up out loud — the class of 2017
- Guardian offers reasons to be cheerful about digital
- Social media: Where business and journalism intersect
- Social media transforming how Canadians get the news, study finds
- “Imagining a Klout with Clout’ – The Tyee
- The bystander effect psychology – CBC The National
- “The YouTube effect” – CTV
- Boston Marathon bombing: Reddit, 4chan, New York Post all stumble in hunt for suspects – Toronto Star
- ‘‘Robo-reporter’ raises questions about future of journalists” – Postmedia News
- Why government may never get social media right – Globe and Mail
- More seniors online, but barriers to culture persist – Calgary Herald
- Old-fashioned justice crashes digital evangelists – Toronto Star
- The virus ups data journalism’s game – Nieman Lab
- Talk about trouble – Signal