Mary Francoli
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Supervisor
| Building: | Richcraft Hall, Room 4317 |
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| Degrees: | B.A. Hons. (Acadia), M.A., Ph.D. (Western) |
Biography
Mary Francoli is Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies. She is also an Associate Dean and Director of the Arthur Kroeger College of Public Affairs. She holds a doctorate in Political Science from Western University.听Prior to joining the School of Journalism and Communication, she was the Leverhulme Visiting Fellow in New Media and Internet Politics at Royal Holloway, The University of London.
Research Interests
Dr. Francoli鈥檚 research looks at the relationship between digital media and issues related to politics and governance. While this is a large and diverse field, most of her research has focused on the way that digital media has impacted three broad areas: (1) citizen engagement and mobilization, (2) governance, and (3) access to information and data.
Dr. Francoli is a leading researcher in the field of open government and open data. She has authored two major reports for the Open Government Partnership assessing the Government of Canada鈥檚 progress in the area of open government. She has provided expert testimony to the Standing Parliamentary Committee on Government Operations on the issue of open data and has been invited to speak about open government and open data at a number of conferences and venues, including the annual meeting of the federal and provincial Information Commissioners in 2014.
Articles and Book Chapters
Lauriault, T. and Francoli, M. (in press). 鈥極penness, Transparency, and Participation鈥� in Rob Kitchin, Tracey P. Lauriault, and Matthew W. Wilson eds Understanding Spatial Media. Sage.
Francoli, M, Greenberg, G., and Waddell. (2016). 鈥楲ike, Share, Vote: the CTV/Facebook Partnership and the 2015 Canadian Election鈥� in Jon Pammett and Christopher Dornan eds. The Canadian Federal Election of 2015. Dundurn.
Francoli, M. (2015). 鈥楳obile News: The 2015 Election via News Apps鈥� in Canadian Election Analysis 2015: Communication, Strategy, and Democracy. Accessed from http://www.ubcpress.ca/CanadianElectionAnalysis2015.
Clarke, A. and Francoli, M. (2014). 鈥榃hat鈥檚 in a name? Questioning the homogeneity of 鈥榦pen government鈥� programs across seven countries,鈥� Journal of e-Democracy and Open Government, 6/3.
Francoli, M. (2013). 鈥楧eveloping a Strategy for Effective e-Government.鈥� in Anthopoulos, L. and Reddick, C. eds. Government e-Strategic Planning and Management. Springer
Francoli, M. (2013). ‘Exploring Social Media Campaigns,’ in Bishop, J. eds. Politics in the Information Age. IGI Global.
Francoli, M. (2012). ‘ Informed Comedy or Impotent Politics?‘ in Josh Greenberg and Charlene Elliott eds. Communication in Question. Thomson-Nelson.
Francoli, M. (2011). ‘Embracing a New Relationship with Canadians: Addressing Barriers to New Media Adoption in Canada’s Public Service.’ in Christopher Stoney and G. Bruce Doern eds. How Ottawa Spends 2011-2012: Trimming Fat or Slicing Pork. McGill-Queen’s University Press.
Francoli, M, Waddell, C. and Greenberg (2011). ‘The Campaign in the Digital Media’ in Jon Pammett and Christopher Dornan eds. The Canadian Federal Election of 2011. Dundurn.
Francoli, M. (2011). ‘What Makes Governments ‘Open’?’, Journal of eDemocracy, 3(2): 16-29.
Francoli, M. (2009) 鈥楾he Digital MP鈥�, Journal of Media Practice, v10 numbers 2 &3.
Francoli, M. and Ward, S. (2008) 鈥�20th Century Soapboxes? MPs and Their Blogs鈥� Information Polity, 13, 1-2: 21-39.
Francoli, M. (2008) 鈥淒eath by Blog? An examination of the relevance of mainstream media in the era of citizen journalism鈥� in Josh Greenberg and Charlene Elliott eds., Communication in Question: Competing Perspectives on Contentious Issues in Canadian Communication Studies, Thomson-Nelson.
Reports
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Media and Blogs
Francoli, M. (2016). 鈥�.鈥� The Hill Times, February 8.
Francoli, M. (2016). 鈥�.鈥� The Hill Times, April 1,
Francoli, M., Ostling, A., and Steibel, F. (2015). 鈥�.鈥� Open Government Partnership Blog,
Francoli, M. (2015). 鈥�.鈥� The Centre for e-Democracy,聽
Francoli, M. (2014) 鈥極pen Government 2.0: Learning from the Past鈥� Canadian Government Executive, October 10.
Francoli, M. (2010) 鈥楽tephen Harper vs The Onion Ring鈥� Hill Times, February 22, page 2.