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Pol Comm Tech Lab

is an academic research group focused on exploring the intersections of politics, communication, and technology.

Research Projects

Featured research

Podcast

Wonks and War Rooms

The podcast where political communication theory meets on the ground strategy

Host, Professor Elizabeth Dubois, picks a political communication theory, explains it to a practitioner, and then they have a chat about whether or not it makes sense at all out in the world of politics and communications. She chats with political staffers, journalists, comms experts, lobbyists, activists and other political actors. Elizabeth quizzes them on pol comm theory and they tell her how ridiculous (or super helpful) that theory actually is.

Listen to the Wonks and War Rooms Podcast
Teaching Resources

Resources

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Knowledge Mobilization Through Academic Journalism

See what resources are available for academics looking to engage in explanatory journalism.

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Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Variables in Communication Research

In this video, Professor Dubois covers the building blocks of academic research in a communications context.

Watch on YouTube (English transcription available):

About

Lab Members
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​Based at the University of Ottawa, the group is under the direction of Associate Professor Elizabeth Dubois, PhD. Members include people from communication studies, political science, law, computer science, and more.

Professeure Elizabeth Dubois souriant devant son ordinateur portable
Le pavillon Tabaret et le pavillon Demarais de l'Université d'Ottawa
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