Dr. Brett Caraway

MScSM Program Director

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Institute for Management & Innovation (IMI)
University of Toronto Mississauga
Innovation Complex, 3359 Mississauga Road, Ontario, L5L1C6
Phone: 905-569-4503
E-mail: brett.caraway@utoronto.ca 

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News

Brett Caraway and MScSM student Jarid Palter published a coauthored article entitled “Understanding the approaches taken by private ski clubs in Southern Ontario to address climate change and sustainability” in the Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. For more information: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jort.2023.100683

Bio

Brett Caraway is an Associate Professor at the University of Toronto where he serves as a Vice Director in the Institute for Management & Innovation (IMI). In addition to overseeing the Master of Science in Sustainability Management (MScSM) program in IMI, he teaches environmental economics for the MScSM program. He is also a professor of media economics in the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information, and Technology (ICCIT). He is also cross-appointed to the School of the Environment. Before coming to Toronto, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. His research focuses on the connections between economics, sustainability, and technological development. He is the author of the book Digital Media Economics and has published articles in journals like the Journal of Outdoor Recreation & Tourism-Research Planning & Management; IEEE Multimedia; Media Culture & Society; Environmental Communication; Information, Communication & Society; and Communication Theory. He is currently working on an environmental economics book to be published by Routledge.

Select Publications

Caraway, B. (2023). Digital Media Economics: A Critical Introduction. London: SAGE Publishing.

Palter, J., & Caraway, B. (2023). Understanding the Approaches Taken by Private Ski Clubs in Southern Ontario to Address Climate Change and Sustainability. Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism (3.8 JCR 5 Year Impact Factor).

Bhatia-Kalluri, A., & Caraway, B. (2023). Evaluation of Paytm in India’s Digital Payment Ecosystem. Journal of Social Inclusion (1.8 JCR 5 Year Impact Factor).

Al Bouchi, Y., & Caraway, B. R. (2023). The Political Ecology of Bolivia’s State-led Lithium Industrialization for Post-carbon Futures. Capitalism, Nature, Socialism (3.9 CiteScore 2022 (Scopus)).

Bowen, T., & Caraway, B. (eds.) (2021). Visual Futures: Exploring the Past, Present, and Divergent Possibilities of Visual Practice. Chicago: Intellect Books (distributed by University of Chicago Press).

Caraway, K., & Caraway, B. (2020). Representing Ecological Crises in Children’s Media: An Analysis of The Lorax and Wall-E. Environmental Communication-A Journal of Nature and Culture (3.2 JCR 5 Year Impact Factor).

Caraway, B. (2018). Personalized Action Frames and the Developing Role of Discursive Practice in Online Worker Organisation: The Case of OUR Walmart. Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, vol. 12, no. 1 (Spring 2018), 7-24 (3.1 CiteScore 2022 (Scopus)).

Caraway, B. (2018). Literal Media Ecology: Crisis in the Conditions of Production. Television and New Media, vol. 19, no. 5, 486-503 (3.2 JCR 5 Year Impact Factor).

Caraway, B. (2016). OUR Walmart: a case study of connective action. Information, Communication & Society, vol. 19, no. 7, 907-920 (6.0 JCR 5 Year Impact Factor).

Caraway, B. (2016). Crisis of Command: Theorizing Value in New Media. Communication Theory, vol. 26, no. 1, 64-81 (4.0 JCR 5 Year Impact Factor).

Caraway, B. (2012). Piracy Cultures: Survey of File-Sharing Culture. International Journal of Communication, Vol. 6, No. 2012, 564-584, special section on “Piracy Cultures”, ed. by G. Cardoso and M. Castells (2.1 JCR 5 Year Impact Factor).

Caraway, B. (2011). Audience Labor in the New Media Environment. Media, Culture & Society, vol. 33, no. 5, 693-708 (3.4 JCR 5 Year Impact Factor).

Caraway, B. (2010). Online Labor Markets: An Inquiry of oDesk Providers. Work Organisation, Labour and Globalisation, vol. 4, no. 2, 111-125, ed. by V. Mosco, C. McKercher, and U. Huws (3.1 CiteScore 2022 (Scopus)).

Castro, H., Alves, A. P., Serrão, C., & Caraway, B. (2010). A New Paradigm for Content Producers, IEEE Multimedia, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 90-93 (4.1 JCR 5 Year Impact Factor).

Select Courses

  • SSM1040 (Managerial Economics for Sustainability Management)
  • CCT219 (Media Economics I)
  • CCT325 (Media Economics II)
  • CCT206 (Law, Technology, and Culture)
  • INF2240 (Political Economy and Cultural Studies of Information)
  • INF2243 (Critical Histories of ICTs)
  • INF2320 (Remix Culture)

Media Appearances

  • Read Professor Brett Caraway's Editorial in Toronto Star on adolescent smartphone usage here.
  • Read Professor Brett Caraway's interview in The Canadian Press about social media in schools here.
  • Professor Brett Caraway quoted in Business Insider España.
  • Read Professor Brett Caraway's interview in Tech Times on Facebook black markets here.
  • Read Professor Brett Caraway's interview with CBC about online hate speech here.
  • Read Professor Brett Caraway's interview in The Canadian Press about Meta's use of AI here.
  • Professor Brett Caraway interviewed about Ontario's school board suit here.