Sara Bannerman
Sara Bannerman is a full professor and Canada Research Chair at McMaster University's Department of Communication Studies and Media Arts.[1] She also received a bachelor's in music from Queen's University.[1] She is the Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Communication Policy and Governance (Tier 2); she was first appointed as a CRC in 2017, and renewed for a 2021 appointment.[2][3]
Research
[edit]Bannerman's research examines the power relationships between digital platforms and the state, especially privacy and platform regulation.[2][3] In 2022, she received an Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for a project titled "Digital governance in Canada: Politics, players, and struggles for influence".[4] She was a governing board member of the International Society for the Theory and History of Intellectual Property.[3]
She holds a Bachelor of Music from Queen’s University, and a Master of Arts (2004) and a PhD (2009) in communication studies from Carleton University.[5]
Bannerman has published over 40 papers, which have been cited over 450 times.[6]
In 2025, she expressed concerns over the Bill C-4 Proposal. [7]
Selected academic publications
[edit]- Bannerman, Sara. Canadian Communication Policy and Law. Toronto: Canadian Scholars' Press, 2020.
- Bannerman, Sara. The Struggle for Canadian Copyright: Imperialism to Internationalism, 1842-1971. UBC Press, 2013.
- Bannerman, Sara. International Copyright and Access to Knowledge. Cambridge University Press, 2016.
- Crowdfunding culture. S Bannerman. Journal of Mobile Media. 2013.
- Historical institutionalism in communication studies. S Bannerman and B Haggart. Communication Theory. 2015.
- Middle Powers and International Copyright History: the case of Canada. S Bannerman. Copyright Future Copyright Freedom. 2011.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Bannerman Sara, Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance | Professor, Department of Communication Studies and Multimedia". McMaster Experts. Retrieved 2025-09-06.
- 1 2 Bannerman, Sara (29 November 2012). "Canada Research Char - Sara Bannerman".
- 1 2 3 "Ten McMaster researchers named Canada Research Chairs". Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ↑ "15 research projects awarded over $2.4 million in SSHRC grants". Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ↑ "Sara J Bannerman - McMaster Experts". experts.mcmaster.ca. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ↑ "Sara Bannerman". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2022-10-19.
- ↑ leekinm (2025-09-22). "What Bill C-4 means for privacy and political data in Canada: Q&A with expert Sara Bannerman". McMaster News. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
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