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Heidi Tworek
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Latest papers
"The trust is gone": smallholder poultry producers' perceptions of biosecurity measures against highly pathogenic avian influenza.
BMC veterinary research · 2026
Mental Health and Coping Strategies of Health Communicators Who Faced Online Abuse During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mixed Methods Study.
JMIR infodemiology · 2025 · senior author
Development of a novel methodology for ascertaining scientific opinion and extent of agreement.
PloS one · 2024
Latest funding
- $44,996
Technology and the Future of Democracy
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $44,556
Cultural Memory: Technological Imperfections in the Cinema of Malfunction
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $102,670
A Global Comparative Study of Policies to Protect Democratic Participation on Social Media Platforms
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
4 publications.
"The trust is gone": smallholder poultry producers' perceptions of biosecurity measures against highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Andrew CL, Tworek H, Himsworth C, Byers KA
Mental Health and Coping Strategies of Health Communicators Who Faced Online Abuse During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Mixed Methods Study.
Wight L, Tenove C, Hirani S, Tworek H
Development of a novel methodology for ascertaining scientific opinion and extent of agreement.
Vickers P, Adamo L, Alfano M, Clark C, Cresto E, Cui H, Dang H, Dellsén F, Dupin N, Gradowski L, Graf S, Guevara A, Hallap M, Hamilton J, Hardey M, Helm P, Landrum A, Levy N, Machery E, Mills S, Muller S, Sheppard J, N K S, Slater M, Stegenga J, Strandin H, Stuart MT, Sweet D, Tasdan U, Taylor H, Towler O, Tulodziecki D, Tworek H, Wallbank R, Wiltsche H, Mitchell Finnigan S
A Public Health Research Agenda for Managing Infodemics: Methods and Results of the First WHO Infodemiology Conference.
Calleja N, AbdAllah A, Abad N, Ahmed N, Albarracin D, Altieri E, Anoko JN, Arcos R, Azlan AA, Bayer J, Bechmann A, Bezbaruah S, Briand SC, Brooks I, Bucci LM, Burzo S, Czerniak C, De Domenico M, Dunn AG, Ecker UKH, Espinosa L, Francois C, Gradon K, Gruzd A, Gülgün BS, Haydarov R, Hurley C, Astuti SI, Ishizumi A, Johnson N, Johnson Restrepo D, Kajimoto M, Koyuncu A, Kulkarni S, Lamichhane J, Lewis R, Mahajan A, Mandil A, McAweeney E, Messer M, Moy W, Ndumbi Ngamala P, Nguyen T, Nunn M, Omer SB, Pagliari C, Patel P, Phuong L, Prybylski D, Rashidian A, Rempel E, Rubinelli S, Sacco P, Schneider A, Shu K, Smith M, Sufehmi H, Tangcharoensathien V, Terry R, Thacker N, Trewinnard T, Turner S, Tworek H, Uakkas S, Vraga E, Wardle C, Wasserman H, Wilhelm E, Würz A, Yau B, Zhou L, Purnat TD
Technology and the Future of Democracy
Principal investigators: Garnett, Holly A.
Keywords: elections; technology; democracy
Cultural Memory: Technological Imperfections in the Cinema of Malfunction
Principal investigators: Evernden, Christopher B.
Keywords: cinema aesthetics; phenomenology; paracinematic; reception studies; spectatorship; film philosophy; cinema; analog cinema; genre cinema; cinema of attractions; sociology of technology; cinema of malfunction; anemoia; artifactuality; facture
A Global Comparative Study of Policies to Protect Democratic Participation on Social Media Platforms
Principal investigators: Tworek, Heidi J.S.
Keywords: social media platforms; elections; platform governance; disinformation; online abuse; political participation; democracy; public policy; comparative politics; elections; foreign interference; global policymaking
A Global Comparative Study of Policies to Protect Democratic Participation on Social Media Platforms
Principal investigators: Tworek, Heidi
Keywords: social media platforms; elections; platform governance; disinformation; online abuse; political participation; democracy; public policy; comparative politics; elections; foreign interference; global policymaking
Digital Governance in Canada: Politics, Players, and Struggles for Influence
Principal investigators: Bannerman, Sara J.
Keywords: digital platforms; lobbying; revolving door; regulation; artificial intelligence policy; broadcasting policy; content regulation; copyright; digital services tax; election communications; privacy; social security benefits
Strengthening Capacity for Public Health Leadership and Decision-Making: The Contribution of Case-based Learning
Principal investigators: Sriram, Veena; Berman, Peter
Keywords: Competencies For Public Health Practitioners; Interface With Leaders And Actors In Developing Policies; Problem-Oriented Case-Based Teaching; Strengthen Capacities Of Public Health Trainees
Digital Governance in Canada: Politics, Players, and Struggles for Influence
Principal investigators: Bannerman, Sara J.
Keywords: digital platforms; lobbying; revolving door; regulation; artificial intelligence policy; broadcasting policy; content regulation; copyright; digital services tax; election communications; privacy; social security benefits
Decolonizing World News: A Collaborative Study of the Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool
Principal investigators: Labelle, Maurice Jr. M.
Keywords: world news; decolonization; information; anti-racism; international communications; network analysis; third world; equity; freedom of expression; UNESCO
Decolonizing World News: A Collaborative Study of the Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool
Principal investigators: Labelle, Maurice Jr.
Keywords: world news; decolonization; information; anti-racism; international communications; network analysis; third world; equity; freedom of expression; UNESCO
Mobilizing a Network of Health Communicators to Investigate and Respond to Online Abuse
Principal investigators: Tworek, Heidi
Keywords: health communication science communication social media digital media health policy hate speech history of health
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Saima Hirani and Heidi Tworek: 1 shared paper
- Chelsea Himsworth and Heidi Tworek: 1 shared paper
- Heidi Tworek and Anatoliy Gruzd: 1 shared paper
- School of Public Policy and Global Affairs
- Communication and media studies
- MacIsaac School of Nursing
- Other
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