Charles H Davis
Biographic Data
| ID | 3603012 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Charles H Davis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Charles H |
| FAMILY NAME | Davis |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIS C H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Toronto Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6459-4758 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1961 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Learners, players, pragmatics, and skeptics: Business students’ viewpoints about the learning value with simulation games
Although business simulation games (BSGs) are widely used in marketing and sales education, empirical research on their learning value remains inconsistent. Some students report deep engagement and meaningful learning, while others experience frustration, instrumental participation, or disengagement. Research often obscures this heterogeneity in students’ subjective experiences by aggregating learning outcomes. Drawing on experiential learning th…
Exploring subjective sociocultural understandings of “fear of missing out” (FoMO) and the unsettled self in a time of deep mediatization
The public sphere has become increasingly digitalized and transformed by the intermeshing of social media platforms and mobile devices cultivating reimagined selves. The negative impact of living in a deeply mediatized world has fostered a phenomenon both in the public mind and academic discourse known as “fear of missing out” or by its acronym FoMO. Historically, and consistent with the “media effects” tradition, hundreds of studies have highlig…
Transnational over-the-top media distribution as a business and policy disruptor: The case of Netflix in Canada
Digital disruption is often characterized as the conflict between the exponential rate of change in technology, and the slower-paced, incremental rate of change in law, economy, policy, and society writ-large (Franklin, 2012). The rapid encroachment of over-the-top (OTT) content distribution raises policy issues concerning jurisdiction, access, pricing, consolidation of ownership, and source diversity (Holt, 2014), while undermining many of the t…
Principles of American Journalism: An Introduction
Designed to engage, inspire and challenge students while laying out the fundamentals of the craft, Principles of American Journalism introduces readers to the core values of journalism and its singular role in a democracy. From the First Amendment to Facebook, the new and revised edition of this popular textbook provides a comprehensive exploration of the guiding principles of journalism and what makes it unique: the profession's ethical and lega…
Telling Our Stories: Screenwriters and the Production of Screen-Based Culture in English-Speaking Canada
Screenwriters are a vital part of the production of cultural products in the Canadian screen industry, but little has been written about how they perceive the environment in which they practice their craft. Situating our methodology within the general production culture framework, particularly in regards to industrial reflexivity, we present an analysis of 50 in-depth interviews with English-language Canadian screenwriters. As our subjects reflec…
Pleasure, disaffection, ‘conversion’ or rejection? The (limited) role of prefiguration in shaping audience engagement and response
This article examines the extent to which prefigurative ‘horizons of expectations’ shaped audience engagements with Peter Jackson’s 2012 film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ( AUJ). Whereas previous research often focuses on examining prefigurative materials, discussions and debates themselves, this article draws on audience surveys conducted before and after the film’s release to illustrate the impact of prior hopes and expectations on post-vi…
Screenwriters in Toronto: Centre, Periphery, and Exclusionary Networks in Canadian Screen Storytelling
In screenwriting, the supply of talented hopefuls exceeds the number of available opportunities to earn a living. Three factors affect the social dynamics of innovation among Toronto screenwriters: the international division of cultural labour; exclusionary networks in the screenwriting talent market; and the Canadian screen industry’s challenges in meeting its cultural and economic objectives.
Beyond the Qualitative/Quantitative “Divide”: Reflections on the Utility and Challenges of Q Methodology for Media Researchers
This chapter introduces readers to Q methodology, a methodological hybrid concerned with revealing similarities and differences in people's viewpoints, attitudes, beliefs, and experiences. The history of Q methodology is first outlined, and its key principles and processes are explained, before a brief case study is presented in which Q methodology was used in an online survey of cross‐cultural responses to James Cameron's 2009 feature film Avata…
Principles of American Journalism: An Introduction
In a rapidly changing media landscape, what becomes of journalism? Designed to engage, inspire and challenge students while laying out the fundamental principles of the craft, Principles of American Journalism introduces students to the core values of journalism and its singularly important role in a democracy. From the First Amendment to Facebook, Stephanie Craft and Charles N. Davis provide a comprehensive exploration of the guiding principles …
Innovation and experience goods: A critical appraisal of a missing dimension in innovation theory
This paper discusses how the concept of experience goods could be integrated conceptually into innovation studies. Experience goods are distinguishable in that their value or utility cannot be determined until after they have been consumed. The concept encompasses an enormous variety of consumer goods whose value is determined largely or entirely by subjective and non-rational factors that are difficult to accommodate in the established framework…
Applying an innovation cluster framework to a creative industry: The case of screen-based media in Ontario
The extension of the innovation cluster approach to creative industries is relatively recent. In this article we discuss the application of a formal cluster benchmarking model to a creative industry, the Ontario screen-based media industry (here defined as the film, television, and interactive digital media [MM] sectors), the results of which shed insight into the ways that creative and technology-based clusters differ from one another. We discus…
Higher Education Reform in Romania
This paper reviews the crisis in Romanian universities since the country's political transition in 1989 and describes the government's strategy for revitalizing the higher education system. Attention is drawn to the expansion of access to higher education, the dramatic increase of enrollments in social science fields, the spontaneous establishment of private higher education institutions, and the many difficulties institutions are experiencing in…
Can the quality of scientific training and research in Africa be improved
Los arriendos de los corrales de comedias de Madrid: 1587-1719. Estudio y documentos
Professional Rewards in a Canada-Sénégal Cooperative Project in Engineering Education: The Case of the Projet de l'École Polytechnique de Thiès
North-South linkages in higher education are generally analyzed in terms of their relative effectiveness as skill-transfer mechanisms. While the impact of international linkages on the southern partner is taken for granted, impact on developed-country institutions is not often investigated. The present article examines recruitment of Canadian participants and reward patterns in a major Canada-Senegal project in engineering education. Rewards most…
Nouvelles technologies et société
Le transfert d'un modèle d'enseignement technique supérieur du Québec au Sénégal: Le cas de l'Ecole Polytechnique de Thiès
(1986). Le transfert d'un modèle d'enseignement technique supérieur du Québec au Sénégal: le cas de l'Ecole Polytechnique de Thiès. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 57-72
Book Notices
Book Notices Get access God among Us: The Gospel Proclaimed. By Edward Schillebeeckx. Crossroad, 1983. 270 pages. $12.95. Charles Davis Charles Davis Concordia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LIII, Issue 1, March 1985, Pages 159-b–160, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LIII.1.159-b Published: 01 March 1985
Transplantation of science to Anglophone and Francophone Africa
In colonial Africa, scientific institutions were researching into ways of making life easier for expatriates — eg tropical medicine and the production of crops for export. With independence, the British handed over most of the research institutes and educational establishments to the new states, while the French retained a strong presence. There is now a severe shortage of trained scientists in black Africa, and heavy dependence on international …
Perceptions of Hazardous Waste Policy Issues Among Public and Private Sector Administrators
1. Clear and consistent policy objectives. 2. A sound theory incorporated within the legislation which identifies the principal factors affecting both policy objectives and the type of behavior expected of target group members. 3. Coherent structuring of the implementation process by the enabling legislation. 4. Commitment and skill of implementing officials. 5. Support from organized constituency groups and key sovereigns. 6. Changing socioecono…
An Adventure in Applied Science: A History of the International Rice Research Institute . Robert F. Chandler, Jr
Theology and Political Society
Our New Religious Identity
Relative Cause of Tooth Mortality A Pilot Study
Perceptions of Hazardous Waste Policy Issues Among Public and Private Sector Administrators
1. Clear and consistent policy objectives. 2. A sound theory incorporated within the legislation which identifies the principal factors affecting both policy objectives and the type of behavior expected of target group members. 3. Coherent structuring of the implementation process by the enabling legislation. 4. Commitment and skill of implementing officials. 5. Support from organized constituency groups and key sovereigns. 6. Changing socioecono…
Transplantation of science to Anglophone and Francophone Africa
In colonial Africa, scientific institutions were researching into ways of making life easier for expatriates — eg tropical medicine and the production of crops for export. With independence, the British handed over most of the research institutes and educational establishments to the new states, while the French retained a strong presence. There is now a severe shortage of trained scientists in black Africa, and heavy dependence on international …
Can the quality of scientific training and research in Africa be improved
Our New Religious Identity
Relative Cause of Tooth Mortality A Pilot Study
Our New Religious Identity
Theology and Political Society
An Adventure in Applied Science: A History of the International Rice Research Institute . Robert F. Chandler, Jr
Book Notices
Book Notices Get access God among Us: The Gospel Proclaimed. By Edward Schillebeeckx. Crossroad, 1983. 270 pages. $12.95. Charles Davis Charles Davis Concordia University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LIII, Issue 1, March 1985, Pages 159-b–160, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/LIII.1.159-b Published: 01 March 1985
Transplantation of science to Anglophone and Francophone Africa
In colonial Africa, scientific institutions were researching into ways of making life easier for expatriates — eg tropical medicine and the production of crops for export. With independence, the British handed over most of the research institutes and educational establishments to the new states, while the French retained a strong presence. There is now a severe shortage of trained scientists in black Africa, and heavy dependence on international …
Perceptions of Hazardous Waste Policy Issues Among Public and Private Sector Administrators
1. Clear and consistent policy objectives. 2. A sound theory incorporated within the legislation which identifies the principal factors affecting both policy objectives and the type of behavior expected of target group members. 3. Coherent structuring of the implementation process by the enabling legislation. 4. Commitment and skill of implementing officials. 5. Support from organized constituency groups and key sovereigns. 6. Changing socioecono…
Nouvelles technologies et société
Le transfert d'un modèle d'enseignement technique supérieur du Québec au Sénégal: Le cas de l'Ecole Polytechnique de Thiès
(1986). Le transfert d'un modèle d'enseignement technique supérieur du Québec au Sénégal: le cas de l'Ecole Polytechnique de Thiès. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines: Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 57-72
Professional Rewards in a Canada-Sénégal Cooperative Project in Engineering Education: The Case of the Projet de l'École Polytechnique de Thiès
North-South linkages in higher education are generally analyzed in terms of their relative effectiveness as skill-transfer mechanisms. While the impact of international linkages on the southern partner is taken for granted, impact on developed-country institutions is not often investigated. The present article examines recruitment of Canadian participants and reward patterns in a major Canada-Senegal project in engineering education. Rewards most…
Los arriendos de los corrales de comedias de Madrid: 1587-1719. Estudio y documentos
Can the quality of scientific training and research in Africa be improved
Higher Education Reform in Romania
This paper reviews the crisis in Romanian universities since the country's political transition in 1989 and describes the government's strategy for revitalizing the higher education system. Attention is drawn to the expansion of access to higher education, the dramatic increase of enrollments in social science fields, the spontaneous establishment of private higher education institutions, and the many difficulties institutions are experiencing in…
Applying an innovation cluster framework to a creative industry: The case of screen-based media in Ontario
The extension of the innovation cluster approach to creative industries is relatively recent. In this article we discuss the application of a formal cluster benchmarking model to a creative industry, the Ontario screen-based media industry (here defined as the film, television, and interactive digital media [MM] sectors), the results of which shed insight into the ways that creative and technology-based clusters differ from one another. We discus…
Innovation and experience goods: A critical appraisal of a missing dimension in innovation theory
This paper discusses how the concept of experience goods could be integrated conceptually into innovation studies. Experience goods are distinguishable in that their value or utility cannot be determined until after they have been consumed. The concept encompasses an enormous variety of consumer goods whose value is determined largely or entirely by subjective and non-rational factors that are difficult to accommodate in the established framework…
Beyond the Qualitative/Quantitative “Divide”: Reflections on the Utility and Challenges of Q Methodology for Media Researchers
This chapter introduces readers to Q methodology, a methodological hybrid concerned with revealing similarities and differences in people's viewpoints, attitudes, beliefs, and experiences. The history of Q methodology is first outlined, and its key principles and processes are explained, before a brief case study is presented in which Q methodology was used in an online survey of cross‐cultural responses to James Cameron's 2009 feature film Avata…
Principles of American Journalism: An Introduction
In a rapidly changing media landscape, what becomes of journalism? Designed to engage, inspire and challenge students while laying out the fundamental principles of the craft, Principles of American Journalism introduces students to the core values of journalism and its singularly important role in a democracy. From the First Amendment to Facebook, Stephanie Craft and Charles N. Davis provide a comprehensive exploration of the guiding principles …
Screenwriters in Toronto: Centre, Periphery, and Exclusionary Networks in Canadian Screen Storytelling
In screenwriting, the supply of talented hopefuls exceeds the number of available opportunities to earn a living. Three factors affect the social dynamics of innovation among Toronto screenwriters: the international division of cultural labour; exclusionary networks in the screenwriting talent market; and the Canadian screen industry’s challenges in meeting its cultural and economic objectives.
Telling Our Stories: Screenwriters and the Production of Screen-Based Culture in English-Speaking Canada
Screenwriters are a vital part of the production of cultural products in the Canadian screen industry, but little has been written about how they perceive the environment in which they practice their craft. Situating our methodology within the general production culture framework, particularly in regards to industrial reflexivity, we present an analysis of 50 in-depth interviews with English-language Canadian screenwriters. As our subjects reflec…
Pleasure, disaffection, ‘conversion’ or rejection? The (limited) role of prefiguration in shaping audience engagement and response
This article examines the extent to which prefigurative ‘horizons of expectations’ shaped audience engagements with Peter Jackson’s 2012 film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey ( AUJ). Whereas previous research often focuses on examining prefigurative materials, discussions and debates themselves, this article draws on audience surveys conducted before and after the film’s release to illustrate the impact of prior hopes and expectations on post-vi…
Principles of American Journalism: An Introduction
Designed to engage, inspire and challenge students while laying out the fundamentals of the craft, Principles of American Journalism introduces readers to the core values of journalism and its singular role in a democracy. From the First Amendment to Facebook, the new and revised edition of this popular textbook provides a comprehensive exploration of the guiding principles of journalism and what makes it unique: the profession's ethical and lega…
Transnational over-the-top media distribution as a business and policy disruptor: The case of Netflix in Canada
Digital disruption is often characterized as the conflict between the exponential rate of change in technology, and the slower-paced, incremental rate of change in law, economy, policy, and society writ-large (Franklin, 2012). The rapid encroachment of over-the-top (OTT) content distribution raises policy issues concerning jurisdiction, access, pricing, consolidation of ownership, and source diversity (Holt, 2014), while undermining many of the t…
Exploring subjective sociocultural understandings of “fear of missing out” (FoMO) and the unsettled self in a time of deep mediatization
The public sphere has become increasingly digitalized and transformed by the intermeshing of social media platforms and mobile devices cultivating reimagined selves. The negative impact of living in a deeply mediatized world has fostered a phenomenon both in the public mind and academic discourse known as “fear of missing out” or by its acronym FoMO. Historically, and consistent with the “media effects” tradition, hundreds of studies have highlig…
Learners, players, pragmatics, and skeptics: Business students’ viewpoints about the learning value with simulation games
Although business simulation games (BSGs) are widely used in marketing and sales education, empirical research on their learning value remains inconsistent. Some students report deep engagement and meaningful learning, while others experience frustration, instrumental participation, or disengagement. Research often obscures this heterogeneity in students’ subjective experiences by aggregating learning outcomes. Drawing on experiential learning th…
Sociology (14 works) · Political science (13 works) · Art (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Media studies (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Cultural Industries and Urban Development (4 works)