James Piecowye
James Piecowye works by day as an associate professor of communication and media sciences at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates. By night James is the host of a popular talk radio show called Nightline where the issues impacting the UAE are investigated.
James Piecowye
Associate Professor
Zayed University
College of Communication and Media Sciences
Box 19282
Dubai
UAE
9714-402-1455
James.Piecowye@gmail.com
Professional Interests
Research: Egovernment, teaching and technology,culture through technology,media use, Web 2.0
Teaching: Web 2.0,new technology,nation-state,egov/mgov
Academic Background
Ph.D. University of Montreal, Montreal,Quebec,Canada, Communication, 2003
M.P.A. Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Public Policy and Nation State, 1994
B.A.(Hons) Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Mass Communication, 1990
Memberships
Canadian Political Science Association
Skills Personal
Ability to bring the real world to the classroom.
Ability to integrate cutting edge technology into the classroom setting.
Ability to entertain and deliver content.
Computer Skills
Podcaster,
blogger,Web 2.0
Work Experience
Academic Experience
Associate Professor, Zayed University (2000 – Present). I came to the College of Communication and Media Sciences as an Instructor and have moved through the system.
Faculty member, Vanier College (February, 1998 – May, 2000). Taught in the humanities program. ETHICS, GLOBAL VIEWS and MEDIA.
Visiting Assistant Professor, SUNY Plattsburgh (August, 1998 – September, 1999). I taught the intro and media theory courses.
Non-Academic Experience
Producer/preenter, ARABIAN RADIO NETWORK (September, 2006 – Present). Host and producer of a nightly issue oriented talk radio show.
Assistant Editor, St. Remy Multi Media (March, 1996 – April, 1998). Worked as an Assistant editor on the TIME LIFE series HOME REPAIR and IMPROVEMENT.
Consulting
2007: TATWEER/ Dubai Holding, Delivered a 4 hour session on Knowledge Communities to the sales group.
2007: TATWEER/ Dubai Holding, Delivered a four hour session on Knowledge Communities to the marketing group.
Paid Service
2006-2008: Arabian Radio netaork, Program presenter and producer of Nightline on 103.8FM
Courses Taught
Facilitator of Knowledge Community Workshops
Public Speaking Workshops
Other Teaching Activities
Innovations in Course Content / Presentation
COM 230 Public Speaking.
COM 440 Ethics, media and law.
COM 333 Conflict Resolution.
COM 125 Introduction to Communication.
2006 – Zayed Media Lab.
Other Teaching Activities
2006 – 403 Tourism and Promotion.
2003 – COM 408 International Comparative Media Syllabus.
Intellectual Contributions:
Refereed Articles
Piecowye, J. (2003). Habitus in Transition. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 8 (2).
Description: This paper considers the impact of computer-mediated communication on the culture of the United Arab Emirates via the results of a brief study. The larger question being asked is if the very culture of the nation might be recast through the use of computer-mediated communication. While my survey was limited and thus the results preliminary, they contradict the view that CMC technologies will inevitably reshape ‘target’ cultures as these technologies impose especially Western cultural values and communication preferences. Rather, my analysis suggests that UAE women students are more directly affected by consumerism as a culture dominating the Internet. More broadly, my students stand as examples of users who can consciously chose what elements of global cultures they wish to appropriate while they simultaneously insist on preserving their own cultural values and practices.
Piecowye, J. (2002). Same News Different Day. Journalism Studies.
Piecowye, J. (2002). Your Media My Literacy. Yes.
Description: Media literacy education is at a watershed moment around the world.’Life is difficult.’ So starts M. Scott Peck in his international best seller, The Road Less Traveled. A curious start to a paper that argues for the development of a communication literacy curriculum within the Arab world, don’t you think? But, life is difficult because life is complex, baffling, and ever changing . Nowhere is this more true than in the rapidly developing Middle Eastern societies where the wedding of local and global life is negotiated daily
Refereed Proceedings
Full Paper
Piecowye, J. (2008). Public Policy Analysis Re-Imagined with Web 2.0 Applications. International Conference on Information resource Management.
Description: For any public policy analysis to be effective it must include the broad study of the actions, as well as interactions, of the various interveners in that particular public policy object. In the past this has not been possible because of the lack of tools to identify, communicate with and collect data from all those interacting with an object of public policy. Web 2.0 applications have, for the first time, given rise to the real possibility of creating a ‘new consciousness’ among public policy actors, allowing policy analysts to ‘actively’ survey, observe and follow public policy interactions in real time, allowing for a new means of public policy analysis to take place.
Piecowye, J. & badran, B. (2004). Culture, Communication, Media, and Hybridism: the case of Dubai. Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication, School of Information Technology Murdoch.
Description: This paper explores the role of communications and media in the process of cultural hybridism in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. It is suggested that because Dubai, a city/state, is undergoing fantastic social and physical change, it is an ideal case to test both the theoretical and practical dimensions of cultural hybridism.
Piecowye, J. (2002). Habitus in Transition. Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication, School of Information Technology Murdoch Universit.
Description: This paper considers the impact of computer mediated communication on the culture of the United Arab Emirates via the results of a brief study. The larger question being asked is if the very culture of the nation might be recast through the use of computer mediated communication.
Book Chapters
Refereed
Piecowye, J. (2007). The Dubai Egovernance Exercise. In Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko and Matti Malkia (eds). (Ed.) The encyclopedia od digital governance. USA: Idea Group.
Description: This is a great intro to MIS and government in Dubai
Presentation of Refereed Papers
International
Piecowye, J. (2008, May). Public Policy Re-imagined with Web 2.0. Accepted for International Conference on Information resource Management, niagara falls, Canada.
Piecowye, J. (2006, May). How Relevant is Cultural Policy Today? Accepted for Culture and Trade Liberalization Conference, Windsor, Canada.
Description: Without exception all culture today has become a hybrid, a compromise between the local and the other. Every aspect of culture today finds itself under the indelible influence of global technological development.
As recently as six years ago the most significant challenges to Canadian culture came in the forms of traditional cultural industries such as publishing, broadcasting, film and video products.
Today technology has changed everything.
Piecowye, J. (2003). From Media Theory to Media Practice: A Pretext to Understanding the Media Culture of the. Presented at AUSACE 2003, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Description: This paper argues that there are at the least three processes, which combine to influence the media culture of Dubai Cannel 33 and the U.A.E. in general. These processes are: localism versus internationalism; cultural definition; and the encoding and decoding of media messages. These processes are both personal and mediated in nature. These processes accelerate change and add complexity, through the mass and rapid production of symbols and signs, to the media culture of Dubai Channel 33. To make matters more complex many, if not most, media traditions in the U.A.E. are transplanted from outside the culture adding further confusion and complexity to an already complex and evolving media culture.
Piecowye, J. (2003, July). Habitus in Transition. Presented at Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication, Montreal, Canada.
Description: This paper considers the impact of computer mediated communication on the culture of the United Arab Emirates via the results of a brief study. The larger question being asked is if the very culture of the nation might be recast through the use of computer mediated communication.
Presentation of Non-Refereed Papers
International
Piecowye, J. (2006). Leadership in the Classroom. Women as Global Leaders, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Description: ZML was a created to respond to the fact that course work is
increasingly demanding significant projects combining
knowledge and skills from across the curriculum but failing to create an
environment within which these projects can be seen as anything more
than an obscure academic exercise.
Projects in the real world require the integration of knowledge and
skills, leadership, teamwork,
innovation, creativity, fear, and passion.
ZML rises to the challenge.
Dissertation
The Contradictions of Culture and Commerce in Telefilm Canada’s Feature Film Fund 1981-1998.
Other Research Activities
Other Publications
2007 - Feature for LIBERTY MAGAZINE Dubai Fall 2007
-Feature for LINK Magazine of the Canadian Business Council Middle East.
2007 - Book Review for Social Science Computer Review
(REVIEWED)Marshall. Kimball P, Piper. William S, Wymer.
Walter W. (eds.) (2005), Government Policy and Program Impacts
on Technology Development, Transfer and Commercialization,
Binghamton, NY:Best Business Books.
2007 - Book Review for Social Sciences Computer Review
(REVIEWED) Basu. Subhajit, (2007), Global Perspectives on ECommerce
Taxation Law, Aldershot, UK:Ashgate.
2002 - A review for Transnational Broadcasting Studies, 6,
Spring/Summer:
‘Global media economics: commercialization, concentration and
integration of world media markets’ (1998). Edited by Alan B.
Albarran and Sylvia M Chan-Olmsted
2001 - A review for the Canadian Journal of Communication
Winter 2000 Millennium Issue 25 (1)
Stephen Worchel, J. Francisco Morales, Dario P Dez and Jean-
Claude Deschamp, Social Identity International Perspectives.
( London: Sage Publications, 1998)
http://cjc-online.ca/review.php3?title_id=686
1999 - A review for the Canadian Journal of Communication
Autumn 1999 24 (4)
David Trend, Cultural Democracy Politics, Media, New
Technology (Albany NY: State University of New York Press,
1997) http://www.cjc-online.ca/title.php3?page=12&journal_id=34
Service:
Service to the University
Department assignments:
Mentoring Activities:
2003-2004: WOW program: Interviewed students as a training activity.
Other Institutional Service Activities:
2003-2004: ELC Participation: Provided general lectures on Communication
College assignments:
Chair:
2007-2008: Student Affairs
2005-2006 through 2007-2008: Majors Day: Helped to pull together the Major’s Day Program.
2004-2005: Faculty Affairs
2003-2004: Academic Affairs
2003-2004: Academic Affairs
Member:
2007-2008: Educational Technology
2007-2008: Faculty Affairs
2007-2008: Grad Program Development: Helped pull together an course for the program.
2006-2007: Student Affairs
2006-2007: Media Literacy Project: Helped to put together a media literacy short program for AUH high school students.
2005-2006 through 2006-2007: Academic Affairs
2004-2005: Professional Development
2004-2005: Student Affairs
2003-2004: Faculty Affairs
2002-2003: Student Affairs
University assignments:
Chair:
2005-2006 through 2006-2007: CTL Advisory Committee: Helped to guide development of CTL.
Faculty Advisor:
2004-2005: Newsletter Mentor: Helped guide a group of Arts students with a newsletter.
Member:
2007-2008: Student Affairs
2007-2008: Learning 2.0 Participation: I participated in the development of a cycle in the program.
2005-2006: Leadership Institute: I participated in the day series.
Mentoring Activities:
2004-2005: ZU Radio 2004-05: I developed a year of radio narrow cased on campus and via the web.
Service to the Profession
Advisor
2008: Editorial Advisory Board Member for IGI Publishing entitled ‘Collaborative Technologies and Applicat, I was invite you to act in the capacity of Editorial Advisory Board member, wherein I would participate by occasionally providing direction / offering suggestions as needed. (International).
2007: Member of the international Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) of the Advances in Knowledge Communities, I have been invited to be a member of the international Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) of the Advances in Knowledge Communities and Social Networks (AKCSN) Book Series. This series will focus on knowledge-based perspectives adopting concepts belonging to multi-disciplinary fields of information science, knowledge communications, knowledge communities and ICTs. The term for your appointment will be for two years (and is renewable). (International).
2007: International Journal of E-adoption, I was invited to be a member of the editorial board of this international journal. (International).
2007: Journal, Information and Communication Technologies, I have was invited to be a member of the editorial board of this journal. (International).
2005: Leadership Institute, Excellent opportunity to learn how to deliver leadership training. (Local).
Other Professional Service Activities
2008: Media Training Sessions, Took part in an ongoing session on how to produce audio programming. (Local).
2007: Leaders In Dubai, An opportunity to meet Tom Peters and learn about leadership., Dubai, United Arab Emirates (International).
Presentation
2008: International Conference on Information resource Management, This was a great opportunity to meet others in the MIS field working on egov issues., Niagara Falls, Canada (International).
Service to the Community
Member of a Committee
2007: Alliance for International Education, I was the keynote speaker at the first meeting in Dubai of this group.
2006: Reviewer to the International Advisory Board Journal of Electronic Government, Member of International Review Team for the Journal of Electronic Government.
2006: MOE task force, Worked witha group of people to help advance media education in UAE schools.
2005: Showtime Judge, I was the judge of merchandise designs.
Speech / Presentation at a Community Meeting
2007: I ran a 4 hour Knowledge Community Session for the Tatweer Marketing Team, I ran training session for the the Marketing group at Tatweer to inform them about the importance of the Knowledge Communities.
2007: Tatweer Knowledge Community Series, I ran a 4 hour session for the Tatweer to help their sales group understand the importance of a Knowledge Community to their business.
2007: Community Service/Education, Made a presentation to students at Uptown Primary School about Technology and Education.
2006: Session Moderator Marketing Conference, Session Moderator.
2005: Moderation of Robert Fisk Book Launch, I asked Robert Fisk questions about his book for an audience.
2005: 2005 Beacon Education Convocation, I was the keynote speaker for the 1st Beacon Education convocation.
2005: Fujairha/SmartSquare Team Work Workshop, This was a workshop to help develop better teamwork.
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