Dr. Jonathan Finn is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University. He teaches courses in visual communication, visual culture and surveillance studies and is the author of Capturing the Criminal Image: From Mug Shot to Surveillance Society (Minnesota 2009). His column for Canadian Interviews will explore topical issues in the areas of surveillance and visual culture. Dr. Finn lives in Kitchener, Ontario.
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The Affective Power of Photographs
August 11, 2010
Where my first two columns for Canadian Interviews have been about surveillance, in this third column I want to move into the field of visual culture.... More»
CCTV doesn’t work: so why do we use it?
July 13, 2010
The implementation of 77 Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras in Toronto’s downtown core in advance of the G20 summit attests to... More»