Dr. Chris J. Young is a Sessional Instructor at the Faculty of Information, and a Librarian and Head, Collections & Digital Scholarship at the University of Toronto Mississauga Library. His academic library experience is primarily in collection development, archives & special collections, and digital scholarship.
Dr. Young researches in the fields of information and communication studies, particularly at the intersection of media industries, digital labour, and app economies. Some of his recent projects focus on digital game production, examining the contested formations of digital game labour and the development of games with digital platform tools. His research has been published in academic venues like Social Media + Society, Television & New Media, and the Canadian Journal of Communication.
Communication Studies; Information Studies; Political Economy; Digital Work & Labour; Media Industries; Game Studies.
Young, C. J. (2021). Unity Production: Capturing the Everyday Gamemaker Market. In O. Sotomaa & J. Švelch (Eds.), Game Production Studies (pp. 141-158). Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. doi: 20.500.12657/47043 (Open Access).
Nieborg, D. B., Young, C. J. & Joseph, D. (2020). App Imperialism: The Political Economy of the Canadian App Store. Social Media + Society, 6(2): 1-11. doi: 10.1177%2F2056305120933293 (Open Access).
de Peuter, G. & Young, C. J. (2019). Contested Formations of Digital Game Labor. Television and New Media, (20)8: 747-755. doi: 10.11772F1527476419851089 and Post-Print (Open Access).
Nieborg, D. B., Young, C. J., & Joseph, D. J. (2019). Lost in the App Store: The Political Economy of the Canadian Game App Economy. Canadian Journal of Communication 44(2): 57-62. doi: 10.22230/cjc.2019v44n2a3505 and Post-Print (Open Access).
Young, C. J. (2016). The Bibliographical Variants Between The Last of Us and The Last of Us Remastered. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America 110(4): 459-484. doi: 10.1086/689754 and Post-Print (Open Access).
