Brian A. Brown

Detroit cityscapeUWindsor professor Brian A. Brown will discuss street art in the Motor City in a free public lecture Thursday in the SoCA Armouries.

Detroit street art subject of public presentation

UWindsor professor Brian A. Brown will discuss street art in the Motor City in a free public lecture Thursday in the SoCA Armouries.

'Unwaged' work for social media sites a labour of love, new prof says

Despite the fact that social media web sites like Flickr are worth millions of dollars, the users who generate nearly all the content for them are surprisingly comfortable with their labour being “unwaged,” according to a new communications professor.

“The thought of someone else making money off their work doesn’t hold much sway with Flickr members,” said Brian A. Brown, an assistant professor who joined the department of Communication, Media and Film this fall.