Michael Strangelove

Michael Strangelove (born 1962) is a Canadian writer and academic, currently a lecturer in the Department of Communication at the University of Ottawa.^[1] His two most notable works include Watching YouTube: Extraordinary Videos by Ordinary People^[2] and The Empire of Mind: Digital Piracy and the Anti-Capitalist Movement, which was nominated for a Governor General's Award for English non-fiction in 2006.^[3]

Michael Strangelove
Strangelove in 2007
Born	Michael William Strangelove 1962 (age 62–63) Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Occupation(s)	Writer, lecturer
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Ottawa
Thesis	Redefining the limits to thought within media culture: Collective memory, cyberspace and the subversion of mass media
Doctoral advisor	Marie-Françoise Guédon
Academic work
Discipline	Communication
Institutions	University of Ottawa
Notable works	Watching YouTube: Extraordinary Videos by Ordinary People The Empire of Mind: Digital Piracy and the Anti-Capitalist Movement
Website	strangelove.com

Books authored

• 1991-93 - Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters and Academic Discussion Lists, 1, 2, and 3rd Editions (American Association of Research Libraries), coauthored with Diane Kovacs.
• 1994 - How to Advertise on the Internet (Strangelove Press), coauthored with Aneurin Bosley.
• 2005 - The Empire of Mind: Digital Piracy and the Anti-Capitalist Movement (University of Toronto Press).
• 2010 - Watching YouTube: Extraordinary Videos by Ordinary People (University of Toronto Press).
• 2015 - Post-TV: Piracy, Cord-Cutting, and the Future of Television (University of Toronto Press).