{"id":124,"date":"2016-05-19T14:25:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T18:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/?page_id=124"},"modified":"2025-07-28T09:57:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T13:57:57","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        About\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/Screenshot-2017-09-15-21.31.04.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-720\" style=\"width:400px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>ALiGN<\/strong>&nbsp;(<strong>AL<\/strong>ternat<strong>i<\/strong>ve <strong>G<\/strong>lobal&nbsp;<strong>N<\/strong>etwork) Media Lab is a research and public engagement lab hosted by the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\">School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was founded by <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/people\/merlyna\/\">Merlyna Lim<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/digitalmedia\">Canada Research Chair in Digital Media and Global Network Society<\/a> and a professor at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/sjc\/communication\">Communication and Media Studies program<\/a>&nbsp;and officially launched to public in September 2017 (check <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/align\/2017\/align-media-lab-official-launch\/\">this link<\/a> to see the launch videos, including the &#8220;Tour de ALiGN&#8221; with the director, where you will learn more about the Lab).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ALiGN Media Lab was established with the support from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.innovation.ca\">Canada for Innovation Foundation<\/a>&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.innovation.ca\/awards\/john-r-evans-leaders-fund\">John R. Evans Leaders Fund<\/a>) and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/ontario-research-fund\">Ontario Research Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"watch-align-intro-video-here\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch ALiGN Intro Video Here:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-section cu-section--white w-screen ml-offset-center px-4 md:px-6 lg:px-12\"><div class=\"cu-max-w-child-5xl space-y-6 md:space-y-10   cu-prose-first-last\"><figure class=\"cu-figure not-prose  max-w-full\"><div class=\"not-prose overflow-hidden bg-white shadow-lg max-w-full rounded-none\"><div class=\"relative none overflow-hidden w-full pb-[56.25%] border border-cu-black-100\"><iframe title=\"Videos Embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kKjCTLL4d6Y\" class=\"cu-embed-iframe\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re interested to receive our bi-monthly updates, please subscribe to our mailing-list by sending a blank email to&nbsp;<em><a href=\"mailto:subscribe-align@lists.carleton.ca\">subscribe-align@lists.carleton.ca<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;ALiGN&nbsp;(ALternative Global&nbsp;Network) Media Lab is a research and public engagement lab hosted by the&nbsp;School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University. 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