Gary Genosko is a Full Professor and internationally recognised scholar of communication and cultural theory, with expertise in Continental philosophy, technoculture, and critical semiotics. From 2002 to 2012, he held a Canada Research Chair in Technoculture Studies, strengthening his international reputation for research on media, technology, and cultural transformation.
He is a leading authority on the work of Jean Baudrillard and Félix Guattari and has played a pivotal role in introducing Guattari’s thought into contemporary media theory and Continental philosophy. His early books Baudrillard and Signs (1994) and The Guattari Reader (1996) established his global research profile. He is the author of numerous influential monographs, including McLuhan and Baudrillard (1999), Remodelling Communication (2012), When Technocultures Collide (2013), Critical Semiotics (2016), and several major studies of Guattari.
Professor Genosko has also made substantial editorial contributions, co-editing key volumes on Baudrillard, Guattari, McLuhan, and contemporary theory, including Machinic Eros, After the Future, The Uncollected Baudrillard, The Deleuze and Guattari Dictionary, and major reference works on McLuhan and on Deleuze and Guattari.
His recent research focuses on technoculture, information politics, surveillance, whistleblowing, digital subcultures, scholarly communication, and the Toronto School of communication, including work on Harley Parker. He has received funding from SSHRC and related agencies, held Visiting Professorships at the University of New South Wales, the University of Sydney, and the University of Toronto, served on SSHRC committees, and was President of the Toronto Semiotic Circle. He remains a leading figure in international debates on media theory, Continental philosophy, and the cultural politics of technology.
