About Mark Douglas Lowes Mark Douglas Lowes is Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Ottawa. Books by Mark Douglas Lowes Indy Dreams and Urban Nightmares Speed Merchants, Spectacle, and the Struggle over Public Space in The World Class City by (author) Mark Douglas Lowes Inside the Sports Pages Work Routines, Professional Ideologies, and the Manufacture of Sports News by (author) Mark Douglas Lowes