How Canadians communicate / edited by David Taras, Frits Pannekoek, and Maria Bakardjieva.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pannekoek, Frits, 1947-

Taras, David, 1950-

Bakardjieva, Maria, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Social aspects--Canada--Congresses.

Mass media.

Information technology--Social aspects--Canada--Congresses.

Information technology.

Communication and culture--Canada.

Communication and culture.

Information technology--Social aspects.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Canada.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

332 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Calgary : University of Calgary Press, [2003]

Contents:

Introduction: The New World of Communications in Canada / David Taras 9

Government and Corporate Policies

From master to Partner to Bit Player: The Diminishing Capacity of Government Policy / Richard Schultz 27

No Clear Channel: The Rise and Possible Fall of Media Convergence / Vincent A. Carlin 51

Canadian Memory Institutions and the Digital Revolution: The Last Five Years / Frits Pannekoek 71

Canadian Media and Canadian Identity

Printed Matter: Canadian Newspapers / Christopher Dornan 97

Publishing and Perishing with No Parachute / Aritha van Herk 121

Canadian Television: Industry, Audience and Technology / Rebecca Sullivan, Bart Beaty 143

In From the Cold: Aboriginal Media in Canada / Cora Voyageur 165

Film and Film Culture in Canada: Which Way Forward? / Malek Khouri 185

No Future? The Canadian Music Industries / Will Straw 203

New Media and Canadian Society

"Unhyping" the Internet: At Home with a New Medium / Maria Bakardjieva 225

Telehealth in Canada / M. A. Hebert, P. A. Jennett, R. E. Scott 253

From the "Electronic Cottage" to the "Silicon Sweatshop": Social Implications of Telemediated Work in Canada / Graham D. Longford, Barbara A. Crow 275.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1552381048

OCLC:

52325714