Politics, society, and the media / Paul Nesbitt-Larking.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nesbitt-Larking, Paul W. (Paul Wingfield), 1954- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Political aspects--Canada.

Mass media.

Canada.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (407 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Politics, Society, and the Media is the first comprehensive political sociology of the media to be published in Canada. Paul Nesbitt-Larking draws upon a range of disciplines, including cultural and media studies, political economy, social theory and political science to provide an analysis of the relationship between power and representation in Canada." "In addition to standard topics on politics and the media, this new edition offers much more: an examination of the media on the politics of gender and aboriginal peoples, the micro-politics of the media workplace, and an exploration of important media-related considerations. Throughout, reference is made to relevant and compelling issues placed within the context of media theory."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1. Why? How? What?

2. Press gangs : the role of the newspaper in Canadian political life

3. The masses and the Masseys : the political history of broadcasting in Canada

4. The good, the bad, and the ugly : culture, ideology, and the media

5. (Almost) everywhere they are in chains : the political economy of communications in Canada

6. Sticks, carrots, and party favours : state and political regulation of the media

7. Life in the sausage factory : possibilities and constraints of media organizations

8. The decline and fall of the American empire : space and time in the work of Innis, Grant, and McLuhan

9. Mass rallies, mass consumption, and (mass) confusion : approaches to the media in the postmodern world.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4426-0428-X

1-4426-8980-3

OCLC:

865475108