Full Description
How Canadians Communicate, Vol. 1 is a timely collection that chronicles the extraordinary changes that are shaking the foundations of Canada's cultural and communications industries in the twenty-first century. With essays from some of Canada's foremost media scholars, this book discusses the major trends and developments that have taken place in government policy, corporate strategies, creative communities, and various communication mediums: newspapers, films, cellular and palm technology, the Internet, libraries, TV, music, and book publishing. This volume addresses many issues unique to Canada in a broader framework of global communications. Specifically, it looks at new media communications in Aboriginal communities, the changing role of the state in cultural institutions, the conglomeratization of the media, the threat of American and global communications to Canadian voices, and the struggle to retain and reclaim local and national identities in the face of globalization. With articles from academics and professionals across Canada, How Canadians Communicate, Vol.1 provides the most current perspectives on communication in Canada in a rapidly changing world of technology and global communication.
Contents
Introduction: The New World of Communications in Canada David Taras Government and Corporate Policies From Master to Partner to Bit Player: The Diminishing Capacity of Government Policy Richard Schultz No Clear Channel: The Rise and Possible Fall of Media Convergence Vincent A. Carlin Canadian Memory Institutions and the Digital Revolution: The Last Five. Years Frits Pannekoek Canadian Media and Canadian Identity Printed Matter: Canadian Newspapers Christopher Dornan Publishing and Perishing with No Parachute Aritha van Herk Canadian Television: Industry, Audience, and Technology Rebecca Sullivan and Bart Beaty In from the Cold: Aboriginal Media in Canada Cora Voyageur Film and Film Culture in Canada: Which Way Forward Malek Khouri No Future? The Canadian Music Industries Will Straw New Media and Canadian Society "Unhyping" the Internet: At Home with a New Medium Maria Bakardjieva Telehealth in Canada M.A. Herbert, P.A. Jennett, and R.E. Scott From the "Electirc Cottage" to the "Silicon Sweatshop": Social Implications of Telemediated Work in Canada Graham D. Longford and Barbara A. Crow
