Description
Book SynopsisThe follow-up to
How Canadians Communicate, this second volume embarks upon a new examination of Canada's current media health and turns its attention to the impact of globalization on Canadian communication, culture, and identity.
How Canadians Communicate II: Media, Globalization and Identity, includes contributions from experts from a wide range of specialties in the areas of communication and technology. Some, as the editors point out, are optimistic about the future of Canadian media, while others are pessimistic. All, however, recognize the profound impact of rapidly changing technologies and the new globalized world on Canadian culture. The contributors highlight the new tools such as blogs, Blackberries, and peer-to-peer networks that are continuously changing how Canadians communicate. And, they explore the various ways in which Canada is adapting to the new climate of globalization, suggesting new and innovative paths to further define and strengthen our uniquely Canadian cultural identity.
Trade ReviewA trenchant and timely analysis of the state of Canadian communication. Sara-Jane Finlay, University of Toronto Quarterly
Table of Contents
- Media, Globalization and Identity in Canada: An Introduction
- David Taras
- A. The Debate Over Policy
- From Assumptions of Scarcity to the Facts of Fragmentation
- Kenneth J. Goldstein
- Canadian Communication and the Spectre of Globalization: "Just another word…"
- Richard Schultz
- Other People's Money: The Debate over Foreign Ownership in the Media
- Christopher Dornan
- Canadian Television and the Limits of Cultural Citizenship
- Bart Beaty and Rebecca Sullivan
- On Life Support: The CBC And the Future of Public Broadcasting in Canada
- Marc Raboy and David Taras
- B. The Quest for Identity
- Dimensions of Empowerment: Identity Politics on the Internet
- Maria Bakardjieva
- How Canadians Blog
- Michael Keren
- The Canadian Music Industry at a Crossroads
- Richard Sutherland and Will Straw
- Digital Disturbances: ON the Promotion, Panic, and Politics of Video Game Violence
- Stephen Kline
- C. The Struggle for Control
- Download This!: Contesting Digital Rights in a Global Era: The Case of Music Downloading in Canada
- Graham Longford
- Now It's Personal: Copyright Issues in Canada
- Sheryl N. Hamilton
- Globalization and Scholarly Communication: A Story of Canadian Marginalization
- Frits Pannekoek, Helen Clarke, and Andrew Waller
- Broadband and the Margins: Challenges to Supernet Deployment in Rural and Remote Albertian Communities
- David Mitchell
- Keywords in Canadian Communication: A Student Afterword
- Index
