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Book SynopsisThis timely volume explores how Canadian political institutions, the media, and citizens are adapting to a fast-evolving media environment and the effects this is having on Canadian democracy.
Trade Review...the book offers to a range of interested readers an engaging array of studies of recent media data that are presented in a coherent and focused manner. Such a cutting-edge collection will surely prove to be indispensable reading for researchers in political science, media, communication, Canadian studies, and other fields for many years to come. -- Rachelle Vessey, Newcastle University * British Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 29 No. 1, Spring 2016 *
Table of ContentsPart 1: Communication by Canadian Political Institutions
1 The Triangulation of Canadian Political Communication / Tamara A. Small, Thierry Giasson, and Alex Marland
2 The Governing Party and the Permanent Campaign / Anna Esselment
3 Cognitive Effects of Televised Political Advertising in Canada / Pénélope Daignault
4 The Branding of a Prime Minister: Digital Information Subsidies and the Image Management of Stephen Harper / Alex Marland
5 Selling Social Democracy: Branding the Political Left in Canada / Jared J. Wesley and Mike Moyes
6 The Not-So Social Network: The Use of Twitter by Canada’s Party Leaders / Tamara A. Small
Part 2: Canadian Political News Media
7 The Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery: Still Relevant or Relic of Another Time? / Daniel J. Paré and Susan Delacourt
8 Setting the Agenda? A Case Study of Newspaper Coverage of the 2006 Canadian Election Campaign / Elisabeth Gidengil
9 Playing along New Rules: Personalized Politics in a 24/7 Mediated World / Mireille Lalancette, with Alex Drouin and Catherine Lemarier-Saulnier
10 The Mass Media and Welfare Policy Framing: A Study in Policy Definition / Adam Mahon, Andrea Lawlor, and Stuart Soroka
Part 3: Political Communication and Canadian Citizens
11 Opportunities Missed: Non-Profit Public Communication and Advocacy in Canada / Georgina C. Grosenick
12 Blogging, Partisanship, and Political Participation in Canada / Thierry Giasson, Harold Jansen, and Royce Koop
13 “We Like This”: The Impact of News Websites’ Consensus Information on Political Attitudes / J. Scott Matthews and Denver McNeney
14 Political Communication and Marketing in Canada: Challenges for Democracy / Alex Marland, Thierry Giasson, and Tamara A. Small
Glossary; References; Contributors; Index
