Being a blog by Leslie Regan Shade
Just published from Nelson Education (link here)
Preface
PART I: INSTITUTIONAL HISTORY AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO CANADIAN COMMUNICATION STUDIES
Introduction
Leslie Regan Shade
1. Considering Critical Communication Studies in Canada
Sheryl Hamilton, Carleton University
2. Postcolonialism and Communication Studies
Amin Alhassan, York University
3. Beyond The “F” Word: A Constellation of Feminist Concepts for Media Researchers
Kim Sawchuk, Concordia University
4. Canadian Cultural Policy in the Age of Media Abundance: Old Challenges, New Technologies
Ira Wagman and Ezra Winton, Carleton University
PART II: AUDIENCES AND THE CULTURAL MARKETPLACE IN CANADA’S MEDIASCAPE
Introduction
Leslie Regan Shade
5. Audience-Making: Issues in Canadian Audience
Catherine Murray, Simon Fraser University
6. Advertising in Canada
Russell Johnston, Brock University
7. Surviving the Slings and Arrows of Canadian Television: A Case Study of Success
Bart Beaty and Rebecca Sullivan, University of Calgary
8. Making a Mockery of Canadian Cinema: Interpreting the Rise of Mock-Documentary
Zoe Druick, Simon Fraser University
9. Selling Youth: Youth Media and the Marketplace
Natalie Coulter, Wilfrid Laurier University
10. Gold for Whom: Canadian Sports, Mega-Events, and the 2010 Olympics
Michael Real, Royal Roads University
11. Blue Froot Loops, Giggling Dough-Boys, and the Smell of Beer: Why the Senses Matter
Charlene Elliott, University of Calgary
PART III: MEDIA OWNERSHIP AND PUBLIC DIALOGUE IN CANADA’S MEDIASCAPE
Introduction
Leslie Regan Shade
12. The Cultures of Democracy: How Ownership and Public Participation Shape Canada’s Media Systems
Leslie Regan Shade and Michael Lithgow, Concordia University and Carleton University
13. Minding The Growing Gaps: Alternative Media in Canada
David Skinner, York University
14. Canadian First Peoples’ Mediascapes: A Snapshot with Three Corners
Lorna Roth, Concordia University
15. The National-Global Nexus of Ethnic and Diasporic Media
Karim Karim, Carleton University
16. Race(Ing) the Nation: Media and Minorities
Yasmin Jiwani, Concordia University
17. Smog and Mirrors: Climate Change and the Janus Face of Public Relations
Josh Greenberg and Elizabeth Westersund, Carleton University
PART IV: THE CANADIAN NEW MEDIA MEDIASCAPE
Introduction
Leslie Regan Shade
18. What is “New Media”, Anyway?
Jacquelyn Burkell, University of Western Ontario
19. Internet Governance: What a Long and Not so Strange Trip It’s Been
Dan Paré, University of Ottawa
20. Privacy in a Networked Environment
Val Steeves, University of Ottawa
21. Balance or Betrayal? Copyright Reform and the Right to Culture in the Digital Age
Dale Bradley, Brock University
22. Mobiles and Mobilities
Judith Nicholson, Wilfrid Laurier University
Contributors
Glossary of Terms
Copyright Acknowledgments
Index
Neil Barratt and moi, in The Canadian Journal of Communication 32(2):
Abstract: What is net neutrality? The debate about the shape of the Internet is being held behind closed doors, led by government and industry with little public input. This article examines net neutrality and the stakeholders in this emerging national debate. The authors discuss the legislative and policy implications, while at the same time exploring alternative models for achieving broadly accessible, affordable high-speed Internet access.
Above image is from MGA Entertanment’s Bratz Mobile Cell Phone.
Feminizing the Mobile: Gender Scripting of Mobiles in North America, in Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies Vol. 21, Issue 2 (2007), Mobile Phone Cultures, edited by Gerard Goggin.
This paper discusses the gendering of the design and marketing of mobile phones, using the concept of the gender script (Rommes, 2002; van Oost, 2003. It first provides a brief overview of recent international scholarship exploring gendered uses and development of mobiles. The next section explicates the gender script and examines some print ads for mobile phones appearing in North American women
