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Communication and Research in the Public Interest

Communication and Research in the Public Interest
Les communications et la recherche dans l’intérêt public

A special joint roundtable presented by the
Canadian Communication Association & the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Une table ronde spéciale présentée par l’Association canadienne des
communications et le Centre canadien pour les alternatives politiques

Friday May 29 - 3:30 to 5 p.m. / vendredi 29 mai de 15h30 à 17h00
302 Azrieli Theatre, Carleton University

Selected Resources

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
http://www.policyalternatives.ca

–For Sale to the Highest Bidder: Telecom Policy in Canada, ed. Moll and Shade (2008).
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/reports/2008/03/reportsstudies1847/?pa=bb736455

–Seeking Convergence in Policy and Practice Communications in the Public Interest Vol. 2 (2004), ed. Moll and Shade (2004).
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/reports/2004/09/reportsstudies812/?pa=bb736455

-E-Commerce vs. E-Commons Communications in the Public Interest, Vol. 1 (2001), ed. Moll and Shade (2001).
http://www.policyalternatives.ca/reports/2001/01/ReportsStudies798/

Campaign for Democratic Media
http://democraticmedia.ca/

Save Our Net
http://saveournet.ca/

TeleCommunities Canada
http://www.tc.ca

Internet for Everyone
http://internetforeveryone.ca

Canadian Research Alliance for Community Innovation and Networking
http://www3.fis.utoronto.ca/iprp/cracin/

Community Wireless Infrastructure Project (CWIRP)
http://www.cwirp.org/

Mobile Digital Commons Network (MDCN)
http://www.mdcn.ca

Social Science Research Council Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Public Sphere Project
http://programs.ssrc.org/media/
-Program Background Papers
http://programs.ssrc.org/media/background/
-Making Communications Research Matter
http://www.ssrc.org/essays/mcrm/
–Bridging Scholar/Activist Divides in the Field of Communications, International Communication Association, Montreal, May 22, 2008
http://www.icahdq.org/conferences/2008/scholaractive.asp

Becky Lentz. Why Grantmaking on Media Policy Still Matters (Part 1 of 2). Baltimore: Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media (2009).
http://gfem.org/node/496

Joseph S. Nye Jr. Scholars on the Sidelines. The Washington Post (Monday, April 13, 2009; Page A15).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/12/AR2009041202260.html

One Happy Author

http://ezrawinton.com/2009/04/28/mediascapes-book-is-out-my-first-academic-publishing-accomplishment/

Mediascapes 3: New Patterns in Canadian Communication

Just published from Nelson Education (link here)

Table of Contents

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