Media & Communication Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Bearing Witness Journalists, Record Keepers and the 1917 Halifax Explosion Fernwood Publishing	Bearing Witness tells the story of the Explosion, and the catastrophic damage it caused, through the eyes and words of more than two dozen journalists and record keepers who experienced it first …	Michael Dupuis	221	2017	View
NEW! Beyond Contempt How Liberals can Communicate Across the Great Divide New Society Publishers	Liberal and progressive frustration, grief, and alarm over Trump’s destructive political agenda and behavior have prompted mounting disdain for Trump supporters and other conservatives. …	Erica Etelson	242	2020	View
NEW! Canadarm and Collaboration How Canada's Astronauts and Space Robots Explore New Worlds ECW Press	Canada is a small but mighty power in space exploration. After providing the Canadarm robotic arm for the space shuttle in 1981, Canada received an invitation to start an astronaut program …	Elizabeth Howell	249	2020	View
Canadian Culture in a Globalized World The impact of trade deals on Canada's cultural life James Lorimer and Company	Since the first trade deal with the US in 1984, Canada has insisted on a "cultural exemption" to ensure that governments were free to protect Canadian culture and to restrict foreign …	Garry Neil	256	2019	View
Cultural Industries.ca Making Sense of Canadian Media in the Digital Age James Lorimer and Company	Canada’s creative industries encompass book, periodical, and newspaper publishing; radio and television broadcasting; the music industry; video game production; filmmaking and video …	Ira Wagman; Peter Urquhart	248	2012	View
Cyberidentities Canadian and European Presence in Cyberspace University of Ottawa Press	This innovative study explores diverse aspects of Canadian and European identity on the information highway and reaches beyond technical issues to confront and explore communication, culture and …	Leen d'Haenens	220	1999	View
i-Minds, 2nd edition How and Why Constant Connectivity is Rewiring Our Brains and What to Do About it New Society Publishers	The way we use i-technology is affecting our health and happiness. While programs, devices, information, and constant connectivity can offer us ease, liberation, and efficiency, they can also …	Mari K Swingle	528	2019	View
NEW! Man at the Airport How Social Media Saved My Life: One Syrian's Story twp	Man at the Airport explores what it means to be a Syrian, an “illegal” and a refugee. More broadly, it examines the power of social media to amplify individual voices and facilitate …	Hassan Al Kontar	232	2021	View
NEW! The Imperilled Ocean Human Stories From a Changing Sea Goose Lane Editions	An exploration of the earth’s last wild frontier, filled with high-stakes stories of people and places facing an uncertain future. On a life raft in the Mediterranean, a teenager from Ghana …	Laura Trethewey	238	2020	View
The Tangled Garden A Canadian Cultural Manifesto for the Digital Age James Lorimer and Company	The emergence of Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google (the FAANGs) has created an unprecedented challenge to Canada’s news, television and film businesses. In this book Richard …	Richard Stursberg	224	2019	View
NEW! Won’t Get Fooled Again A Graphic Guide to Fake News Between The Lines	“Fake news!” screams Donald Trump from his Twitter account when journalists ask tough questions about his past or present behaviour. Meanwhile, his Fox & Friends fan club makes …	Alan Spinney; Erin Steuter	208	2020	View
Working for the Common Good Canadfian Women Politicians Fernwood Publishing	In Working for the Common Good, Madelyn Holmes details the political policy work of eight social democratic Canadian women and highlights their largely unrecognized struggles and accomplishments.	Madelyn Holmes	182	2017	View
From Beyond Infrastructure: Canadian and European Identities in Cyberspace From: Cyberidentities Preview University of Ottawa Press	Preface	Leen d'Haenens	8	1999	$1.12 Add
From Foreward & Introduction From: Cultural Industries.ca Preview James Lorimer and Company	Looks at the term mass media and how it does not fit in a Canadian Context, defines cultural industry for the purpose of this book, emphasis on methodology, the changing landscape of cultural …	Ira Wagman; Michael Dorland; Peter Urquhart	8	2012	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Foreword From: Canadarm and Collaboration Preview ECW Press	Foreword	Elizabeth Howell	4	2020	$0.40 Add
From Introduction From: Bearing Witness Preview Fernwood Publishing	-	Michael Dupuis	14	2017	$1.96 Add