Media & Communication Studies

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I’m Just So Tired of All These Star Wars

I’m Just So Tired of All These Star Wars

On Art and Nostalgia

From: On Nostalgia

Modern nostalgia in novel and flim is discussed, using examples of Ready Player One, Back to the Future, American Graffitti, Indiana Jones, and the introduction of prequels with Star Wars. … 22 $2.20 Add
Imagined Truths

Imagined Truths

Myths from a Draft-Dodging Poet

Memory is not only selective, it’s an amazing liar, con artist and spin doctor. History is what we choose to remember about the past in order to justify the present. Richard Lemm grew up in … 272 View
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Implementing the Image

Implementing the Image

Part IV

From: The Imaginary Indian

Images have consequences in the real world: ideas have results. The Imaginary Indian does not exist in a void. In their relations with Native people over the years, non-Native Canadians have put … 25 $2.50 Add
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Implementing the Image

Part IV

From: The Imaginary Indian, 1st Edition

Images have consequences in the real world: ideas have results. The Imaginary Indian does not exist in a void. In their relations with Native people over the years, non-Native Canadians have put … 25 $0.50 Add
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In Olden Times, When Wishing Still Helped

In Olden Times, When Wishing Still Helped

The Fairy Tale in France and Germany

From: Disfigured

Chapter 3 explores fairy tales from France and Germany, exploring topics including the rise of modern fairy tales, disfigurement and disability in fairy tales, a history of the Grimm brothers, … 20 $2.00 Add
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Independence or Control

Independence or Control

Ten Years at The Spectator

From: Their Town

The study of Hamilton’s one newspaper in the fourth chapter illustrates how the policies of a large business organization can lead to a more vigorous and critical local political life, but … ; 10 $1.00 Add
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Informed Intentions
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Informed Intentions

From: The Trauma Beat

In this chapter, Cherry discusses how to be a trauma-informed reporter and the duties of a journalist in the context of reporting on cases that involve sexual assault. Cherry reflects on how the … 21 $2.10 Add
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Internet and Public Order

Internet and Public Order

From: Cyberidentities

If certain uses – or abuses – are not compatible with the national public order, are the national institutions competent to limit these uses? Then, of course we should answer the … 8 $1.12 Add
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From: Bearing Witness

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From: The Tangled Garden

An introduction to the book’s scope and sequence, laying out why Canada’s major media (television networks, newspapers, film industry are suddenly at risk as a result of the advent of … 11 $1.10 Add
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From: Beyond Contempt

In the Introduction, the author provides some personal background to her experiences with political discourse and sets the stage for engaging in productive conversation in the aftermath of the … 16 $1.60 Add
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From: Man at the Airport

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From: Uncle

In the introduction, the author discusses her lifelong fascination with the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. 10 $1.00 Add
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From: Reset

In the introduction, Deibert explores our dependence on smart phones and the internet, and the anxiety that this can cause. He also discusses social media, cyberwarfare, data breaches, and how we … 28 $2.80 Add
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From: Washington's Long War on Syria

From 1963 onward, Syrian governments in which Ba’ath Arab Socialist Party members Hafez al-Assad and his son Bashar played principal roles, were committed to the Arab nationalist values of … 28 $2.80 Add
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Editor’s Preface

Editor’s Preface

From: Decolonize Hipsters

In the Preface, series editor Bhakti Shringarpure explains the series Decolonize That!: Handbooks for the Revolutionary Overthrow of Embedded Colonial Ideas and why hipsters would be the first … 8 $0.80 Add