Media & Communication Studies

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Live at the Table

From: Negotiating So Everyone Wins

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Dingwall gives a thorough outline of the process once the negotiation is at the table. He discusses building rapport, opening statements, first offers, first counteroffer, the issue of price, and … 36 $3.60 Add
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Muzzling the Media

From: BlackBerry Town

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Howitt explains RIM’s rocky relationship with the media. Howitt draws from his experience as a reporter at the Waterloo Region Record and from the anecdotes of fellow reporter Matt Walcoff. 36 $3.60 Add
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November 2020: The Race for the Vaccine

From: Spin Doctors

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This chapter discusses the Covid-19 vaccine. Loreto examines how the vaccine was introduced by the government and framed in the media, as well as the response of Canadians to the announcement of … 24 $2.40 Add
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PART THREE

From: Working for the Common Good

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Sleeping Car Porters and Uncle Ben

From: Uncle

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This chapter examines railway sleeping cars, the Black men who served as porters to tourists on the rails, and how these men were forced to conform to the Uncle Tom stereotype. 8 $0.80 Add
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Teledemocracy in the Province: An Experiment with Internet-Based Software and Public Debate

From: Cyberidentities

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The experiment with Besliswijzer provided an opportunity to explore the possible contribution that a new communication technology could have on citizen involvement in political debate. ; ; ; 12 $1.68 Add
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The Contemporary Canada-United States Relationship

From: Canadian Culture in a Globalized World

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Analyzes Canada’s current relationship with the United States concerning trade and cultural policies. Examines the impact of Donald Trump’s presidency and the re‑negotiated … 19 $1.90 Add
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The Great Unravelling

From: Disfigured

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Chapter 9 explores the future of how disability will be in the present and near future, discussing topics like fairy tales and the ideology of able bodiedness, the political, social, economic … 17 $1.70 Add
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The Grudge

From: Inside the Montreal Mafia

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This chapter talks about Rénald Joseph Ernest Serge Desjardins and Scoppa’s accounts of him. ; 18 $1.80 Add
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The Last Commandment: Thou Shall Not Beguile

From: The Next Big Thing

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"Neil Reynolds dropped out of high school to work for a newspaper, and over a long career became one of the great editors of newspapers in Canada. He was editor of the Kingston … 15 $1.50 Add
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The Narrowing of Minds

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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How do you measure creativity if you never find it in the first place? I have noticed over the past five to eight years is that youth are progressively less aware of their creative potential. … 26 $2.60 Add
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The Trouble with the TPP’s Copyright Rules

From: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and Canada

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Michael Geist, one of Canada’s most knowledgeable and incisive critics of the TPP, examines the implications of its copyright provisions. As anticipated early on in the negotiations, the … 15 $1.50 Add
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The True North Strong and Free

From: Imagined Truths

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The author talks about emigrating to Canada. 35 $3.50 Add
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The Virtual World of Peace

From: Peacemakers

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Looks at how the public understands peace issues and technology’s role in this. 15 $1.50 Add
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Victims People

From: The Trauma Beat

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In this chapter, Cherry examines how the public and accidental nature of traffic fatalities impact the tone and intensity of the media coverage that surrounds it. Cherry includes the comments of … 13 $1.30 Add
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Wall Street’s Empire

From: Washington's Long War on Syria

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The United States has an empire, even if it’s not often called one. More often, the U.S. Empire is widely referred to by various euphemisms, anodyne terms which make the unacceptable appear … 20 $2.00 Add