Media & Communication Studies
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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The History of MontréalThe Story of a Great North American City |
Montreal is one of those unique cities at the crossroads of history. Paul-André Linteau’s The History of Montréal provides essential background for both Montrealers and all those … | Paul-André Linteau | 206 | 2013 | View |
The Imperilled OceanHuman Stories From a Changing Sea |
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 Next Big Thing |
Canadian journalist and political insider Dalton Camp left behind a powerful legacy, including books, essays, and newspaper columns on Canadian politics and public policy. To both celebrate his … | Philip Lee | 208 | 2014 | View |
The Tangled GardenA Canadian Cultural Manifesto for the Digital Age |
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! The Trauma BeatA Case for Re-Thinking the Business of Bad News |
A groundbreaking and thorough examination of the trauma caused by the media covering crimes, both to victims and journalists, from a respected journalist and victim advocate In The Trauma Beat, … | Tamara Cherry | 332 | 2023 | View |
The World After CovidThe Munk Dialogues on a Pandemic |
From the world-renowned Munk Debates comes a collection of dialogues by leading intellectuals envisioning our post-pandemic future. During this time of social distancing, the acclaimed Munk … | Rudyard Griffiths | 153 | 2021 | View |
NEW! Thinking While BlackTranslating the Politics and Popular Culture of a Rebel Generation |
This uniquely interdisciplinary study of Black cultural critics Armond White and Paul Gilroy spans continents and decades of rebellion and revolution. Drawing on an eclectic mix of archival … | Daniel McNeil | 222 | 2022 | View |
UncleRace, Nostalgia, and the Politics of Loyalty |
Jackie Robinson, President Barack Obama, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, O. J. Simpson and Christopher Darden have all been accused of being an Uncle Tom during their careers. How, why, … | Cheryl Thompson | 272 | 2021 | View |
Washington’s Long War on Syria |
When President Barack Obama demanded formally in the summer of 2011 that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down, it was not the first time Washington had sought regime change in Damascus. The … | Stephen Gowans | 280 | 2017 | View |
What We Talk About When We Talk About War |
An Amazon.ca Editor’s Pick for 2012 and a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of 2012 Shortlisted, Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction, Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, and … | Noah Richler | 376 | 2012 | View |
Won’t Get Fooled AgainA Graphic Guide to Fake News |
“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 GoodCanadian Women Politicians |
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 CyberspaceFrom: Cyberidentities |
Preface | Leen d'Haenens | 8 | 1999 | $1.12 Add |
From Editor’s PrefaceFrom: 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 … | Bhakti Shringarpure | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
From Foreward & IntroductionFrom: Cultural Industries.ca |
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 |
Foreword | Elizabeth Howell | 4 | 2020 | $0.40 Add |