Media & Communication Studies

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The Position of Flanders with Regard to Some Internet-Related Matters

The Position of Flanders with Regard to Some Internet-Related Matters

From: Cyberidentities

The issue of illegal and harmful content over electronic networks needs to be addressed in a manner which is proportional to the problem and which recognizes the importance of the principle of … 7 $0.98 Add
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The Post-Liberal Order
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The Post-Liberal Order

Part II: The Insurgency

From: Has Populism Won?

This chapter discusses how populist leaders are against liberal international order. This chapter discusses how populist figures continue to challenge liberal free-trade internationalism. ; 17 $1.70 Add
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The Power of sound

The Power of sound

History and Biology

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

Dings, and bings, various ringtones, and device alert our brains. They make us react. Not merely attentionally but neurophysiologically as well. The two are strongly biologically attached. The … 19 $1.90 Add
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The Pull

The Pull

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

The process of the medium, of i-tech itself, is what is attractive; it draws us in. And this draw, or pull effect, is what has the potential to alter behavior. For example, the central concept in … 9 $0.90 Add
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"The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name"
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"The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name"

From: Len & Cub

The authors talk about how Len & Cub’s story/photographs came to be preserved in the archive and how we can piece together their story. It also discusses queer historical context. ; 11 $1.10 Add
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The Reconstruction of Uncle Tom

The Reconstruction of Uncle Tom

From: Uncle

In this chapter, Thompson examines the "Mammy" figure, another stock character who was first depicted in Uncle Tom’s Cabin. The chapter also touches on Confederate monuments, and … 11 $1.10 Add
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The road to Trump

The road to Trump

From: Oil’s Deep State

Former Alberta opposition leader analyzes the ties between the fossil fuel industry and the hard right political movement that carried Donald Trump to the White House in 2016. 20 $2.00 Add
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The Role of Canada's Chief Press Censor

The Role of Canada’s Chief Press Censor

From: Bearing Witness

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The Scoop on Sensational Stories
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The Scoop on Sensational Stories

From: The Trauma Beat

In this chapter, Cherry discusses the sensationalizing of "uncommon stories", how the boundary-less reporting of these a-typical events traumatically impacts the surviving family … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Secret
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The Secret

From: Inside the Montreal Mafia

This chapter explores the initiation rite and history of the relationship between the Italian mafia and the Hell’s Angels in Montreal. ; 15 $1.50 Add
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The Shift

The Shift

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

Every era has an innovation that changes the face of society: the way we think, the way we act and interact as individuals, as a community, and as a culture. As the innovation is introduced, it … 11 $1.10 Add
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The Sleepy Gardeners

The Sleepy Gardeners

The Trudeau Years

From: The Tangled Garden

Canadian policy regarding media and cultural industries in the Trudeau’s government first term (2015 to 2019). How giant American media corporations – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and … 26 $2.60 Add
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The Source
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The Source

From: Inside the Montreal Mafia

This chapter explores Scoppa’s relationship with the police in Montreal and his dirty tactics. ; 8 $0.80 Add
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The Sovereignty Project
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The Sovereignty Project

Part II: The Insurgency

From: Has Populism Won?

This chapter discusses the populist goal of regaining sovereignty lost during globalization. Including examples from leaders such as Vladimir Putin and Andrés Manuel López Obrador. ; 18 $1.80 Add
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The Story of Alpha

The Story of Alpha

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

In this chapter, I will discuss my discovery of the signature for modern excess: a form of brain deregulation purely associated with excessive use of i-media. 16 $1.60 Add
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The suspension of disbelief
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The suspension of disbelief

From: The Environmentalist’s Dilemma

This chapter examines the phenomena of news presented as two opposing sides and the role of unregulated social media and fake news. It suggests that conspriacy theories and denial of climate … 21 $2.10 Add