Media & Communication Studies

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West Coast Media:  Ultra-Concentrated Ownership

West Coast Media: Ultra-Concentrated Ownership

From: British Columbia Politics and Government

Analysis of the concentration of ownership of mainstream news media in BC. 18 $1.80 Add
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What Is It with the Media!

What Is It with the Media!

From: Man at the Airport

In this chapter, Al Kontar discusses the media’s reaction to his social media campaign, and how the Western and Arab media organizations differed in their coverage. 13 $1.30 Add
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What is to be Done?

What is to be Done?

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About War

The author muses on Canadian culture and the ideas of epics and epic behaviour, which reduce the world to a dichotomy of black and white and as a result encourage militarism/"warrior … 46 $4.60 Add
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What is Wrong with Social Media?
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What is Wrong with Social Media?

An Anti-Capitalist Critique

From: The Socialist Register 2022

Marcus Gilroy-Ware provides an authoritative and skeptical assessment of ‘what is wrong with social media’ and places the social pathologies they amplify within the capitalist … 20 $2.00 Add
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What They Deserve
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What They Deserve

From: Seven Days in Halifax

In this chapter, Ashe describes the events of Day Four of Halifax’s 1970 “Encounter on Urban Environment,” focusing on government communications and journalism. Discussions … 12 $1.20 Add
What We Talk About When We Talk About War

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 … 376 View
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When the News Trucks Go Away
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When the News Trucks Go Away

From: The Trauma Beat

In this chapter, Cherry discusses the fatal Humboldt Broncos car crash that occurred in 2018. She includes excerpts of her interview with Laurie, whose son was among the passengers that did not … 8 $0.80 Add
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Widow Kim
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Widow Kim

From: The Trauma Beat

In this chapter, Cherry examines the media coverage surrounding the death of constable William Hancox. Cherry includes excerpts from her interview with the widow of the deceased, who describes … 14 $1.40 Add
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Witness to a Country

Witness to a Country

From: The Next Big Thing

"In the fall of 2006, Roy MacGregor, veteran newspaperman, magazine writer, and author of books, came to campus. Since 2002, MacGregor had been writing columns for the Globe and Mail, but he … 15 $1.50 Add
Won't Get Fooled Again

Won’t Get Fooled Again

A 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 … ; 208 View
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Work and Community in Networked Organizations

Work and Community in Networked Organizations

From: Cyberidentities

This research shows how the social network approach allowed assessment of the types of information exchange and media that were important to the group as a whole, and important to particular pairs. 11 $1.54 Add
Working for the Common Good

Working for the Common Good

Canadian 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. 182 View
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Working for the Common Good in the CCF/NDP

Working for the Common Good in the CCF/NDP

From: Working for the Common Good

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Yes, I Will Wait: In Praise of Long Journeys, Long Interviews, and Longer Stays

Yes, I Will Wait: In Praise of Long Journeys, Long Interviews, and Longer Stays

From: The Next Big Thing

"In the fall of 2012, Nahlah Ayed was based in London and covering the world for the CBC. Her stories were filed from Riyadh and Tehran, Beirut and Baghdad, India, Pakistan, Kenya, and … 18 $1.80 Add
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You're a Celebrity Now

You’re a Celebrity Now

From: Man at the Airport

In this chapter, Al Kontar writes about his growing fame, and his interactions with people whose interest in him was motivated by selfish reasons. 11 $1.10 Add