Media & Communication Studies

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Barack Obama and the Paradox of Black Political Power

Barack Obama and the Paradox of Black Political Power

From: Uncle

This chapter examines the career of Barack Obama, whose presidential campaign was marked by accusations of disloyalty to the Black community. 16 $1.60 Add
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Be Interesting, Or Else

Be Interesting, Or Else

From: The Next Big Thing

"A decade after he gave Canadian journalism a kick in the backside as the founding editor of Conrad Black’s brash National Post newspaper, Ken Whyte came to campus. Most recently, as … 20 $2.00 Add
Bearing Witness

Bearing Witness

Journalists, Record Keepers and the 1917 Halifax Explosion

Bearing Witness tells the story of the Explosion, and the catastrophic damage it caused, through the eyes and words of more than two dozen journalists and record keepers who experienced it first … 221 View
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Languages of Desire
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Languages of Desire

From: Len & Cub

This chapter discusses language for talking about same-sex desire today and throughout history. ; 6 $0.60 Add
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Benefactors of Change

Benefactors of Change

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

Who benefits from the propagation and consumption of sextech and pornography? And who loses? The industries involved, as too all spinoffs of depersonalized touch (such as massage parlors, … 9 $0.90 Add
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Between Canadians and Culture
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Between Canadians and Culture

The First Year of the CRTC

From: 1968 in Canada

This chapter considers the first year of the Canadian Radio-Television Commission, the country’s broadcasting (and eventually, telecommunications) regulator. The establishment of the CRTC … 19 $1.90 Add
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Between the Camel and the Range Rover

Between the Camel and the Range Rover

From: Man at the Airport

In this chapter, Al Kontar describes his inner conflict as he observed the deepening conflict in Syria from the United Arab Emirates. 18 $1.80 Add
Beyond Contempt
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Beyond Contempt

How Liberals can Communicate Across the Great Divide

Liberal and progressive frustration, grief, and alarm over Trump’s destructive political agenda and behavior have prompted mounting disdain for Trump supporters and other conservatives. … 242 View
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Beyond Illusions

Beyond Illusions

Spatial Planning, Arbitrary Learning, and Geolocation Skills

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

Excessive screen usage (gaming and beyond) is highly related, if not correlated, with the development of anxiety, depression, and ailments on the obsessive-compulsive spectrum. So here I present … 20 $2.00 Add
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Beyond Infrastructure: Canadian and European Identities in Cyberspace

Beyond Infrastructure: Canadian and European Identities in Cyberspace

From: Cyberidentities

Preface 8 $1.12 Add
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Beyond Policy Analysis:

Beyond Policy Analysis:

Methods for Qualitative Investigation

From: Cultural Industries.ca

Jeremy Shtern argues that in Canada many people practise “policy analysis,” but few have ever thought of this form of analysis as a methodological approach, one driven by certain … 17 $1.70 Add
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Big Oil and Think Tanks Besiege Kyoto

Big Oil and Think Tanks Besiege Kyoto

From: The Big Stall

Examines the business led campaign to discredit the Kyoto Accord in the 1990s and 2000s. Big business lobbied for a "made in Canada" solution while funding a massive anti-Kyoto … 20 $2.00 Add
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Black and British
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Black and British

A Lived Contradiction

From: Thinking While Black

This chapter detailed Paul Gilroy’s life after 1968 and his interest in the rebel spirit of black American and Caribbean musicians. Topics include British immigration policy, political … 32 $3.20 Add
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Bobby and Pierre
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Bobby and Pierre

From: 1968 in Canada

In the spring of 1968, the political campaigns of Robert Kennedy in the United States and Pierre Trudeau in Canada generated wild crowd scenes featuring passionate adoration of the candidates. … 23 $2.30 Add
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Book Publishing:

Book Publishing:

Dying One Chapter(s) at a Time?

From: Cultural Industries.ca

In Jeff Boggs’s article on book publishing the changing nature of the audience and technologies serves as the focus 16 $1.60 Add
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Boxed In

Boxed In

Anxiety in the Masses

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

Anxiety and its little buddy stress are on the rise in adults and, most troubling, increasingly also in children, adolescents, and youth. We are all now consistently revving at much, much higher … 17 $1.70 Add