Media & Communication Studies

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What is the Problem with Fake News?

From: Won't Get Fooled Again

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PART ONE

From: Working for the Common Good

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Prologue

From: Canadarm and Collaboration

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Sight and Site on the Line

The Cultural Imaginary of Borderlands in North America

From: Borders, Culture, and Globalization

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This chapter considers contemporary art and media projects located in North American border regions in the last decade and their role as critical practices and forms of translocal resistance … 22 $2.20 Add
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The All-American Boy

From: Imagined Truths

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The author relates his early life/childhood in America. 26 $2.60 Add
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The Basics: The Origins of Law

From: Fundamental Law for Journalists

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Chapter One provides a brief overview for understanding where the law comes from and breaks down the sources of these laws. Topics discussed include Indigenous law and government, the Indian Act, … 13 $1.30 Add
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The Best Game in Town

From: The Next Big Thing

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"We will always be grateful to June Callwood for beginning this lecture series with a grace, style, and enthusiasm that set the standard for all that followed. She came to campus after a … 16 $1.60 Add
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The Child Whose Head Was Bathed in Darkness

From: Disfigured

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Chapter 1 examines the objectives behind fairy tales, exploring topics including folk tales and oral traditions, myth and superstition, the Brothers Grimm, happy endings, nature and the woods, … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Current Crisis

From: The Tangled Garden

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Documents Canada’s cultural policies as they stand today. Specifically focusing on Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government and Melanie Joly’s tenure as Canada’s minister for … 32 $3.20 Add
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The Den of Arabism

From: Washington's Long War on Syria

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The constitution of the Ba’ath Party made a proclamation in its very first line which Washington could have only regarded with deep hostility: “The Arabs are one nation which has its … 55 $5.50 Add
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The Market for Our Minds

From: Reset

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Chapter 1 explores the economic engine that underlies social media: the personal data surveillance economy. Social media platforms describe themselves in many different, seemingly benign ways: … 40 $4.00 Add
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The Olive Farm

From: Man at the Airport

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In the opening chapter, Al Kontar reflects on the Syrian Civil War and his childhood on an olive farm in Sweida. 7 $0.70 Add
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The Role of Canada’s Chief Press Censor

From: Bearing Witness

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The Shift

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

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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 Trans-Canada Highway vs The Information Highway: The Road Less Traveled?

From: Cyberidentities

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There has been much written to support the metaphor of the highway being used to describe this massive undertaking to “wire” the world. Headlines such as: “Information’s … 6 $0.84 Add
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The Vimy Effect

From: What We Talk About When We Talk About War

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The author discusses militarism and nationalism in Canada, exploring Canadian military history, Vimy Ridge’s special role in Canadian culture, and perceptions of war and military culture. … 77 $7.70 Add