Media & Communication Studies

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Brad Danks: On the Future of Canadian Broadcasting From: Canada Vs California View James Lorimer and Company	In an interview with brad Danks CEO of OutTv, Howard Law and Brad Danks discuss the future of broadcasting and how traditional models are becoming increasingly outdated.	Howard Law	3	2024	$0.30 Add
From NEW! Brains on Trauma From: The Trauma Beat View ECW Press	In this chapter, Cherry discusses the psychological impacts of traumatic events and includes the responses of various survey participants who have lost loved ones to homicide or traffic …	Tamara Cherry	15	2023	$1.50 Add
From Branding Culture Fictional Characters and Undead Celebrities in an Era of “Transpropertied” Media From: Intellectual Property for the 21st Century View Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter explores changes in intellectual property law as part of a changing media ecology that began during the 1970s in which IP law is a medium of control in the digital age. It will be …	Daniel Downes	22	2014	$2.20 Add
From Breaking the Trance From: i-Minds, 2nd edition View New Society Publishers	Media feeds were no longer resembling information distribution (fun or otherwise) they were starting to sound a lot like propaganda. Everything was now far too sweet to taste like truth and now …	Mari K Swingle	16	2019	$1.60 Add
From Building Schools for Girls From: What We Talk About When We Talk About War View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter discusses Canada’s involvement in the "War on Terror" and the rise of nationalism and militarism that it has inspired. The Canadian government and media’s role …	Noah Richler	50	2012	$5.00 Add
From Burning Data From: Reset View House of Anansi Press	Chapter 4 turns to the often overlooked and largely obscured physical and material infrastructure of social media and the communications ecosystem. Although we tend to think of social media and …	Ronald J. Deibert	47	2020	$4.70 Add
Canada Vs California How Ottawa took on Netflix and the streaming giants James Lorimer and Company	Canada vs California provides a road map of the tense battle between Canadian content and California’s billion dollar businesses that threaten to drown it out. Howard Law’s Canada vs. …	Howard Law	232	2024	View
NEW! Canadarm and Collaboration How Canada's Astronauts and Space Robots Explore New Worlds ECW Press	Canada is a small but mighty power in space exploration. After providing the Canadarm robotic arm for the space shuttle in 1981, Canada received an invitation to start an astronaut program …	Elizabeth Howell	249	2020	View
From NEW! Canada’s Rage Goes From: Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty in a Ruptured World View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Marche traces how Canada’s defiance against American aggression, sparked by Donald Trump’s annexation threats and tariff pressures in 2025, has reshaped Western …	Stephen Marche	5	2026	$0.50 Add
From Canadian Cultural Policymaking in the Digital Era From: Canadian Culture in a Globalized World View James Lorimer and Company	How the rise of digital media has affected cultural industries in Canada, specifically music, book and magazine publishing, radio, televsion and film arts. Analyzes the reaction of the Justin …	Garry Neil	28	2019	$2.80 Add
Canadian Culture in a Globalized World The impact of trade deals on Canada's cultural life James Lorimer and Company	Since the first trade deal with the US in 1984, Canada has insisted on a "cultural exemption" to ensure that governments were free to protect Canadian culture and to restrict foreign …		256		View
From Canadian Media and Pro-Israel Bias: An Insider’s Perspective From: Advocating for Palestine in Canada View Fernwood Publishing	In Chapter 7, Davide Mastracci explores the pro-Israel bias in Canadian media, detailing his own experiences with writing on Israel’s oppression of Palestinians. The chapter discusses …	Davide Mastracci	22	2022	$2.20 Add
From Canadian Politics in 140 Characters: Party Politics in the Twitterverse From: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition View Emond Montgomery	2010 article by Tamara A. Small examining the use of Twitter by federal and provincial political parties and their leaders in July 2009.	Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell	12	2015	$1.20 Add
From NEW! Canadians Need to Know Canada From: Reclaiming Canadian Sovereignty in a Ruptured World View James Lorimer and Company	In this chapter, Delhon examines Canada’s vulnerability to foreign disinformation.	Sabreena Delhon	6	2026	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Chapter 1 That's $600 a litre in space paint From: Canadarm and Collaboration View ECW Press	This chapter explores the history of Canada’s role in space exploration. Topics include Alouette I and II – the first Canadian Satellites, the Canadarm, and the role played by former …	Elizabeth Howell	26	2020	$2.60 Add
From NEW! Chapter 1 Contempt and Its Discontents From: Beyond Contempt View New Society Publishers	In this chapter the author discusses the concept of “contempt”, and how feeling contempt towards those with differing views is both a natural reflex and the greatest obstacle …	Erica Etelson	30	2020	$3.00 Add