Media & Communications Studies
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From  NEW! 4. Gentrification is about Money |
Chapter 4 focuses on the role of gentrification in the political economy of urban centres and how capital is tied to its continuation. Topics discussed include the example of Little … | Leslie Kern | 24 | 2022 | $2.40 Add |
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From NEW! 6. Gentrification is about Physical Displacement |
Chapter 6 focuses on the physical displacement of people, families, and communities through gentrification. Topics discussed include personal accounts of displacement, the connection between … | Leslie Kern | 34 | 2022 | $3.40 Add |
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From NEW! 9. Change the Story, Change the Ending |
Chapter 9 as the final chapter shares a set of principles and practices that you can take as starting points for reflection and action to offer a glimmer of hope that we can change the story of … | Leslie Kern | 34 | 2022 | $3.40 Add |
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From  NEW! A Brief History of Truthiness |
In this chapter, Off traces how "truthiness," coined by Stephen Colbert in 2005, evolved from satire into a defining force in North American politics. It follows the spread of … | Carol Off | 15 | 2026 | $1.50 Add |
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From  A Great Lead Forward… for the Abuse of PowerFrom: Reset |
Chapter 3 broadens out and scrutinizes the ways in which social media and other related digital technologies have contributed to what Deibert calls a “great leap forward in technologies of … | Ronald J. Deibert | 58 | 2020 | $5.80 Add |
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From  A Normal PersonFrom: Man at the Airport |
In this chapter, the author outlines how he became trapped in Malaysia after attempting to fly to Equador. | Hassan Al Kontar | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Acknowledgements and PrefaceFrom: Rethinking Free Speech |
The preface to Rethinking Free Speech distinguishes free speech from academic freedom, drawing on the 2017 Wilfrid Laurier University incident and the 1988 murder of Mulugeta Seraw in Portland, Oregon. | Peter Ives | 7 | 2024 | $0.70 Add |
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From  All Politics is IndividualFrom: Spin |
From Spin: Politics and Marketing in a Divided Age | Clive Veroni | 42 | 2014 | $4.20 Add |
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From  NEW! An Interview With Nora LorettoFrom: Crisis and Contagion |
In this chapter, Ian McKay interviews Nora Loretto. Nora Loreto is a Quebec City–based activist and author. Her works include From Demonized to Organized: Building the New Union Movement … | Ian McKay | 21 | 2023 | $2.10 Add |
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From  April 2020: Disaster in Residential CareFrom: Spin Doctors |
This chapter examines how Covid-19 impacted aged care facilities and residential homes. Loreto explores how politicians contributed to the rising death tolls of Canada’s elderly population, … | Nora Loreto | 27 | 2021 | $2.70 Add |
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From August 2020: The End of CERBFrom: Spin Doctors |
This chapter discuss Covid-19 during August 2020. Loreto examines the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (cerb); discussing who was eligible and when, how it impacted Canadians, and what the … | Nora Loreto | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
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From Between the Camel and the Range RoverFrom: 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. | Hassan Al Kontar | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From Burning DataFrom: Reset |
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 |
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From NEW! Canadians Need to Know Canada |
In this chapter, Delhon examines Canada’s vulnerability to foreign disinformation. | Sabreena Delhon | 6 | 2026 | $0.60 Add |
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From  Chapter 2: “No Netflix Tax!” (1999–2019)From: Canada Vs California |
Chapter two shows the beginning of Canada’s thoughts on regulating internet broadcasting. Conservatives were notably against any idea of a "Netflix tax" or tax on internet based … | Howard Law | 19 | 2024 | $1.90 Add |
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From Chapter 3: Writing the Script for Bill C-10 (2019–2021)From: Canada Vs California |
Chapter three shows the creation of Bill C-10 and the initial attempts by the Liberal government to regulate internet broadcasting. Author Howard Law discuss the creation of the 2018 Yale … | Howard Law | 14 | 2024 | $1.40 Add |
