Media & Communications Studies
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From  September 2020: Back to SchoolFrom: Spin Doctors |
This chapter examines Covid-19 in relation to schools. Loreto discusses how the transitions from in person and online classes impacted Covid outbreaks, as well as how public policy and the media … | Nora Loreto | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
 NEW! Shadows and LightA Physician's Lens on Covid |
When the pandemic began in March 2020, Calgary emergency physician Heather Patterson was already feeling burnt out. Photography had always been a way of unwinding for her, and as the pandemic … | Heather Patterson | 176 | 2022 | View |
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From  Social MediaFrom: Rethinking Free Speech |
In this chapter, Ives examines how social media platforms have reshaped democratic discourse, tracing the evolution from the 1996 Communications Decency Act to contemporary debates. | Peter Ives | 33 | 2024 | $3.30 Add |
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From  Speed KillsFrom: Spin |
From Spin: Politics and Marketing in a Divided Age | Clive Veroni | 29 | 2014 | $2.90 Add |
SpinPolitics and Marketing in a Divided Age |
Aided by masses of data, sophisticated computer modelling, and smart manipulation of social media, political strategists are reshaping the way voters think. And act. Clive Veroni analyzes the … | Clive Veroni | 367 | 2014 | View |
Spin DoctorsHow Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the Covid-19 Pandemic |
As Canada was in the grips of the worst pandemic in a century, Canadian media struggled to tell the story. Newsrooms, already run on threadbare budgets, struggled to make broader connections that … | 417 | View | ||
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From  NEW! Sweden: Balancing the Public’s Right to Privacy and the Public’s Right to Know, Looking at privacy challenges that arise from embracing transparency, with a focus on the publication of criminal conviction information |
In this chapter, Malone examines Sweden’s problems with transparency under the European Union privacy law, contrasting this struggle with Canada’s, Access to Information Act. | Matt Malone | 19 | 2026 | $1.90 Add |
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From The Age of the Open BrandFrom: Spin |
From Spin: Politics and Marketing in a Divided Age | Clive Veroni | 33 | 2014 | $3.30 Add |
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From  The Airport PrisonerFrom: Man at the Airport |
Trapped at the airport for six months, Al Kontar connects with Nuseir Yassin, a social media content creator with millions of followers. | Hassan Al Kontar | 10 | 2021 | $1.00 Add |
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From The End of Mass Marketing as We Know ItFrom: Spin |
From Spin: Politics and Marketing in a Divided Age | Clive Veroni | 3 | 2014 | $0.30 Add |
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From NEW! The First and Second WavesMourning What Was Lost From: Shadows and Light |
Chapter One follows the first and second waves of the Covid-19 pandemic in Alberta in March and November of 2020. Topics discussed include the need for Personal Protective equipment to treat … | Heather Patterson | 21 | 2022 | $2.10 Add |
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From NEW! The Fourth WaveNot the Best Summer Ever From: Shadows and Light |
Chapter Six focuses on the fourth wave and the changing attitudes towards the pandemic and healthcare workers. Topics discussed include protests against public health and vaccination, … | Heather Patterson | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
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From  The Market for Our MindsFrom: Reset |
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: … | Ronald J. Deibert | 40 | 2020 | $4.00 Add |
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From The Olive FarmFrom: Man at the Airport |
In the opening chapter, Al Kontar reflects on the Syrian Civil War and his childhood on an olive farm in Sweida. | Hassan Al Kontar | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
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From The Power of the Passionate FewFrom: Spin |
From Spin: Politics and Marketing in a Divided Age | Clive Veroni | 26 | 2014 | $2.60 Add |
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From NEW! The Third WaveIt’s a Tsunami From: Shadows and Light |
Chapter Five examines the crushing reality of the third wave with more aggressive Covid-19 variants. Topics discussed include anti-vaccination protests, climbing hospitalizations in Alberta … | Heather Patterson | 29 | 2022 | $2.90 Add |
