POLI 291: Media and Power in Canadian Society (Rev. 2) Report a Broken Link

CMNS 202: Media and Power in Canadian Society examines communications practices and systems in a Canadian context by focusing on the tensions between practices of communications, communication systems and power.

Unit 1: Introduction


Gasher et al. “Chapter 3: Media: History, Culture, and Context.” In Mass Communication in Canada (7th), edited by Mike Gasher, David Skinnerr, and Rowland Lormier, 58–86. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2012.  
Barney, Darren. “Democracy, Technology and Communication in Canada.” In Communication Technology, 1–23. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2005.

Unit 2: Understanding the Relationship Between Communication and Power


Carah, Nicholas, and Eric Louw. “Chapter 3: Power and Media Production.” In Media and Society: Production, Content and Participation, 59–82. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2015.

Carah, Nicholas, and Eric Louw. “Chapter 8: Producing and Negotiating Identities.” In Media and Society: Production, Content and Participation, 167–75. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2015.

Unit 3: Representation and Cultural Identity


Hirhi, Faiza. “The Colour of Difference: Race, Diversity and Journalism in Canada.” In Mediascapes: New Patterns in Canadian Communication (4th), edited by Leslie Shade, 390–408. Toronto, ON: Nelson, 2014.

Carah, Nicholas, and Eric Louw. “Chapter 8: Producing and Negotiating Identities.” In Media and Society: Production, Content and Participation, 175–88. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2015.

Unit 4: The Media Industries


Carah, Nicholas, and Eric Louw. “Chapter 2: The Industrial Production of Meaning.” In Media and Society: Production, Content and Participation, 39–75. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2015.

Shade, Leslie, and Michael Lithgow. “Media Ownership, Public Participation and Democracy in the Canadian Mediascape.” In Mediascapes: New Patterns in Canadian Communication (4th), edited by Leslie Shade, 174–203. Toronto: Nelson, 2014.

Unit 5: Public Broadcasting


Raboy, Marc. “Canada: The Hybridization of Public Broadcasting.” In Public Broadcasting in the 21st Century, edited by Marc Raboy, 103–99. University of Luton Press, 1996.
Murdock, Graham. “Building the Digital Commons: Public Broadcasting in the Age of the Internet.” Graham Spry Memorial Lecture, Montreal, PQ, November 22, 2004. (20pp). Available through the Canadian Journal of Communication, Vol, 24, no. 1.

Unit 6: Communication Rights and Restraints Part 1- Communication as a Human Right & Media Reform


McIver, William, M. Rasmussen, and W.F. Birdsall. “Sovereignty and Communication Rights.” Ottawa, Canada: NRC Publications Archive, 2004.
Shade, Leslie. “Media Reform in the United States and Canada: Activism and Advocacy for Media Policies in the Public Interest.” In The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy, edited by Robin Mansell and Marc Raboy, 147–65. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

Unit 7: Communication Rights and Restraints Part 2 – Protection of Privacy & Intellectual Property Rights


Shade, Leslie. "Privacy." In Media Divides: Communication Rights and the Right to Communicate, edited by Marc Raboy and Jeremy Shtern, 175–95. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2010.
Murray, Laura. “Copyright.” In Media Divides: Communication Rights and the Right to Communicate, edited by Marc Raboy and Jeremy Shtern, 196–218. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2010.

Unit 8: Communication Policy and the CRTC


Salter, Liora, and Felix Odartey-Wellington.How It Works: The Powers of the CRTC and How They Are Used.” In The CRTC and Broadcasting Regulation in Canada, 149–72. Toronto, ON: Thomson Carswell, 2008.
Raboy, Marc. 1995. “The Role of Public Consultation in Shaping the Canadian Broadcasting System.” Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique 28, no. 3 (November 2009): 455–77.
Geist, Michael. “Putting the Internet at the Centre: Taking Stock of Jean-Pierre Blais’ Term as CRTC Chair.” michaelgeist.ca, June 12, 2017.

Unit 9: Alternative Media


Kozolanka, Kirsten, Patricia Mazepa, and David Skinner. “Considering Alternative Media in Canada: Structure, Participation, Activism." In Alternative Media in Canada, edited by Kirsten Kozolanka, Patricia Mazepa and David Skinner, 1–24. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2014.

Bredin, Marian. “Indigenous Media as Alternative Media. In Alternative Media in Canada, edited by Kirsten Kozolanka, Patricia Mazepa and David Skinner, 184–206. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2014.

Karim, Karim. “Are Ethnic Media Alternative?" In Alternative Media in Canada, edited by Kirsten Kozolanka, Patricia Mazepa and David Skinner, 165–83. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2014.

Unit 10: Canada as a Network Society


Barney, Darren. “Chapter 1, Network Society.” In The Network Society. Cambridge, UK: Polity, 2000.

Unit 11: Convergence


Papacharissi, Zizi. “Converged Media, Converged Audiences, Converged Publics." In A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age, 51–79. Malden, MA: Polity, 2010.
George, Éric. “Re-reading the Notion of ‘Convergence’ in Light of Recent Changes to the Culture and Communication Industries in Canada.” Canadian Journal of Communication 35, no. 4 (2010): 555–64.

Unit 12: Big Data


boyd, danah, and Kate Crawford. “Critical Questions for Big Data.” Information, Communication & Society 15, no. 5 (June 2012): 662–79.
ASHA Leader. “U.S., Canada Collaborate on Big Data in ASD Research.” ASHA Leader, 20, no. 12 (December 2015): 16–18.
Chan, Anita. “Big Data Interfaces and the Problem of Inclusion. Media, Culture & Society 37, no. 7 (August 2015): 1078–83.
Nafus, Dawn, and Jamie Sherman. “This One Does Not Go Up to 11: The Quantified Self Movement as an Alternative Big Data Practice. International Journal of Communication 8 (2014): 1784–94.