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Power and Betrayal in the Canadian Media » (1st Edition)
Authors: David Taras
ISBN-13: 9781551114644, ISBN-10: 155111464X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: UTP Higher Education
Date Published: February 2001
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: David Taras
David Taras is a Professor in the Faculty of General Studies at the University of Calgary. He is the author of The Newsmakers: The Media's Influence on Canadian Politics and co-editor of Seeing Ourselves: Media Power and Policy in Canada, among other works.
Book Synopsis
Power and Betrayal in the Canadian Media is a sweeping exploration of the Canadian media system and the impact it has on Canadian society, politics and culture.
Table of Contents
| Dedication | ||
| Acknowledgements | ||
| 1 | Putting the Media Under the Spotlight | 1 |
| 2 | Media, Citizens, and Democracy | 29 |
| 3 | Convergence and the High Waves of Media Change | 61 |
| 4 | Fragmentation Bombs: The New Media and the Erosion of Public Life | 93 |
| 5 | Chilled to the Bone: The Crisis of Public Broadcasting | 117 |
| 6 | The Worst Assignment: Reporting National Unity | 141 |
| 7 | Bringing You Hollywood: Private Broadcasters and the Public Interest | 171 |
| 8 | The Winds of Right-Wing Change in Canadian Journalism | 199 |
| 9 | Confronting the Future | 219 |
| Update 2001: Media Conglomerates, the CBC, and Canadian Democracy | 227 | |
| Notes | 241 |
Subjects
Entertainment
Media Mass Media - International
Nonfiction Social Sciences Media & Communications
Science & Nature Social Sciences Media & Communications
Social Sciences Media & Communications Mass Media - International
Nonfiction Entertainment Media
Media Mass Media - InternationalNonfiction
Social Sciences Media & CommunicationsScience & Nature
Social Sciences Media & CommunicationsSocial Sciences
Media & Communications Mass Media - InternationalNonfiction
Entertainment Media