Media and politics / edited by David Taras and Christopher Waddell.

ISBN:

9781926836829

9781926836812

Title:

Media and politics / edited by David Taras and Christopher Waddell.

Author:

Taras, David, 1950- editor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 pages).

Series:

How Canadians communicate ; IV

Contents:

The Past and Future of Political Communication in Canada: An Introduction / The Changing World of Media and Politics. The Uncertain Future of the News / On the Verge of Total Dysfunction: Government, Media, and Communications / Blogs and Politics / The 2011 Federal Election and the Transformation of Canadian Media and Politics / Berry'd Alive: The Media, Technology, and the Death of Political Coverage / Political Communication and the "Permanent Campaign" / Are Negative Ads Positive? Political Advertising and the Permanent Campaign / E-ttack Politics: Negativity, the Internet, and Canadian Political Parties / Myths Communicated by Two Alberta Dynasties / Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater: Canadian Forces News Media Relations and Operational Security / Citizens and Politics in Everyday Life. Exceptional Canadians: Biography in the Public Sphere / Off-Road Democracy: The Politics of Land, Water, and Community in Alberta / Two Solitudes, Two Québecs, and the Cinema In-Between / Verbal Smackdown: Charles Adler and Canadian Talk Radio / Contemporary Canadian Aboriginal Art: Storyworking in the Public Sphere / Intimate Strangers: The Formal Distance Between Music and Politics in Canada / Final Thoughts: How Will Canadians Communicate About Politics and the Media in 2015?

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Subject Term:

Mass media -- Political aspects -- Canada.

Social media -- Political aspects -- Canada.

Communication in politics -- Canada.

Geographic Term:

Canada -- Politics and government.

Canada -- Politique et gouvernement.

Added Author:

Taras, David, 1950-

Waddell, Christopher Robb,

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

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Publication Date:

2012

Publication Information:

Edmonton, AB :

AU Press,

[2012]

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Summary

A comprehensive, up to date, and probing examination of media and politics in Canada.

Author Notes

Taras David :

Christopher Waddell is director of the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University and holds the Carty Chair in business and financial journalism. He was formerly national editor for The Globe and Mail and Parliamentary bureau chief for CBC television news.

David Taras holds the Ralph Klein Chair in media studies at Mount Royal University. He served as an expert advisor to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage and co-edited the first two volumes in the How Canadians Communicate series. He is the co-author of The Last Word: Media Coverage of the Supreme Court of Canada. Christopher Waddell is director of the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University and holds the Carty Chair in business and financial journalism. He was formerly national editor for The Globe and Mail and Parliamentary bureau chief for CBC television news.