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?