How Canadians Communicate IV

Media and Politics

Edited by David Taras and Christopher Waddell

Published by: University of British Columbia Press

Series: How Canadians Communicate

Imprint: Athabasca University Press

400 Pages, 152.00 × 229.00 mm, 4 colour photos

Paperback
9781926836812
Published: May 2012

£28.99

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Acknowledgements

The Past and Future of Political Communication in Canada: AnIntroduction / David Taras

PART I: The Changing World of Media andPolitics

1. The Uncertain Future of theNews / Florian Sauvageau

2. On the Verge of TotalDysfunction: Government, Media, and Communications / EllyAlboim

3. Blogs and Politics /Richard Davis

4. The 2011 Federal Election andthe Transformation of Canadian Media and Politics / David Taras andChristopher Waddell

5. Berry'd Alive: TheMedia, Technology, and the Death of Political Coverage /Christopher Waddell

6. Political Communication andthe "Permanent Campaign" / Tom Flanagan

7. Are Negative Ads Positive?Political Advertising and the Permanent Campaign / JonathanRose

8. E-ttack Politics: Negativity,the Internet, and Canadian Political Partis / Tamara Small

9. Myths Communicated by TwoAlberta Dynasties / Alvin Finkel

10. Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater: CanadianForces News Media Relations and Operational Security / RobertBergen

PART II: Citizens and Politics in Everday Life

11. Exceptional Canadians: Biography in the PublicSphere / David Marshall

12. Off-Road Democracy: The Politics of Land, Water, andCommunity in Alberta / Roger Epp

13. Two Solitudes, Two Québecs, and the CinemaIn-Between / Dominique Perron

14. Verbal Smackdown: Charles Adler and Canadian TalkRadio / ShannonSampert

15. Contemporary Canadian Aboriginal Art: Storyworkingin the Public Sphere / Troy Patenaude

16. Intimate Strangers: The Formal Distance BetweenMusic and Politics in Canada / Richard Sutherland

Final Thoughts: How Will Canadians Communicate About Politics andthe Media in 2015? / Christopher Waddell

Contributors

Index