How Canadians Communicate - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1552381048 ISBN 13: 9781552381045

Publisher: University of Calgary Press, 2003

Synopsis

How Canadians Communicate (vol. 1) is a timely collection that chronicles the extraordinary changes that are shaking the foundations of Canada's cultural and communications industries in the twenty-first century. With essays from some of Canada's foremost media scholars, this book discusses the major trends and developments that have taken place in government policy, corporate strategies, creative communities, and various communication mediums: newspapers, films, cellular and palm technology, the Internet, libraries, TV, music, and book publishing. This volume addresses many issues unique to Canada in a broader framework of global communications. Specifically, it looks at new media communications in Aboriginal communities, the changing role of the state in cultural institutions, the conglomeratization of the media, the threat of American and global communications to Canadian voices, and the struggle to retain and reclaim local and national identities in the face of globalization. With articles from academics and professionals across Canada, How Canadians Communicate, Vol.1 provides the most current perspectives on communication in Canada in a rapidly changing world of technology and global communication.

About this title

Product Description:

Chronicles the changes that are shaking the foundations of Canada's cultural and communications industries in the twenty-first century. This title discusses the major trends and developments that have taken place in government policy, corporate strategies, creative communities, and various communication mediums.

Synopsis:

This is a timely collection that chronicles the extraordinary changes that are shaking the foundations of Canada's cultural and communications industries in the twenty-first century. With essays from some of Canada's foremost media scholars, this book discusses the major trends and developments that have taken place in government policy, corporate strategies, creative communities, and various communication mediums: newspapers, films, cellular and palm technology, the Internet, libraries, TV, music, and book publishing. This volume addresses many issues unique to Canada in a broader framework of global communications. Specifically, it looks at new media communications in Aboriginal communities, the changing role of the state in cultural institutions, the conglomeratisation of the media, the threat of American and global communications to Canadian voices, and the struggle to retain and reclaim local and national identities in the face of globalisation. With articles from academics and professionals across Canada, this book provides the most current perspectives on communication in Canada in a rapidly changing world of technology and global communication.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Calgary Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1552381048
• ISBN 13: 9781552381045
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 332
• Editor: Taras David, Pannekoek Frits, Bakardjieva Maria