Author : Joshua Greenberg,Charlene Elliott
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Mass media
ISBN : 0176104224
Communication in Question by Joshua Greenberg,Charlene Elliott Pdf
Communication in Question presents accessible, engaging and competing position papers by leading Canadian scholars, activists, journalists and other professional on topics and debates currently confronting the fields of communication and media studies. This ground-up Canadian text is designed foremost as a tool for generating small group discussion and debates on topics confronting communication and media studies. The topics are organized to address a cross-section of five dominant themes, ranging from the general to the particular: Communication & Canadian Society, Media & Social Issues, Technology & Everyday Life, Regulation & the Cultural Industries; and Entertainment & Popular Culture. Issues covered include: Do we need a public broadcaster (the CBC) in Canada? Is American news bad for Canadians? Do violent video games make violent children? Can video surveillance protect us from terror? Should Canada censor shock jocks? Does CanCon promote Canadian music? Has reality TV gone too far? This text will help you generate student-focused, in-class debates about the connection between the key issues in the discipline and your students? everyday lives.