Power and Betrayal in the Canadian Media : : Updated Edition / / David Taras.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Taras, David,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

The Canadian media system, which in many respects is this society's "meeting ground"-its public square-is in the midst of a profound shift away from the foundations on which it has rested comfortably for decades. The publicly financed Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, long the backbone of the broadcasting system, is threatened by budget cuts and by technological change. The newspaper industry has fallen into the hands of a few powerful individuals. Huge global corporations and a vast communications revolution are dramatically altering the nature of news and entertainment. This book argues that unless action is taken these changes will narrow our access to the information we need as citizens and damage our capacity to communicate with each other and reflect on ourselves as a community. Power and Betrayal in the Canadian Media is a sweeping exploration of the Canadian media system and the impact it has on Canadian society, politics, and culture.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- ONE. Putting the Media Under the Spotlight -- TWO. Media, Citizens, and Democracy -- THREE. Convergence and the High Waves of Media Change -- FOUR. Fragmentation Bombs: The New Media and the Erosion of Public Life -- FIVE. Chilled to the Bone: The Crisis of Public Broadcasting -- SIX. The Worst Assignment: Reporting National Unity 141 -- SEVEN. Bringing You Hollywood: Private Broadcasters and the Public Interest -- EIGHT. The Winds of Right-Wing Change in Canadian Journalism -- NINE. Confronting the Future -- Update 2001: Media Conglomerates, the CBC, and Canadian Democracy -- Notes