How Canadians Communicate IV Media and Politics
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Biographical note
David Taras holds the Ralph Klein Chair in mediastudies at Mount Royal University. He served as an expert advisor tothe House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage andco-edited the first two volumes in the How Canadians Communicateseries. He is the co-author of The Last Word: Media Coverage of theSupreme Court of Canada. Christopher Waddell isdirector of the School of Journalism and Communication at CarletonUniversity and holds the Carty Chair in business and financialjournalism. He was formerly national editor for The Globe and Mail andParliamentary bureau chief for CBC television news.Substantial changes have occurred in the nature of politicaldiscourse over the past thirty years. Once, traditional media dominatedthe political landscape, but in recent years Facebook, Twitter, blogsand Blackberrys have emerged as important tools and platforms forpolitical campaigns. While the Canadian party system has provedsurprisingly resilient, the rhythms of political life are now verydifferent. A never-ending 24-hour news cycle has resulted in anever-ending political campaign. The implications of this new politicalstyle and its impact on political discourse are issues vigorouslydebated in this new volume of How Canadians Communicate, as isthe question on every politician's mind: How can we draw ageneration of digital natives into the current political dialogue?
With contributions from such diverse figures as Elly Alboim, RichardDavis, Tom Flanagan, David Marshall, and Roger Epp, How CanadiansCommunicate IV is the most comprehensive review of politicalcommunication in Canada in over three decades – one that posesquestions fundamental to the quality of public life.
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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
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