The 1990's have seen a monumental change in communication. Where once we had the telegraph and telephone, then the press, radio, movies and television, now we have computers, the Internet, and the nebulous concept of the information highway. Communication more than ever before seems to permeate all aspects of our lives. When it was originally published in 1987, Mass Communication in Canada was the first Canadian textbook on communication. The third edition - greatly expanded and thoroughly rewritten and reorganized - fully explores the new terrain of the mid-1990's, examining in detail both the rewards and the pitfalls of changing technologies and changing roles. This third edition contains not only new information and new illustrations but also, for the first time, inserts from the press and other media that bring issues to life and illustrate the nuts and bolts of media communication. This edition includes a new glossary of terms used in the study of communication. The text provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to a vast subject area including the interplay of media, culture and politics, law and policy making, the role of journalists, media content (from soap operas to the Bernardo/Homolka and O.J. Simpson trials), and the brave new world of advancing communications technology.

Mass Communication in Canada

Politics & Social Sciences

Lorimer, Rowland

McNulty, Jean

Social Sciences

Oxford University Press

This edition has been thoroughly revised with updated examples and information. The text is illustrated by numerous photos, media articles, political cartoons, and various samples of communications material.

Humor & Entertainment

Gasher, Michael

Radio

Mass Communication in Canada examines the past, present, and future of mass communication and its effects on society. The book investigates all media from print media, film, radio, and television, to digital media such as the Internet and e-mail, providing a framework for understanding the rapidly changing field of mass communication. Themes include media theories, the mass media, media culture and politics, media content, media and audiences, law and policy, the structure and role of media ownership, journalists as content producers, technology and current issues, and globalization.

Gasher, Mike

OUP Canada

Mass Communication in Canada examines the past, present, and future of mass communication and its effects on society. The book investigates all media from print media, film, radio, and television, to digital media such as the internet and e-mail, providing a framework for understanding the rapidly changing field of mass communication. Themes include media theories, the mass media, media culture and politics, media content, media and audiences, law and policy, the structure and role of media ownership, journalists as content producers, technology and current issues, and globalization.

Skinner, David

Mass Communications: A Comparative Introduction

The rise of mass communications has fundamentally reshaped the modern world. In this comparative introduction, Lorimer surveys not only the different types of media and their attendant technologies, but the theories used to understand the subject. He provides an international perspective, drawing on examples from the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Japan and various European countries. The study begins with an examination of the historical and contemporary roles of communication in society, followed by an analysis of the mass media in modern society. Four fundamentals of mass media - law and policy, ownership, professionalism and technology - are explored in detail. This is followed with key sections on audience response and media content. Aimed at first-year undergraduates in media and communication studies, this work intends to explain the geopolitics of mass communication and the likely impact of modern media systems on national cultures in the future.

History

Scannell, Paddy

World

Manchester Univ Pr

Book by Lorimer, Rowland, Scannell, Paddy

MCCLELLAND STEWART

This edition has been thoroughly revised with updated examples and information.  The text is illustrated by numerous photos, media articles, political cartoons, and various samples of communications material.

Mass Communication in Canada 2nd Edition (Oxford)

The definitive policy overview of the book publishing industry in Canada In a thorough exploration of Canada’s book industry, Ultra Libris provides a historical backdrop to understand modern events in book publishing. From the Massey Commission (1952) and the Ontario Royal Commission on Book Publishing (197172) to the explosion of national book publishing in the 1970s and the industrygovernment sparring over the next 30 years, Lorimer elucidates the necessary conditions for Canadian authors to thrive and for book publishers to contribute to Canadian culture. While industry and government policy both focused on national survival in the face of globalization in the period from 1970 to ’90, Ultra Libris documents how, beginning in the mid-’90s, Ontario established an emphasis on financial stability for the cultural sector accompanied by stimulants to encourage vigorous participation in domestic and international markets. Coincident with that came an embrace of technology as both a business catalyst and transformative medium for creative expression, which held the potential to change the nature of book publishing and human understanding. In these contexts technology and a growing creative economy Ultra Libris concludes with a discourse on the future of books and book publishing in Canada and the world.

Ultra Libris: Policy, Technology, and the Creative Economy of Book Publishing in Canada

ECW Press

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Mass Communication in Canada

Mass Communication in Canada

Mass Communication in Canada

Mass Communication in Canada

Mass Communications: A Comparative Introduction

Mass Communications: A Comparative Introduction

Mass Communication in Canada

Mass Communication in Canada 2nd Edition (Oxford)

Ultra Libris: Policy, Technology, and the Creative Economy of Book Publishing in Canada