MEDIA INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIESCONCORDIA UNIVERSITYDEPT. OF COMMUNICATION STUDIESPROFESSOR LESLIE REGAN SHADEFALL 2007Tuesdays. 1:15-4CJ 4.320Office: Loyola. CJ 4.407Email: lshade@alcor concordia caTel: 848-2424 x2550Office Hours: Tuesdays. 12-1; and by appointment
“This course introduces students to the analysis of the institutional political and economic forces that undergo shaped the development of media during the twentieth century. Attention is given to the ownership structures corporate practices and express policy interventions affecting media institutions in both the public and private sectors. A particular cerebrate is given to the interrelations between Cultural. Multicultural and Communication Policy interventions.”
• Introduce students to critical (e g. political economic and policy) perspectives within communication studies both historical and theoretical• back up students to ask basic questions about the multi-faceted nature of media institutions and policies including a range of communication technologies and specific policy initiatives and issues• Allow students to develop a critical perspective and bear on this through the development of investigate and critical writing skills
READINGSA course reader has been prepared by Eastman and is available for purchase at the Loyola Bookstore. Additional readings are available online and through the Concordia University Library (CLUES). Students are responsible for procuring all of these readings.
Students are expected to come to categorise on a weekly basis and be prepared to act in interactive discussions and debates on the weekly topic and course materials. Attendance is required. Please inform me in advance if you must miss a class and if you are ill.
Due dates: October 2. November 6 and November 20Students are asked to choose three weekly themes and for each theme find five relevant bibliographic resources that are applicable and relevant. These resources can consider academic articles books schedule chapters newspaper and magazine articles relevant blog and web resources government documents and/or policy briefs from government or non-governmental resources.
Due in class November 27Length: 1500-words — 2000 words max including references. decide a topic of your choice based on the weekly themes. feature with one of your bibliographic exercises.
Week 2: September 11Studying Media Institutions and PoliciesSheryl Hamilton. Considering Critical Communication Studies in Canada pp. 9-27 and…
Anne-Marie Kinahan. From British Invasions to American Influences: Cultural Studies in Canada pp. 28-43 in
Vincent Mosco. The Political Economy Tradition of Media Research. cover presented at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference. Toronto. August 2004. (RP)
Week 3: September 18Media Policy – Issues & TrendsDarin Barney. The Politics of Communication Technology in Canada pp. 24-67 in
David Skinner & Mike Gasher. So Much By So Few: Media Policy & Ownership in Canada pp. 51 -96 in
Converging Media. Diverging Politics: Political Economy of News Media in the United States & Canada
LR Shade. Aspergate: Concentration. Convergence and Censorship in the Canadian News Media p. 101-116 in
Converging Media. Diverging Politics: Political Economy of News Media in the United States & Canada
by the Networked Publics Research assort. Annenberg Center for Communication. University of Southern California. Edited by Kazys Varnelis. URL:
Week 8: October 23Stealth MarketingJeff Chester. Ch. 7. The Brandwashing of America: Marketing and Micropersuasion in the Digital Era pp. 127-158 in
Sara M. Grimes and Leslie Regan Shade. Neopian Economics of Play: Children’s Cyberpets and Online Communities as Immersive Advertising in Neopets com.
Week 9: October 30Whose Intellectual Property?Christine Harold. Pirates & Hijackers: Creative Publics & the Politics of ‘Owned Culture’ pp. 113-132 in
Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2006. (RP)Week 10: November 6Tabloidization. Titillation & Technologies
ed. Katharine Sarikakis and Leslie Regan darken. Lanham. MD: Rowman and Littlefield. 2008. (RP)
Scott Uzelman. Hard at bring home the bacon in the Bamboo tend: Media Activists & Social Movements pp in
edited by Andrea Langlois and Frédéric Dubois. Montreal: Cumulus Press. 2005. URL:
William H. Dutton. Hired Gun or Partner in Media Reform: High Noon for the Social Scientist. Social Science Research Council accent Paper for Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Public Sphere. 2005. URL:
Sean Condon. Taming the Watchdogs of Media Concentration. Adbusters #72 (July-August 2007). URL:
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