Media, Information and Technoculture 1050A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Blonde Stereotype, Canadian Content, Protectionism

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 1050A/B
• Professor: Norma Coates

Document Summary

Media regulation: sets rules for media companies. Content regulation: what can be broadcast; cultural protectionism. Ownership regulation: regulation seen as hindering innovation. Canada"s primary regulatory body for the media. Crtc is often at odds with the major media companies, especially telecomms. Crtc is responsible for stopping mandatory cell phone terms and. 30-day cancellation fees, but hasn"t been able to control pricing. Canada is always afraid of having its culture swallowed up by the giant below. 35 40% of content on radio must be canadian according to this schema. Representation: to represent something is to describe or depict it, to call it up in the mind by description or portrayal or imagination. To represent also means to symbolize, stand for, to be a specimen of, or to substitute for. Impact of media representations on society: media representation - of lots of things, including media - is where ideas, issues, concepts, opinions become.