CMST 2LW3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Thurgood Marshall, Canada Border Services Agency, Criminal Law Of Canada
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Final essay (25%) due november 29th, if submitted by original due date, will receive 2% bonus (but there is a grace period till december 7th) Final exam scheduled on december 12th and 4:00 p. m. The canadian broadcasting system shall be effectively owned and controlled by. Previously no legislation/regulation/policy on cross-media ownership or audience share: unlike in the us. New limits: 45% total tv audience share of the country, person/entity to control no more than 2 types of media in a given market. Censorship (this week: outline (refer to slides) United states: regulation of obscenity and violent imagery. What is the difference b/w indecency and obscenity: obscenity is illegal. No medium can show obscenity: indecency is not illegal. Traditional broadcasters can show this content when children are less likely to be in audience. Cable/satellite can display this content at any time. In canada this type of programming shouldn"t be broadcast till late viewing times (after 9pm)