MDST*2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Canadian Content, Canadian Broadcast Standards Council, Graham Spry
Week 4: Magazine and Book Industries/Regulation of Cultural Industries
Media and Gov’t Journalists and the Law
-In Canada: Freedom of media is listed in Charter
of Rights and Freedoms; There are limitations to
journalistic freedom
-Publication Bans:
-Defamation:
Ethical Considerations
-Moral principles and rules of conduct
-Acceptable behaviour
-Not controlled by government
-Issues of right and wrong that we don’t all agree
on
-Self regulation ex. Canadian Broadcast Standards Council
-Conflict in Duties
-The Golden Mean
Why Does Government Get Involved in Media in Canada?
(1) High costs of production versus importing cultural commodities
(2) Lack of adequate national distribution and promotion
(3) Dependence on government support for production of Canadian works
Early Regulation of Radio in Canada
-The Positive: Radio becomes mass media in 1920s; Radio builds sense of mass
consciousness; Diamond jubilee celebration
-The Concerns: Airwaves dominated by American programming; gov’t doesn’t
know what to do
-The Rallying Cry: It’s the state or the United States.” ---Graham Spry
The Policy Problem
-Americanization of Canadian airwaves
-Aird Commission is formed in 1928
-Study Canadian broadcasting and recommend how to operate industry
Aird Commission Recommendations
(1) Most programming comes from outside Canada
(2) Radio listeners want Canadian programming
(3) Urban concentration of stations, rural markets not well served
(4) Broadcasting had great potential to educate
(5) Need greater exchange of programs from different parts of country
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Document Summary
Week 4: magazine and book industries/regulation of cultural industries. In canada: freedom of media is listed in charter of rights and freedoms; there are limitations to journalistic freedom. Issues of right and wrong that we don"t all agree on. Why does government get involved in media in canada? (1) high costs of production versus importing cultural commodities (2) lack of adequate national distribution and promotion (3) dependence on government support for production of canadian works. The positive: radio becomes mass media in 1920s; radio builds sense of mass consciousness; diamond jubilee celebration. The concerns: airwaves dominated by american programming; gov"t doesn"t know what to do. The rallying cry: it"s the state or the united states. ---graham spry. Study canadian broadcasting and recommend how to operate industry. In a country of the vast geographical dimensions of canada, broadcasting will undoubtedly become a great force in fostering a national spirit and interpreting national citizenship.
