CMN2160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: George Gerbner, Payroll Giving, Cultivation Theory
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Unit 9: agenda-setting theories in the digital age. In a sense, this shift may serve as a watershed in the history of modern journalism: the internet has given the public access to the same privacy sources as a journalist. Information now floods through gates that were once guarded by professionals. The cbc has had a legislated mandate to produce predominantly and distinctly canadian programming that reflects canada"s regions. The cbc must operate in french and in. English, and actively contribute to the exchange of cultural expression and to the formation of a national identity. The crtc role of cultural guardian against american cultural domination has become blurred since the introduction of television and the internet. America vs. canada: canadian bill of rights includes the press in section 2, under the heading of the. No particular exceptions are made for the press in this list of freedoms.