Media, Information and Technoculture 2000F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Zoetrope, Middleground, Praxinoscope

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 2000F/G
• Professor: Estee Fresco

Document Summary

Canadian radio broadcasting act (1932: promote the interests of canadian content on the radio, unique hybrid system, public/private (partly both, some aird comission ideas enacted, establishes crbc, canadian radio broadcasting commission, both a content provider and regulator. Incorporates cnr stations (1933: accusations of partisanship, crown corporation, 8 public stations, 14 private, more autonomy, more funding, creates conditions for the cbc not to be partisan, maintains dual function, produces broadcasts, regulates programming. Conflict on interest: spread of broadcast facilities, 1980: half of canada"s 11 million citizens, urban and regional transmitters, more canadian content, hockey night in canada, the happy gang. Foster newfoundland spirit, self reliance: using journalism/broadcasting to engage in political discourse, using culture rather than overtly political issues of the time, non ideological, cuffers (cid:224, selling his idea of what it is to be a part of this province to newfoundlanders long, drawn out stories.