CS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Itu Radio Regulations, Tim Hortons, Niche Market
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A free media is central to our democracy. Media"s democratic values comprised by conglomeration and media concentration. Stories that are not reported or underreported gate keeping. Controls the stories we do see, and blocks the stories that we do not see. We know we are a country of great size with. Diverse languages first nations, immigrant populations, english, french. But we are also a country that is in bed with an elephant . American media has the advantage of a huge media industry and economies of scale. Canadian media does not have access to a big audience and therefore cannot compete with american television. The basis of communication policy in canada is that the media is integral to our national identity uniting us a nation. Early 20th century - various inventions and institutions make radio possible. 1901 - wireless transmission of morse code and discovered the electromagnetic spectrum (guglielmo. Marconi, unless it was nikola tesla see pg.
