CS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Carillon, Imagined Community, South African Class 19C 4-8-2
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Canada, national identity and culture: nation building and cultural nationalism, cultural policy and broadcast regulation, aird commission, massey commission, broadcast acts and evolution of cbc/crtc, the future of radio, radio, as motivator. 608 commercial stations, 99 cbc/src stations and 131 community stations. 99% of homes and 90% of cars have a radio. The average canadian listens to 22 hours of radio each week with. Sense of unity (we are all together at this moment in time, denying the differences amongst us: what is a nation, two common ways of understanding: Nation based on a people"= a clearly delineated group sharing a common history, language and traditions. No one will never know most of others; Nation = image or idea of connection binds people together. Reproducing is very cheap: why protect canadian culture, canadian realities, geography, population, regionalism, bilingualism, multiculturalism, proximity to us, cultural policy and broadcast regulation, history of canadian broadcasting policy and development (pt 1)