CS260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Canadian Identity, Canadian Content
Document Summary
Readings - historical perspectives on canada"s media policy. Most forms of broadcasting policy and media are developed at the federal level. Media policy-making in canada illustrates the interactions of different public and private institutions, actors, processes and ways of understanding culture and society. Policy processes involve the circulation of ideas and discourses about media, as well as practical political strategies to mange the elements of policy-making. Media policies response to external threats and internal con icts. The history of media policy in canada is also marked by a con ict between the goals of. Canadian media policy often try to create homogenizing and unifying notions of national identity. The place of the public broadcasting media of radio and television are public property, and unrestrained from private or commercial exploitation something for everyone model . Lecture -historical issues and concerns of media policy in canada. Challenges to mcc policy in canada: con icts and threats to canadian sovereignty.
