COMN 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Macbride Report, Participatory Media, Citizen Media

• School: York University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMN 1000
• Professor: Rob Heynen

Document Summary

Key topics in communication studies (comn 1000 semester 2) Known as royal commission on radio broadcasting 1929. Conclusion: canada in need of a publicly-funded broadcast system. The aird report led to the canadian radio broadcasting commission, precursor to cbc. Alternative information; different set of values, objectives and frameworks. Differ from mainstream media on various fronts: content, aesthetics, production, distribution, audience relations. Different aims/causes: represent marginalized groups, challenge existing powers, community-specific. Different forms: radical/dissident media, social movements, ethnic/cultural. Indigenous: sub-cultural, student media, avant garde (advance guard); innovative, experimental. Committee"s mandate was to investigate and represent the situations and needs of those thought to have an active interest in our culture and its institutions. Improved means of arts funding: culture topic assigned to department of communications. Does not require formal registration; automatic copyrighting rules. Main components: treat international authors like domestic authors (give them same rights, minimum years of protection for copyrighted work (i. e. 100 years)