CMNS 210 Chapter Notes -Canadian Living, Canada Gazette, Voluntary Association
17 Oct 2013
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The most powerful engine of the human mind": the press and its readers (mcnairn, 128 1820s: upper canadians got most of their political information from colonial newspapers -> central to the public sphere. Chronicles would lessen isolation by allowing participation in debate: society"s existence depends on reciprocal communication of sentiments. Exchange of opinion takes place in cultural institutions and practices that promote it, instead of monarchical court or church who don"t, e. g. coffee house. 129 four positive consequences of colonial press: sparking curiosity, defining issues of common concern, encouraging emulation, political role: create and reflect public opinion. Political role threatened to engulf other three: newspapers became political weapons. Although newspapers could substitute for face-to-face conversation, differences remained: conversation: identity of speaker influences how words are received, immediate response is demanded, print: opinions abstracted from identity of author, more people reached. 1793: first newspaper printed in canada upper canada gazette" organ of government. 1798: first privately owned paper canada constellation".
