Communication In Question: Competing Perspectives On Controversial Issues In Communication Studies

Part One: Classic Debates in Canadian Communication StudiesIssue 1: Constructing Canada: Do we need a public broadcaster to enhance democracy?YES: David Taras, The CBC and the Future of the Canadian Media NO: Paul Attallah, What Is the Public in Public Broadcasting?Issue 2: Not neighbourly: Is American news bad for Canadians?YES: Heather Mallick, Fox News North Is a Rancid IdeaNO: Christopher Dornan, Voice of AmericaIssue 3: Evil empires: Should limits to foreign ownership of Canadian media be lifted?YES: Richard Schultz, Evil Empires? Nonsense: A Case for Eliminating Restrictions on Foreign Ownership of Canadian Media PropertiesNO: Kyle Asquith and Valerie Scatamburlo-D'Annibale, Opening the Floodgates: Foreign Ownership, Neoliberal Ideology, and the Threat to Democratic Media CultureIssue 4: Administrative vs. critical: Where should we stake our claim?ADMINISTRATIVE: Terry Flynn and Alexandre Sévigny, A Fool's Errand: Separating Critical and Administrative Communication Studies in CanadaCRITICAL: Sheryl N. Hamilton, Why Critical Communication Study Is Still Relevant, and Even Necessary, in Our Contemporary MediascapePart Two: Media and Social IssuesIssue 1: Childhood obesity: Is banning television advertisements to children the best solution?YES: Bill Jeffery, Advertising and Childhood Obesity: Convincing Legislators Who Refuse to Believe to Ban Advertising to Children Who Will Always BelieveNO: Charlene Elliott, The Complexity of Choice: Food Promotion and Our Modern FoodscapeIssue 2: Toxic gaming: Do violent video games make children aggressive?YES: Rose A. Dyson, Teaching Children that Killing Is FunNO: James D. Ivory and T. Franklin Waddell, Among a Sea of Influences That Can Increase Aggression, Video Game Violence Doesn't Rise to the SurfaceIssue 3: Buckets for the cure: Do the benefits of cause-related marketing outweigh the costs?YES: Josh Greenberg, Cause-Oriented Marketing and the Benefits to Democratic DiscourseNO: Samantha King, Shopping ? Social Change: The Case of Breast Cancer MarketingIssue 4: Representing race: Are Canadian news media racist?YES: Faiza Hirji, Overachievers, Homegrown Terrorists, and Exceptional Cats: Constructing Race in the MediaNO: Sean P. Hier and Daniel Lett, Racism, Media, and Analytical BalancePart Three: Technology and Everyday LifeIssue 1: The promise and problems of mobility: Power, agency, and cell phonesYES and NO: Richard Smith, The "Danger" of Cellphones: Power and AgencyIssue 2: Activism or slacktivism: Can social media drive political change?YES: Patrick McCurdy, Societal Game Changer: The Political Potential-and Power-of Social MediaNO: Eileen Saunders, Social Media and Political Change: Beyond the HypeIssue 3: Sexting: Should teens have the right to sext?YES: Amy Adele Hasinoff, Privacy, Consent, and Social MediaNO: Nora A. Draper, Familiar Issues, New Implications: Why Teens (and Adults) Should Not SextIssue 4: We are Big Brother: Is social media surveillance a threat to our sense of community?YES: Christopher Parsons, Sex, Lies, and Digital Memory: How Social Surveillance Threatens Communities NO: Kate Milberry, Social Media for Social Cohesion: The Case of the Toronto G20Part Four: Culture and RegulationIssue 1: Red and white on the silver screen: Is there such a thing as "Canadian film"?YES: André Loiselle, Red and White on the Silver Screen: An Iconography of the Canadian FilmNO: Peter Urquhart, Canadian Film Does Not ExistIssue 2: Music matters: Are CanCon regulations necessary to promote Canadian music?YES: David Young, Why Canadian Content Regulations Are Needed to Support Canadian MusicNO: Ira Wagman, The B Side: Why Canadian Content Isn't Necessary for the Survival of Canadian MusicIssue 3: Speakers cornered: Should Canada regulate around issues of taste?YES: Ronald I. Cohen, Should Canada Censor Shock Jocks, Talk Show Hosts, and Televangelists?NO: Josh Paterson, Free Expression and Censorship of Shock Jo