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Communicating in Canada's Past

Essays in Media History

edited by Gene Allen & Daniel Robinson

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2009
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802094988
    Publish Date
    Nov 2009
    List Price
    $49.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780802093165
    Publish Date
    Dec 2009
    List Price
    $103.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442697355
    Publish Date
    Dec 2009
    List Price
    $90.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442697003
    Publish Date
    Nov 2009
    List Price
    $38.95

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Description

Communicating in Canada's Past evolved out of essays presented at the inaugural Conference on Media History in Canada of 2006, which brought together media historians from across the disciplines and from both French and English Canada. The first collection of its kind, this volume assembles both well-established and up-and-coming scholars to address sizable gaps in the literature on media history in Canada.

Communicating in Canada's Past includes a substantial introduction to media history as a field of study, historiographical essays by senior scholars Mary Vipond, Paul Rutherford, and Fernande Roy, and original research essays on a range of subjects, including print journalism, radio, television, and advertising. Editors Gene Allen and Daniel J. Robinson have provided a sophisticated, wide-ranging introduction for those who are new to media history while also assembling a valuable collection of new research and theory for those already familiar with the field.

About the authors

Gene Allen is a professor in the School of Journalism and the Joint Graduate Program in Communication and Culture at Ryerson University. A professional journalist for 20 years at the Globe and Mail and the CBC, he was director of research and a senior producer for the award-winning documentary series Canada: A People’s History and editor of its companion book.

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Daniel J. Robinson is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario. His main teaching areas include advertising, broadcasting policy, opinion polling, and political communication.

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