UNI 221S - Culture and Media in Canada (Spring 2008)
Instructor: Rick Salutin; T.A.: Celene Sidloski

JAN 16

• Harold  Innis, The Bias of Communication: preface, pp.3-32, 61-131, 190-195. Salutin on Innis, Queen's Quarterly, on website or Laidlaw.
• Salutin on Innis, Queen's Quarterly (on website or at Laidlaw)

JAN 23

• Innis, The Bias of Communication: pp. 132-189; 203-214

JAN 30

• Noam Chomsky, Imperial Ambitions, chapters 2,5,7,8, and pp. 134-138;
• Rick Salutin on Assumptions on website.

FEB 06

• Edward Said, Covering Islam: xlix-lxx; 3-68; 135-173; xi-xlviii..
• Mediascapes, ed. by Attallah and Shade, ch. 18

FEB 13

• [economics of media] . Mediascapes, ch. 21.
• David Olive on convergence on website.
• The State or the States” by Rick Salutin, website or Laidlaw.

FEB 20

FEB 27

• [old media: broadcasting, publishing, film] Mediascapes, ch. 8, 9, 11;
• [blurred boundaries: journalism, entertainment and politics] Mediascapes, ch.20,
• Guest: Michael Enright.

MAR 05

• [new media: technology, copyright, privacy] Mediascapes, ch. 14, 15, 16. 

MAR 12

• [alt media, pop music, hiphop and literacy]. Mediascapes, ch. 10, 13.
• Guest: Shahmeer Ansari

MAR 19

• [advertising, p.r., youth violence, kidcult] . Mediascapes, chs. 5, 6, 12.

MAR 26

• [life, style, culture, celebrity] . read: The Globe and Mail: Life, Style, Review, Health, Travel, etc.
• Guest: Amy Verner.

APR 02

• [national identity and cultural policy] "National Cultures in the Age of Globalization: the case of Canada", by Rick Salutin, on website or in Laidlaw; . Mediascapes, ch. 4.

APR 09

• [culture and globalization: from free trade to 9.11] Mediascapes, ch. 17.