A Political Economy of Canadian Broadcasting
Public Good Versus Private Profit
Published on 31. January 2025
Book
Hardback
344 pages
978-0-7748-7146-4 (ISBN)
Description
A Political Economy of Canadian Broadcasting takes readers from the days of the telegraph to the current digital age, examining the role of public broadcasting in the wider context of regulation, private capital, and foreign programming. This comprehensive history spans over a hundred years, highlighting the shifting technological character of the media system within anglophone Canada and the key place of public broadcasting within it.
Situated in Canada's broader economic history, David Skinner's account ably demonstrates how broadcast regulation has been derived from the historical relationships between the Canadian state and private capital, and that this has tended to sideline its social goals. The book concludes with suggestions for encouraging the creation of distinctively Canadian programming.
Coming just after the first major reform to Canada's broadcast legislation in three decades, A Political Economy of Canadian Broadcasting is a timely contribution to the history of broadcasting and the policy discussions that frame it.
Situated in Canada's broader economic history, David Skinner's account ably demonstrates how broadcast regulation has been derived from the historical relationships between the Canadian state and private capital, and that this has tended to sideline its social goals. The book concludes with suggestions for encouraging the creation of distinctively Canadian programming.
Coming just after the first major reform to Canada's broadcast legislation in three decades, A Political Economy of Canadian Broadcasting is a timely contribution to the history of broadcasting and the policy discussions that frame it.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Vancouver
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
660 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7748-7146-4 (9780774871464)
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Person
David Skinner is an associate professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at York University. He has been involved with the media reform movement in Canada for over twenty-five years. He has published numerous articles and book chapters in the field, and has co-edited two books on the subject, Alternative Media in Canada and Converging Media, Diverging Politics.
Content
Introduction
1 The Development Context of Canadian Communications Policy: The Economy, the State, and the Regulatory Tradition
2 Market, State, Culture: From Telegraphs to Broadcasting
3 The CRBC and the Making of the National Radio Broadcasting System
4 The CBC and the Entrenchment of Canadian Broadcasting
5 Television and Early Postwar Canadian Broadcasting Policy
6 The Emergence of the Dual System
7 The Capitalization of Canadian Communication and Culture
8 The Rise of the Transactional Audience
9 Plus ca change
Conclusion
Notes; Works Cited; Index
1 The Development Context of Canadian Communications Policy: The Economy, the State, and the Regulatory Tradition
2 Market, State, Culture: From Telegraphs to Broadcasting
3 The CRBC and the Making of the National Radio Broadcasting System
4 The CBC and the Entrenchment of Canadian Broadcasting
5 Television and Early Postwar Canadian Broadcasting Policy
6 The Emergence of the Dual System
7 The Capitalization of Canadian Communication and Culture
8 The Rise of the Transactional Audience
9 Plus ca change
Conclusion
Notes; Works Cited; Index