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Summer Refreshment: Harvesting New Ideas in Media/Society
By Mike Gange Media/Society: Industries, Images, and Audiences (4th Edition) David Croteau, William Hoynes and Stefani Milan Sage Publications, 394 pages Regardless of whether you are a veteran media studies teacher or an absolute rookie in this field, you have to include something about media and society in your course content. Media/Society by David Croteau, … Continue reading
There is More to See on Ethnic TV
Summer Refreshment: Thinking Outside the Box By Mike Gange Understanding Ethnic Media By Matthew D. Matsaganis, Vikki S. Katz, Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach Sage Publications, 312 pages I have been watching a fair bit of television from APTN. The Aboriginal People’s Television Network was launched in Canada in 1999, to be “run, developed and produced by … Continue reading
Summer Refreshment: Review of Potter’s “Media Literacy” 5th ed.
The Media Literacy Summer The goal of the next few blogs is to tell you about some of the media literacy ideas, conferences and books. Media Literacy (Edition 5) by W. James Potter Sage Publications, 462 pages Every now and then, teachers of media studies should go back and refresh their understanding of the … Continue reading
A Congress of Learners
By Mike Gange Some time ago, the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences was known as the Learned Societies. I recall when these meetings were held in Fredericton in the late 1970’s. A very confident, charming and persuasive Jacques Parizeau told an audience about how a Quebec province could benefit from a separation from … Continue reading
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