Chapter 13 Objectives for Student Learning

The Media

After reading this chapter, students should be able to:

  • Discuss the importance of the media as an agent for social learning.
  • Explain how entertainment and commercial advertising can have consequences for political life.
  • Understand how public actors such as the CBC have had an impact on media in Canada.
  • Identify the various “filters” that influence what the media produce, and briefly summarize the effects of each.
  • Outline the criteria used by regulators to determine Canadian content.
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