Chapter 7 Further Resources

Shoemaker, P.J., & Reese, S.D. (2013). Mediating the Message in the 21st Century.London: Routledge. A book that offers a comprehensive look at research into media content in the twenty-first century.

Wilkes, R., Corrigall-Brown, C., & Myers, D.J. (2010). Packaging Protest: Media Coverage of Indigenous People’s Collective Action. Canadian Review of Sociology, 47(4). An empirical research study investigating the media coverage of collective action undertaken by Indigenous peoples in Canada.

Corrigall-Brown, C., & Wilkes, R. (2012). Picturing Protest: The Visual Framing of Collective Action by First Nations in Canada. American Behavioral Scientist, 56(2). An empirical research study investigating how the media depicted a historical moment in First Nations–Canada relations known as the “Oka Crisis” through photographs.

Recommended Videos

Achbar, M., & Wintonick, P. (2002). Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media. Zeitgeist Video. A documentary in which Noam Chomsky discusses how the mass media works against democracy in human societies.

Knappenberger, B. (2017). Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press. Netflix. A documentary that investigates the relationship between the media and social inequality.

Bainbridge, C., Diamond, N., & Hayes, J. (2009). Reel Injun. NFB. A documentary tracing the depiction of Indigenous peoples in cinema over the last century.

Fincher, D. (2010). The Social Network. Columbia Pictures. A film about the creation of social media giant Facebook.

Recommended Websites

https://www.medialiteracyweek.ca/about/ Web site for an annual event that emphasizes the importance of digital and media literacy in children.

http://www.aml.ca/ Web site for a multi-disciplinary organization that aims to increase people’s understanding of how the media works.

http://mediasmarts.ca/ Web site of Media Smarts, an organization for digital and media literacy in Canada.