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Media: History and Social and Cultural Form
- How are “society” and “culture” defined differently from each other?
- Why are government policies and support programs for Canadian-owned media important?
- How are the mass media connected to Enlightenment values?
- Identify and explain key factors in the rise of humanism in the Renaissance through to the Industrial Revolution. Include the roles of key communications developments as part of your answer.
- Explain how the telegraph and the photograph developed in the context of industrialization.
- How did newspapers change once they came under the control of business people, rather than wealthy partisans?
- Compare and contrast the theories of libertarianism and social responsibility theory. What are the main problems with libertarianism?
- Explain some of the challenges faced by journalists and Canadian media when trying to exercise their freedom of expression. How does the complex relationship between the media and government relate to this issue?
- How do media support a capitalist system and the inequalities that often result from such a system?
- How did the National Policy of 1879 impact the development of media in Canada?
- Explain the six distinctive characteristics of the Canadian state that have shaped the develop-ment of its communication systems.
- Provide a description of some of the main highlights in Canada’s communication history.
- What conclusions can you draw about Canadian audiences’ preference for foreign content, based on the tables presented in the chapter?