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IFJ AND FEPALC Back Launch of Manifesto on Media Democracy in Paraguay2010-08-15
International Federation of Journalists and FEPALC
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates in South America to help the Union of Journalists of Paraguay (SPP) launch its manifesto on the democratisation of media.
IFJ Backs Russian and Asian Unions in Campaign to Rebuild Trust in Media2009-05-14
International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is backing a regional campaign led by journalists' leaders from Russia, Turkey and Central Asia to strengthen quality journalism in the face of politi...
IFJ Calls for "New Mindset" over Media Accountability and Future of Journalism2009-12-17
International Federation of Journalists
Building public trust in journalism is critical for democracy and development and requires a "new mindset" about media accountability says the International Federation of Journalists.
IFJ to Hold 'Journalism in Shadow of Anti-Terror Laws' Conference on Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 Attacks in US2011-09-08
Sources News Releases
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its European Group, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) are holding an international conference to mark the tenth anniversary of the terr...
Science et innovation, cls d'un monde meilleur : Le piratage des medias dans les economies emergentes2011-06-01
Centre de recherches pour le developpement international
A l'occasion dun debat d'experts organise au CRDI le 3 juin, trois experts de renommee internationale aborderont les implications du piratage des medias pour l'economie mondiale. Joe Karaganis, le dir...
Sources welcomes Cathy's Crawly Composters2010-12-09
Cathy's Crawly Composters
Sources welcomes a new member: Cathy's Crawly Composters.
Sources welcomes the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT)2009-01-22
Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT)
For the betterment of Canadian theatre, PACT provides leadership, national representation and a variety of programs and practical assistance to member companies, enabling members to do their own creat...
Sources Select Resources
Afghan media respond to Taliban threats against TV channelsArticle
2015
Ifex
In an alarming statement published on the group's website on Monday 12 October, 2015, the Taliban said the two TV channels are legitimate targets and no employee, anchor, office, news team or reporter...
After ParisMalik, Kenan
Article
2015
Some have seen the terrorism as the consequence of French foreign policy in Syria. Yet we should be wary of seeing these attacks as a response, however perverted, to French, or Western, foreign policy...
Al Qaeda Is Attacking Major Syrian Cities with US Weapons -- but You Wouldn't Know That from the MediaNorton, Ben
Article
2017
AlterNet
Norton analyzes media coverages of attacks linked to Al-Qaeda in the West to highlight how this emphasis on Muslim extremism is used to justify Islamophobia.
Arts Culture Media Communications Topic Index in Sources DirectorySpokespersons, Experts, and Resources
Website
Sources
A subject guide to experts and spokespersons on topics related to arts, culture, media, and communicatins in the Sources directory for the media.
Canwest latest 'media giant' to exploit news operationsFillmore, Nick
Article
2009
Connexions
Media corporations claim to care about quality journalism, but they've deceived Canadians for decades -- censoring news to protect their profits, pandering to the interests of the corporate world, and...
Citizen mediaSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
Article
The term citizen media refers to forms of content produced by private citizens who are otherwise not professional journalists.
Connexions Library: Arts, Media, Culture FocusWebsite
Connexions Information Sharing Services
Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on media, culture, and art.
Fourth EstateSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
Article
A term referring to the press.
Funding for Non-profit Media or Public Interest ActivitiesPart 7 of 7 - Canada's Media in Crisis
Fillmore, Nick
Article
2010
Connexions Information Sharing Services
A group that launches, or even refocuses, an independent news media project - or raises money for just about any public-interest activity - will probably have success in fundraising if it does the pro...
Grassroots media relationsA short introduction to media relations strategies for activist groups
Diemer, Ulli
Article
2010
Connexions Information Sharing Services
A media relations guide for organizers and activists.
How Alternative Media Provide The Crucial Critique Of The MainstreamKeeble, Richard
Article
2010
Medialens
The closeness of the mainstream to dominant economic, cultural and ideological forces means that the mainstream largely functions to promote the interests of the military/industrial/political complex....
IFJ AND FEPALC Back Launch of Manifesto on Media Democracy in ParaguaySources News Release
Article
2010
International Federation of Journalists and FEPALC
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates in South America to help the Union of Journalists of Paraguay (SPP) launch its manifesto on the democratisation of media.
IFJ Backs Russian and Asian Unions in Campaign to Rebuild Trust in MediaSources News Release
Article
2009
International Federation of Journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is backing a regional campaign led by journalists' leaders from Russia, Turkey and Central Asia to strengthen quality journalism in the face of politi...
IFJ Calls for "New Mindset" over Media Accountability and Future of JournalismSources News Release
Article
2009
International Federation of Journalists
Building public trust in journalism is critical for democracy and development and requires a "new mindset" about media accountability says the International Federation of Journalists.
It's WMD all over again. Why don't you see it? Hitchens, Peter
Article
2017
Today’s frenzy over alleged use of poison gas in Syria is the 2017 version of Anthony Blair’s WMD in Iraq. Why can you not see it? Did you think they would do it in exactly the same way again? You are...
JournalismSources.comWebsite
2017
Sources
A portal featuring news, articles, and resources about journalism, press freedom, free speech, censorship and related topics. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A sea...
Journalists, community groups need to develop independent Canadian mediaFillmore, Nick
Article
2011
It is shocking that – in the 21st Century – we still have a system under which corporate over-lords – not the journalists who produce the news – control the process that determines the content of main...
The Media and the Far RightShowcasing the Crude, the Violent and the Aberrant
Nader, Ralph
Article
2010
CounterPunch
The right-moving trend of the mainstream media, absurdly deemed liberal by successfully intimidating corporatists and ideological aggressors, continues year after year.
Media (communication)Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia
Article
In communication, media (singular medium) are the storage and transmission channels or tools used to store and deliver information or data. It is often referred to as synonymous with mass media or new...
Media manipulationSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
Article
Media manipulation is an aspect of public relations in which partisans create an image or argument that favours their particular interests.
Media (News & Entertainment) Topic Index in Sources Directory of ExpertsSpokespersons, Experts, and Resources
Website
Sources
A subject guide to experts and spokespersons on topics related to news and entertainment media in the Sources directory for the media.
Media of CanadaSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
Article
Media psychologySources Select Resources Encyclopedia
Article
Media Psychology seeks an understanding of how people perceive, interpret, use, and respond to a media-rich world.
Media-system dependencySources Select Resources Encyclopedia
Article
MediaSources.caWebsite
2017
Sources
A web portal featuring resources about media and the media industry, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and importan...
'Our Only Fear Was That He Might Pull His Punches' - BBC Caught Manipulating The NewsArticle
2016
Media Lens
The position of BBC political editor plays an important role in this propaganda system. His or her function is essentially to tell the public what leading politicians say or even 'think'. It is certai...
PrintingSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
Article
Quotes about MediaUnclassified
Connexions
Shadows of LibertyTremblay, Jean-Philippe
Film
2012
Examines the new media monopoly by corporations in America and the public battle for truth and democracy.
State mediaSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
Article
State media or state-controlled media is media for mass communication which is ultimately controlled and/or funded by the state government.
Trump Insults the Media, but Bush Bullied and Defanged It to Sell the Iraq WarJilani, Zaid
Article
2017
The Intercept
Bush was anything but a friend of the press during his presidency. Maybe he didn’t demonize it as much as Trump does -- but he actively manipulated it and bullied it far worse and far more effectively...
Watching the Pentagon ChannelThe New Socialist Realism
Young, Charles M.
Article
2010
CounterPunch
The oddest aspect of the Pentagon Channel is how completely they shield their audience - potential soldiers, current soldiers and former soldiers - from what they are defending, which is to say: capit...
What Makes Mainstream Media MainstreamChomsky, Noam
Article
1997
Z Magazine
Noam Chomsky shares his approach to analyzing media and reveals the meaning and consequence of the strategic design of communication.
Where News Itself is a CategoryGhosh, Surbir
Article
2008
Newswatch
Highlighting the various reasons for the decline of quality news, Subir Ghosh says when business interests hold sway over all others, the basic tenets of journalism fall by the wayside. However, if pe...
Why I quit my jobNagata, Kai
Article
2011
World Press Trends: What's behind the statistics?WAN-IFRA
Article
2015
WAN-IFRA
Technology will always dictate the dominant form of communication. Just as the printing press took over written letters and the internet is taking over the printing press, desktop internet will soon b...
Sources Bookshelf
Building the Fourth EstateDemocratization and the Rise of a Free Press in Mexico
Lawson, Chappell H.
Book
2002
Based on an in-depth examination of Mexico's print and broadcast media over the last twenty-five years, this book is a detailed account available of the role of the media in democratization, demonstra...
Canadian Students' Guide to Language, Literature, and MediaBarclay, Susanne; Coghill, Judith; Weeks, Peter
Book
2001
Meant for secondary schools, independent use, or small group study
Censored: The News That Didn't Make The News - And WhyThe 1995 Project Censored Yearbook
Jensen, Carl, and Project Censored. Introduction by Michael Crichton. Cartoons by Tom Tomorrow.
Book
1996
Documenting how the U.S. mass media does a shabby job, deliberately or negligently withholding information of vital importance.
Changing Media, Changing ChinaShirk, Susan (ed.)
Book
2010
This collection of essays studies all aspects of media in China, and looks at the changing landscape of information management and demand for real news in China.
Communicating in Canada's PastEssays in Media History
Allen, Gene; Robinson, Daniel J. (eds.)
Book
2009
Address sizable gaps in the literature on media history in Canada. Includes a substantial introduction to media history as a field of study and essays on a range of subjects, including print journalis...
Communication for and Against DemocracyRaboy, Marc and Bruck, Peter A. (ed.)
Book
1989
This anthology explores the circumstances in which communication serves at times as an instrument of repression and domination, and at others as a support for human emancipation.
Connexions Annual 1994A Sourcebook of Social and Environmental Alternatives
Diemer, Ulli (ed.)
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1994
Simultaneously a reference book and an introduction to the world of social and environmental alternatives. The bulk of the Annual is devoted to listings of grassroots groups. It also contains a series...
Easily LedA History of Propaganda
Thomson, Oliver
Book
1999
From Ancient Sumer to modern Poland, Thomson traces the use of propaganda and its influence on human events.
The Empire God BuiltInside Pat Robertson's media machine
Foege, Alec
Book
1996
A profile of the demagogue who become one of the most successful media moguls in the world.
Experiences in TranslationEco, Umberto
Book
2001
Identifies the different types of interpretive acts that count as translation. An enticing new typology emerges, based on Eco's insistence on a common-sense approach and the necessity of taking a crit...
Grassroots media relationsA short introduction to media relations strategies for activist groups
Diemer, Ulli
Article
2010
A media relations guide for organizers and activists.
Imagined NationsReflections on Media in Canadian Fiction
Williams, David
Book
2003
A basic look at the effects different forms of media have had on Canadian novels and film adaptations and cyberspace, and how these affect the sense of time and space and national identities.
Journalism of OutrageInvestigative Reporting and Agenda Building in America
Protess, David L.; Cook, Fay Lomax; Doppelt, Jack C.; Ettema, James S.; Gordon, Margaret T.
Book
1991
Examines the myths and misconceptions of investigative journalism and presents empirical research to support a model that challenges the classical theory.
Journalism: Truth or Dare?Hargreaves, Ian
Book
2003
Ian Hargreaves discusses the history, development, future and ethics of journalism and describes journalists' relationship with the public. He focuses on the increase in journalism's influence and the...
Lies The Media Tell us Winter, James
Book
2007
Outlines the extent to which the mainstream media is subject to its corporate publishers and advertisers.
Losing the NewsThe Uncertain Future of the News That Feeds Democracy
Jones, Alex S.
Book
2008
Looks at the epochal changes sweeping the media, which are eroding the core news that has been the essential food supply of our democracy.
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the MediaPart 1: Thought Control in a Democratic Society. Part 2: Activating Dissent
Achbar, Mark; Wintonick, Peter; (Chomsky, Noam)
Book
1993
...
Mass Media and Canadian DiversityNancoo, Stephen E.; Nancoo, Robert S.
Book
1997
A collection of Canadian focused articles which examine portrayals of minority populations in the mass media as wel as cultural production emanating from within minority linguistic and cultural groups...
McLuhan's ChildrenThe Greenpeace Message and the Media
Dale, Stephen
Book
1996
Looks at Greenpeace's rise to global prominence through its savvy use of mass media. Traces the evolution of Greenpeace's relations with the media.
Media and MinoritiesRepresenting Diversity in a Multicultral Canada
Fleras, Augie; Kuhz, Jean Lock
Book
2001
An examination of the politics of media minority relations in a multicultural Canada.
Media and SocietyBurton, Graeme
Book
2005
A student text for popular culture and media studies programmes.
Media ControlThe Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda
Chomsky, Noam
Book
1997
Chomsky begins by asserting two models of democracy: one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to Chomsky "propaganda is to de...
Media Names & NumbersYour Connection to the Media
Serial Publication (Periodical)
2000
A comprehensive directory of the Canadian news media, including television and radio stations and programs, daily, weekly, ethnic and campus newspapers, consumer and trade magazines, and academic jour...
Media ThinkWinter, James
Book
2000
Increasingly the news media are owned by a small group of very large corporations with extensive interests outside the industry, run by the corporate elite.Winter argues that instead of offering diver...
The Missing NewsFilters and Blind Spots in Canada's Press
Hackett, Robert A.; Gruneau, Richard; with Donald Gutstein, Timothy A. Gibson and Newswatch Canada
Book
2000
Asks a number of questions, including: How well do the news media filter reality, for what purposes, through what processes and in whose interests? How do newspapers and TV stations choose what news i...
Mixed Media, Mixed MessagesPersky, Stan
Book
1991
This is a collection of columns by Vancouver Sun columnist Persky. Specifically, Persky tries to address moral and philosophical questions raised by media practices.
Necessary IllusionsThought Control in Democratic Societies
Chomsky, Noam
Book
1989
An inquiry into the nature of the media and the role of intellectuals in "a political system where the population cannot be disciplined by force, and thus must be subjected to more subtle forms of ide...
Newspeak in the 21st CenturyEdwards, David; Cromwell, David
Book
2009
Revealing the lethal bias in 'balanced' reporting.
The No-Nonsense Guide to Global MediaSteven, Peter
Book
2004
Peter Steven aims to make readers realize the power and influence of dominant media but, at the same time, also understand that they are not "omnipotent" and that there are alternative forms available...
Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me!Carpenter, Edmund
Book
1972
How media have taken over our lives.
The Oxford Handbook of Film and Media StudiesKolker, Robert (ed.)
Book
2008
Examines film and new media in the light of their convergence. Draws on leading scholars in the field to discuss traditional areas of history and theory of film and digital media. Its focus is on the ...
Professionally SpeakingGetting Ahead in Business and Life Through Effective Communicating
Wilder, Lilyan
Book
1986
Guidelines for effective communication, including media interviews and speeches.
Sign WarsThe Cluttered Landscape of Advertising
Goldman, Robert; Papson, Stephen
Book
1995
Deconstructs the strategies used to distinguish one brand name from another by the use of commodity signs.
The Silent RevolutionMedia, Democracy, and the Free Trade Debate
Winter, James P.
Book
1990
Taking the Risk Out of DemocracyCorporate Propaganda versus Freedom and Liberty
Carey, Alex
Book
1995
The twentieth-century history of corporate propaganda practiced by U.S. businesses and the ways in which such corporate propaganda was exported to, and adopted by, other western democracies especially...
Towers of DeceptionThe Media Cover-Up of 9/11
Zwicker, Barrie
Book
2006
Uncovering the SixtiesLife and Times of the Undergound Press
Peck, Abe
Book
1985
A book about the Sixties and how they were recorded by radical participants. It traces how movements and communities convinced that their news did not fit into the agenda of mainstream media covered t...
Unreliable SourcesA Guide to Detecting Bias in the New Media
Lee, Martin A.; Solomon, Norman
Book
1992
Lee and Solomon argue that American news media censor actual current events. The reason being is that there is pressure from the Government and Corporations. The public must challenge the facts of bot...
The Voice of NewfoundlandA Social History of the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland, 1939-1949
Webb, Jeff A.
Book
2008
Explores the roles that radio played in society and culture during a vibrant and pivotal time in Newfoundland's history, and demonstrates how the broadcaster's decision to air political debates was pi...
Ways of SeeingBerger, John
Book
1972
Seeing establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but words can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it.
Weapons of Mass PersuasionMarketing the War Against Iraq
Rutherford, Paul
Book
2004
Rutherford, an academic and media critic at the University of Toronto, tries to show how the marketing campaign for the war against Iraq was constructed and carried out with the aid of a compliant med...
Adbusters MagazineFeatures articles dealing with the erosion of the physical and cultural environment precipitated by commercial and corporate interests.
Applied Arts MagazineReports on the visual arts. Instructs and inspires readers by offering insights ino the techniques and creative objectives and challenges behind outstanding design work.
BC BusinessThe most widely read business publication in BC
Columbia JournalPositive, progressive alternative to mainstream corporate media. Our mandate is to inform, entertain and advocate for the people of British Columbia.
MediaReports on journalism and media concerns.
Modern DramaFor professionals whose main interest lies in the field of modern drama. Publishes refereed original articles analyzing texts and contexts as well as book reviews and special issues featuring outstand...
Government Ministries & Agencies
Canadian Broadcasting CorporationThe 1991 Broadcasting Act states that...
"...the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, as the national public broadcaster, should provide radio and television services incorporating a wide range of prog...
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