Culture, Communication and National Identity: The Case of Canadian Television

Richard Collins

Published by University of Toronto Press 1990

Culture, Communication and National Identity

The Case of Canadian Television

Richard Collins

In the series Heritage

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442673670

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A European multilingual society, without a shared culture or common European audio-visual sphere and with viewers watching foreign television, can survive successfully as a political entity – just as Canada has.

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Collins Richard :

Richard Collins is Honorary Visiting Professor in the College of Social Sciences and International Studies. He also holds a fractional post as Professor of Journalism at City University London. Previously he has held posts at the Open University, London School of Economics and Political Science, Goldsmiths’ College University of London, the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and elsewhere. He also served as Head of Education and Deputy Director at the British Film Institute. He is the author of several books on television, including Satellite Television in Western Europe; Television, Policy and Culture, and with Nicholas Garnham and Gareth Locksley, The Economics of Television: The UK Case.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface: The Martian View Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xix
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2. Structure and Historical Development of Canadian Television Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
3. 1968 and After: The Public Sector and the Market from the Broadcasting Act to Caplan/Sauvageau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
4. Nationalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
5. Maximization of Satisfaction: The Market Paradigm Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
6. Dependency Theory and Television in Canada Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
7. The Intellectuals, Television, and the Two Solitudes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
8. The Television Audience Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
9. National Culture; or, Where Is Here? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
10. The Single Dramas: La Misere Canadienne Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
11. The Continental Culture and Canadian Television Drama: The Mini Series Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	298
12. Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	327
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 390

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Published: October 1, 1990
ISBN: 9781442673670