{"product_id":"a-political-economy-of-canadian-broadcasting-public-good-versus-private-profit-9780774871471","title":"A Political Economy of Canadian Broadcasting: Public Good Versus Private Profit","description":"\u003cb\u003eSpanning over a hundred years of Canadian content, regulation, and change, this book sets the arc of the country's broadcasting history inside its wider economic history. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Political Economy of Canadian Broadcasting\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers from the days of the telegraph to the current digital age, examining the role of public broadcasting in the wider context of regulation, private capital, and foreign programming. This comprehensive history spans over a hundred years, highlighting the shifting technological character of the media system within Anglophone Canada and the key place of public broadcasting within it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Situated in Canada's broader economic history, David Skinner's account ably demonstrates how broadcast regulation has been derived from the historical relationships between the Canadian state and private capital, and that this choice has tended to sideline its social goals. The book concludes with suggestions for encouraging the creation of distinctively Canadian programming. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Coming just after the first major reform to Canada's broadcast legislation in three decades, \u003ci\u003e A Political Economy of Canadian Broadcasting\u003c\/i\u003e is a timely contribution to the history of broadcasting and the policy discussions that frame it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Skinner \u003c\/b\u003eis an associate professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at York University. He has been involved with the media reform movement in Canada for over twenty-five years. He has published numerous articles and book chapters in the field and has co-edited two books on the subject, \u003ci\u003e Alternative Media in Canada\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConverging Media, Diverging Politics: A Political Economy of News Media in the United States and Canada.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51635392413970,"sku":"9780774871471","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a62eb1b7-0690-4870-b393-d2db100e5f56.jpg?v=1759232586","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-political-economy-of-canadian-broadcasting-public-good-versus-private-profit-9780774871471","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}