Media English
Keywords:
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Try the encyclopedia for some general information and to get a few
keywords
Keywords or questions
Canada
Media bias
Censorship (official and unofficial)
Cultural protectionism (How does it change the news)
Freedom of information
CANWEST Global Communications Corp.
Freedom of the Press
Mass Media Industry Mergers
Mass Media Policy
Freedom of Expression (Laws)
Mass Media Industry
Mass Media Objectivity
Mass Media Criticism
Canadian Media Research Consortium (CMRC)
Media Corporations: Who controls most of the Canadian Media? Are these outlets
supportive of the government? Are they Conservative or Liberal? Why/ What do
they own? (Rogers, Shaw, CanWest, Global, CTV globalmedia, Osprey)
CRTC (Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission
CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Is it biased in favour of the government
since it is funded by the government?)
How do the biases of Journalists affect the news?
International
China (Socialist Press Freedom)
U.S.
Media During War Time ( any country and any war)
Arab Mass Media
Czechoslovak and Czech Mass Media (Found in Questia)
Baghdad Urban Legends (Weapons of Mass Destruction???)
Mass Media and Terrorism and Olympics…
General/Other
Propaganda
The online Information Industry
The Hollywood Film Industry
The Book Publishing Industry
The T.V. Industry
Radio Broadcasting and the Music industry
The Viability of limited Public Ownership
The Individual’s Right to Reputation/Privacy vs. the Press’s Right to Repo
Evaluating Sources
It is important to evaluate your sources for accuracy and for bias. Use the ABCD
handout for each internet source that you use for this project.
Click here for the ABCD handout on evaluating sources.
Search Newspapers in our databases .
An excellent database. It will present you with more than one view on the same
topic.
Canadian and International Journals, newspapers…
National Newspaper Index
http://www.questia.com/ This is an EXCELLENT database. Get your username and
password from the Teacher-Librarian.
A few online sources to get you started : Make sure to evaluate each source.
Use the handout!
The Canadian Media Research Consortium
http://www.cmrcccrm.ca/
Who owns Canadian newspapers?
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2010/04/29/f-media-ownership-canada.html
(Could we trust this source? It has been put out by the CBC.)
How controls the media? (US)
http://www.nowfoundation.org/issues/communications/tv/mediacontrol.html
Ownership of Canadian Newspapers (McGill
Study)www.mcgill.ca/files/misc/NewsOwnership.pdf
Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting ( FAIR)
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1106
Italy's Newspapers: Untrusted Sources
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1917663,00.html
CRTC
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/home-accueil.htm
CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/
SHAW/CANWEST
http://shawmedia.ca/
Freedom of Expression
http://www.uottawa.ca/constitutional-law/expression.html
Aljazeera (Arab News)
http://english.aljazeera.net/
Wikileaks
http://213.251.145.96/