| Description |
1 online resource (239 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Film and media studies series
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Film + media studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword : One thing about television and ten things about Canadian TV / John Doyle -- From kine to hi-def : a personal view of television studies in Canada / Mary Jane Miller -- (Who knows?) What remains to be seen : archives, access, and other practical problems for the study of Canadian "national" television / Jennifer VanderBurgh -- Television, film and the Canadian star system / Liz Czach -- Producing aboriginal television in Canada : obstacles and opportunities / Marian Bredin -- Hypercommercialism and Canadian children's television : the case of YTV / Kyle Asquith -- Canadianizing Canadians : television, youth, identity / Michele Byers -- How even American reality TV can perform a public service on Canadian television / Derek S. Foster -- Television, nation, and the situation comedy in Canada : cultural diversity and Little mosque on the prairie / Sarah A. Matheson -- "Come on Eileen" : making Shania Canadian again / Scott Henderson. |
| Summary |
Explores the creation and circulation of entertainment television in Canada from the interdisciplinary perspective of television studies. This book surveys the commercial and technological imperatives of the Canadian television industry, the role of the CBC as Canada's public broadcaster, and the function of television's "star system". |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Television broadcasting -- Canada.
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Television broadcasting. |
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Canada. |
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Television broadcasting -- Social aspects -- Canada.
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Television broadcasting -- Social aspects. |
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National characteristics, Canadian.
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National characteristics, Canadian. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bredin, Marian, 1961- editor.
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Henderson, Scott, 1965- editor.
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Matheson, Sarah A., 1968- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 1554583616 |
| ISBN |
129931306X electronic book |
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9781299313064 electronic book |
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9781554583881 electronic book |
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1554583888 electronic book |
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9781554583898 |
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1554583896 |
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