8 E-ttack Politics: Negativity, the Internet, and Canadian Political Parties

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. The Past and Future of Political Communication in Canada: An Introduction 1
5. Part I the changing world of media and politics
6. 1 The Uncertain Future of the News 29
7. 2 On the Verge of Total Dysfunction: Government, Media, and Communications 45
8. 3 Blogs and Politics 55
9. 4 The 2011 Federal Election and the Transformation of Canadian Media and Politics 71
10. 5 Berry’d Alive: The Media, Technology, and the Death of Political Coverage 109
11. 6 Political Communication and the “Permanent Campaign” 129
12. 7 Are Negative Ads Positive? Political Advertising and the Permanent Campaign 149
13. 8 E-ttack Politics: Negativity, the Internet, and Canadian Political Parties 169
14. 9 Myths Communicated by Two Alberta Dynasties 189
15. 10 Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater: Canadian Forces News Media Relations and Operational Security 213
16. Part II Citizens and politics in everyday life
17. 11 Exceptional Canadians: Biography in the Public Sphere 233
18. 12 Off-Road Democracy: The Politics of Land, Water, and Community in Alberta 259
19. 13 Two Solitudes, Two Québecs, and the Cinema In-Between 281
20. 14 Verbal Smackdown: Charles Adler and Canadian Talk Radio 295
21. 15 Contemporary Canadian Aboriginal Art: Storyworking in the Public Sphere 317
22. 16 Intimate Strangers: The Formal Distance Between Music and Politics in Canada 349
23. Final Thoughts: How Will Canadians Communicate About Politics and the Media in 2015? 369
24. Contributors 379
25. Index 383