EIGHT The Decline and Fall of the American Empire: Space and Time in the Work of Innis, Grant, and McLuhan

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. CONTENTS 5
3. Acknowledgements 7
4. ONE Why? How? What? 9
5. TWO Press Gangs: The Role of the Newspaper in Canadian Political Life 29
6. THREE The Masses and the Masseys: The Political History of Broadcasting in Canada 49
7. FOUR The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Culture, Ideology, and the Media 75
8. FIVE (Almost) Everywhere They Are in Chains: The Political Economy of Communications in Canada 99
9. SIX Sticks, Carrots, and Party Favours: State and Political Regulation of the Media 125
10. SEVEN Life in the Sausage Factory: Possibilities and Constraints of Media Organizations 151
11. EIGHT The Decline and Fall of the American Empire: Space and Time in the Work of Innis, Grant, and McLuhan 183
12. NINE Mass Rallies, Mass Consumption, and (Mass) Confusion: Approaches to the Media in the Postmodern World 205
13. TEN Drums and Wires: The Political Deconstruction of Canadian Texts 231
14. ELEVEN Moving Voters, Moving Accounts, and Moving Wallpaper: The Politics of Reading 259
15. TWELVE Lies, Damn Lies, and Opinion Polls: Do the Media Massage the Message? 289
16. THIRTEEN From Experience to Editorial: Gatekeeping, Agenda-Setting, Priming, and Framing 315
17. FOURTEEN Social Responsibility and Antisocial Irresponsibility: Ethics, Participation, Political Activism, and the Media 349
18. Bibliography 375
19. Index 395