How Canadians Communicate IV - Media and Politics - Part 4 - Edited by David Taras and Christopher Waddell

Oct 6, 2026

How Canadians Communicate IV - Media and Politics examines how mass and social media shape political life in Canada. Edited by David Taras and Christopher Waddell, this volume brings together studies on news’s uncertain future, government-media communications, political blogs, and the 2011 federal election. It also analyzes negativity and the “permanent campaign,” internet-driven attacks, and the changing landscape of political coverage, including everyday citizen experiences, campaign messaging, and public-sphere communication through culture and art.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages400

Reading Time10 h 16 min

AccessFree to download

The Past and Future of Political Communication in Canada: An Introduction

part I The Changing World of Media and Politics

part II Citizens and Politics in Everyday Life

Final Thoughts: How Will Canadians Communicate About Politics and the Media in 2015?

Contributors

Index

How Canadians Communicate IV How Canadians Communicate IV Media and Politics Edited by David Taras and Christopher Waddell Copyright © 2012 David Taras and Christopher Waddell Published by AU Press, Athabasca University 1200, 10011 – 109 Street, Edmonton, AB T5J 3S8 ISBN 978-1-926836-81-2 (print) 978-1-926836-82-9 (PDF) 978-1-926836-83-6 (epub) Interior design by Sergiy Kozakov Printed and bound in Canada by Marquis Book Printers Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Media and politics / edited by David Taras and Christopher Waddell. (How Canadians communicate ; 4) Includes bibliographical references and index. Issued also in electronic formats. ISBN 978-1-926836-81-2 1. Mass media--Political aspects--Canada. 2. Social media--Political aspects--Canada. 3. Communication in politics--Canada. 4. Canada--Politics and government. I. Taras, David, 1950- II. Waddell, Christopher Robb III. Series: How Canadians communicate ; 4 P95 .82.C3M45 2012 302.230971 C2012-901951-8 We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund (CFB) for our publishing activities. Assistance provided by the Government of Alberta, Alberta Multimedia Development Fund. This publication is licensed under a Creative Commons License, Attribution– Noncommercial–No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada: [see www.creativecommons.org](see www.creativecommons.org). The text may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes, provided that credit is given to the original author. To obtain permission for uses beyond those outlined in the Creative Commons license, please contact AU Press, Athabasca University, at aupress@athabascau.ca. Contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgements ix The Past and Future of Political Communication in Canada: An Introduction 1 David Taras part I The Changing World of Media and Politics 1 The Uncertain Future of the News 29 Florian Sauvage au 2 On the Verge of Total Dysfunction: Government, Media, and Communications 45 Elly Al b o im 3 Blogs and Politics 55 Richard Davis 4 The 2011 Federal Election and the Transformation of Canadian Media and Politics 71 David Tara s and Christopher Waddell 5 Berry’d Alive: The Media, Technology, and the Death of Political Coverage 109 Christopher Waddell 6 Political Communication and the “Permanent Campaign” 129 Tom Flanagan 7 Are Negative Ads Positive? Political Advertising and the Permanent Campaign 149 Jonathan Rose 8 E-ttack Politics: Negativity, the Internet, and Canadian Political Parties 169 Tamara Small 9 Myths Communicated by Two Alberta Dynasties 189 Alvin Finkel 10 Throwing the Baby Out with the Bathwater: Canadian Forces News Media Relations and Operational Security 213 Robert Bergen part II Citizens and Politics in Everyday Life 11 Exceptional Canadians: Biography in the Public Sphere 233 David Marshall 12 Off-Road Democracy: The Politics of Land, Water, and Community in Alberta 259 Ro ger Epp 13 Two Solitudes, Two Québecs, and the Cinema In-Between 281 Dominique Per ron 14 Verbal Smackdown: Charles Adler and Canadian Talk Radio 295 Shannon Sam pert 15 Contemporary Canadian Aboriginal Art: Storyworking in the Public Sphere 317 Troy Pat enaude 16 Intimate Strangers: The Formal Distance Between Music and Politics in Canada 349 Richard Su therland Final Thoughts: How Will Canadians Communicate About Politics and the Media in 2015? 369 Christopher Waddell Contributors 379 Index 383 Illustrations Tables 1.1 Regular readers of a daily newspaper, 2009 33 1.2 Regular readers of Montréal daily newspapers (Monday to Friday) 34 1.3 Advertising revenues by medium 36 3.1 Blog readers versus non-blog readers 60 3.2 Reasons given for reading political blogs 62 3.3 Blog readers’ familiarity with ideological blogs 63 5.1 Voter turnout in Ontario communities, 1979–2000 114 6.1 Canadian national political campaigns, 2

FAQs

What is the focus of How Canadians Communicate IV?

It focuses on the relationship between media and politics in Canada, covering political communication across news, government-media relations, online content, and citizen life.

Which topics in the volume address changes in Canadian media and political life?

The table of contents includes the uncertain future of the news, government-media communications, blogs and politics, and the 2011 federal election’s impact on media and politics.

How does the book treat political advertising and negativity?

It examines the “permanent campaign,” asking whether negative ads are positive, and analyzes “E-ttack Politics” and negativity on the internet and within Canadian political parties.

Oct 6, 2026

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