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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811089503321

Autore

Alia Valerie <1942->

Titolo

Un/covering the north : news, media and aboriginal people / / Valerie Alia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, c1999

ISBN

1-283-13211-7

9786613132116

0-7748-5632-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Disciplina

302.23/09719

Soggetti

Indigenous peoples and mass media - Canada, Northern

Indian mass media - Canada, Northern

Mass media - Canada, Northern

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-212) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations and Maps; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Chronology of Northern Events and Developments; Introduction; 1 Southern Exposure: Portrayals of the North; 2 Communications in Context: Language, Literacy, Politics, and Education; 3 The Evolution of Communications in the North; 4 Technology and the Circumpolar Village: Networking, Broadcasting, and Accessing the Future; 5 Communications in Yukon; 6 Print Media Coverage Up Here and Outside; 7 Old Patterns, Future Directions; Appendices; A: Native News Network of Canada Statement of Principles

B: Brief to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal PeoplesC: Catalogue of Northern Community Radio; D: Catalogue of Northern Newspapers and Magazines; E: Catalogue of Northern Internet Resources; F: Catalogue of Broadcast Sites for Television Northern Canada (TVNC); Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Despite setbacks and cutbacks, Canada leads the world in northern and Aboriginal communications. This book provides a comprehensive survey of communications in the circumpolar region, focusing on the Canadian Arctic and sub-Arctic but also looking at the circumpolar



North (Alaska, Siberia, Greenland, and the Nordic/Saami nations). Radio, television, magazines, newspapers, and web sites are all covered. As technologies and access improve, Aboriginal people are increasingly taking control of their own representation and consolidating their presence in northern media. Alia concludes that Canada will maintain its leadership in northern communications in the years ahead, given the topic's far-reaching importance and international context.