Vol 31, No 2 (2006)

Public Matters

Cover Page

“Stolen TV Sets” from Petersham, Sydney, 1958. Image from Life After Wartime by Kate Richards and Ross Gibson. Image courtesy of the New South Wales Police Services.


Table of Contents

Editorial

Editorial: Public Matters HTML PDF
Kim Sawchuk

Articles

Creating the Conditions for Communication in the Public Good Abstract HTML PDF
Marc Raboy
The Crisis in Public Opinion: An Address by Dr Harold A. Innis Abstract HTML PDF
William J. Buxton, Risa Dickens
Harold Innis' "Crisis in Public Opinion": Performance, Retrieval, and the Politics of Knowledge Abstract HTML PDF
William J. Buxton, Risa Dickens
The Sponsorship Scandal as Communication: The Rise of Politicized and Strategic Communications in the Federal Government Abstract HTML PDF
Kirsten Kozolanka
Fear and Coughing in Toronto: SARS and the Uses of Risk Abstract HTML PDF
Myles Leslie
Convergence, Corporate Restructuring, and Canadian Online News, 2000-2003 Abstract HTML PDF
Robert Sparks, Mary Lynn Young, Simon Darnell
What Makes Journalism “Excellent”? Criteria Identified by Judges in Two Leading Awards Programs Abstract HTML PDF
Ivor Shapiro, Patrizia Albanese, Leigh Doyle

Reports

Life After Wartime Abstract HTML PDF
Kate Richards

Commentary

Negotiating Distant Influences: Globalization and Broadcasting Policy Reforms in Zambia and South Africa HTML PDF
Fackson Banda

Reviews

The Integrated News Spectacle: A Political Economy of Cultural Performance HTML PDF
James H Wittebols
Courting the Abyss: Free Speech and the Liberal Tradition HTML PDF
Robert Danisch
Community in the Digital Age: Philosophy and Practice HTML PDF
Catherine M Frost
Electronic Democracy: Mobilisation, Organisation, and Participation via New ICTs HTML PDF
Tamara A Small
In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law HTML PDF
Sara Bannerman
Nickelodeon Nation: The History, Politics and Economics of America's Only TV Channel for Kids HTML PDF
Natalie H Coulter
Virtual Politics: Policy and Community in an Electronic Age HTML PDF
Tracy L. M. Kennedy
Design Research: Methods and Perspectives HTML PDF
Lorna Heaton
NPR: The Trials and Triumphs of National Public Radio HTML PDF
Gregory A.K. Taylor
Placing Words: Symbols, Space and the City HTML PDF
Karmen Franinovic
On location: Canada's Television Industry in a Global Market HTML PDF
Patsy A. Kotsopoulos
The Video Game Theory Reader HTML PDF
Lauren Cruikshank