The Concordia Centre for Broadcasting Studies (CCBS) has been involved with the study of media for 30 years, as both a research centre and as an archive. It is a hub of intellectual engagement with media new and old, by sociologists, historians, literature, journalism and communications scholars.
A panel discussion on five recently published books by members of CCBS will be held Friday, March 23. The discussion focuses on writing and teaching about these themes as they transform from older too newer media, mainly, but not exclusively in the Canadian and Quebec contexts.
The event features:
- Colette Brin, co-author of Cross-Media Ownership and Democratic Practice in Canada (University of Alberta Press)
- François Demers, co-author of Figures du journalisme Brésil, Bretagne, France, La Réunion, Mexique, Québec (Les Presses de l’Université Laval)
- Mike Gasher, co-author of Mass Communication in Canada Networks, Culture, Technology, Audiences (Seventh Edition, Oxford University Press)
- John Jackson, Greg Nielsen, and Yon Hsu, authors of Mediated Society: A Critical Sociology of Media (Oxford University Press)
- Lisa Lynch, co-author of “Journalism” In Media and Communications: Concepts and Critical Frameworks (Edmond Montgomery)
- Jim McLean, author of Inside the NDP War Room: Competing for Credibility in a Federal Election (McGill Queens Press)
- Mary Vipond, author of The Mass Media in Canada ( James Lorimer and Co. Ltd.)
When: Friday, March 23 from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
Where: Atrium of the Samuel Bronfman Building (1590 Docteur-Penfield Ave.), Sir George Williams Campus
Registration by Tuesday, March 20: contact ccbs@alcor.concordia.ca
The event is sponsored by the Concordia Centre for Broadcasting Studies in celebration of its thirty year history as an interdisciplinary site for social and cultural analysis of media artifacts and events. A reception will follow.
Related link:
• CCBS
