Add to ORKGThe rapid evolution of online, independent journalism affords educators an opportunity to increase students’ understanding of the nature and power of the news media. Drawing from Habermas’s theories of the role of the public sphere in democratic discourse, the author, as founder of an online news publication, traces trends in concentrated corporate ownership of Canadian media, new forms of online journalism and their democratic potential and limitations, and ways in which educators can help students deconstruct and participate in traditional and newer forms of news media. Key words: media democracy, Habermas, Internet, blogosphere, citizenship L’évolution rapide du journalisme indépendant en ligne fournit aux enseignants une occasion de mie...
Despite the differences in their purposes and orientations, governments and the media typically forg...
In this article, I draw on an ethnographic case study of one Toronto elementary school, as part of a...
In this study, we have investigated, through interviews, conversations, question‐ naires, and observ...
Although the mainstream media and education systems are key institutions that perpetuate various soc...
Through a discussion of two videos – The Take (Naomi Klein & Avi Lewis, 2004), and a student pro...
Canadians live in a world of mega‐spin where public relations corporate lobbyists play an increasing...
In this article, we have explored the issues that Ministries of Education confront in their large‐sc...
This article explores how four minority students in a university access program reconciled their pre...
Heterosexism exists throughout Canadian society, but to what degree is it present in classrooms? In ...
The idea of media literacy prompts an increasingly divisive debate between educators who wish to pro...
We explore the nature of knowledge and education and how Islamic traditions have shaped understandin...
All children born in Manitoba in 1984 were tracked for 18 years to assess their grade‐ 12 performanc...
This article is a critical discourse analysis of coverage in the National Post and the Globe and Mai...
Drawing on historical and contemporary scholarship on citizenship education, I have outlined how suc...
We employed a quasi‐experimental design using pre/post surveys and comparisons with control groups t...
Despite the differences in their purposes and orientations, governments and the media typically forg...
In this article, I draw on an ethnographic case study of one Toronto elementary school, as part of a...
In this study, we have investigated, through interviews, conversations, question‐ naires, and observ...
Although the mainstream media and education systems are key institutions that perpetuate various soc...
Through a discussion of two videos – The Take (Naomi Klein & Avi Lewis, 2004), and a student pro...
Canadians live in a world of mega‐spin where public relations corporate lobbyists play an increasing...
In this article, we have explored the issues that Ministries of Education confront in their large‐sc...
This article explores how four minority students in a university access program reconciled their pre...
Heterosexism exists throughout Canadian society, but to what degree is it present in classrooms? In ...
The idea of media literacy prompts an increasingly divisive debate between educators who wish to pro...
We explore the nature of knowledge and education and how Islamic traditions have shaped understandin...
All children born in Manitoba in 1984 were tracked for 18 years to assess their grade‐ 12 performanc...
This article is a critical discourse analysis of coverage in the National Post and the Globe and Mai...
Drawing on historical and contemporary scholarship on citizenship education, I have outlined how suc...
We employed a quasi‐experimental design using pre/post surveys and comparisons with control groups t...
Despite the differences in their purposes and orientations, governments and the media typically forg...
In this article, I draw on an ethnographic case study of one Toronto elementary school, as part of a...
In this study, we have investigated, through interviews, conversations, question‐ naires, and observ...