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Un/covering the north : news, media and aboriginal people
- Title
- Un/covering the north : news, media and aboriginal people / Valerie Alia.
- Author
- Alia, Valerie, 1942-
- Publication
- Vancouver : UBC Press, ©1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | E78.C2 A45 1999 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxiv, 222 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- A chronology of developments in communications in Canadian Arctic, sub-Arctic, and circumpolar regions (shown on maps) prefaces a discussion of "Southern exposure" media portrayals of aboriginals. The final chapter looks at future directions challenging the colonial mentality. B & w illustrations include a politically incorrect cartoon, magazine covers, and remote satellite dish installations. Appended materials include a statement of principles from the Native News Network of Canada; and catalogues of northern community media resources, and broadcast sites for Television Northern Canada
- Alternative Title
- Uncovering the north
- Subject
- Indigenous peoples and mass media > Canada, Northern
- Indian mass media > Canada, Northern
- Mass media > Canada, Northern
- Indigenous peoples in mass media
- Native mass media > Canada, Northern
- Médias > Canada (Nord)
- Autochtones dans les médias
- Médias autochtones > Canada (Nord)
- Autochtones et médias > Canada (Nord)
- Médias des Peuples autochtones > Canada (Nord)
- Indian mass media
- Indigenous peoples and mass media
- Mass media
- Indiens > Canada (nord)
- Médias > Canada (nord)
- Iwi taketake
- Northern Canada
- Genre/Form
- Electronic books.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-212) and index.
- Contents
- Southern exposure: Portrayals of the North -- Communication in context: Language, literacy, politics, and education -- Evolution of communications in the North -- Technology and circumpolar village: Networking, broadcasting, and accessing the future -- Communications in the Yukon -- Print media coverage up here and outside -- Old patterns, future directions -- Appendices: A-Native news network of Canada statement of principles -- B-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 -- Notes -- References -- Index.
- ISBN
- 0774807067
- 9780774807067
- 0774807075
- 9780774807074
- 0585330794
- 9780585330792
- LCCN
- 00551467
- OCLC
- ocm40754267
- 40754267
- SCSB-861344
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library