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  • Digital Mosaic

    Media, Power, and Identity in Canada

    by David Taras ...
    Digital Media has transformed the way Canadians socialize and interact, conduct business, experience culture, fight political battles, and acquire knowledge. Traditional media, including newspapers and conventional TV networks, remain the primary link to Canada's political sphere but are under concerted attack. YouTube, blogs, online broadcasting, Facebook, and Twitter have opened new and exciting ... Read more

    $35.09 USD

  • The End of the CBC?

    by David Taras, Christopher Waddell ...
    The End of the CBC? is about three overlapping crises: the crisis that has enveloped the CBC, the crisis of news, and the crisis of democracy. The emergence of platforms such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Netflix, the hyper-targeting of individual users through data analytics, the development of narrow online identity communities, and the rise of an attention economy have changed the media ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Blue Storm

    The Rise and Fall of Jason Kenney

    Edited by Duane Bratt, Richard Sutherland, David Taras ...
    Series series Arts in Action
    In 2019, the United Conservative Party, under the leadership of Jason Kenney, unseated the New Democratic Party to form the provincial government of Alberta. A restoration of conservative power in a province that had seen the Progressive Conservatives win every election from 1971-2015, UCP quickly began to make political waves.This is the first scholarly analysis of the 2019 election and the first ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • Making a Difference

    A Comparative View of the Role of the Internet in Election Politics

    by Richard Davis, Diana Owen, Ian McAllister, Rachel Gibson, Randolph Kluver, Tamara A. Small, David Danchuk0, Wainer Lusoli1, Jose-Luis Dader2, Marc Hooghe3, Sara Vissers4, Gerrit Voerman5, Marcel Boogers6, Sara Bentivegna7, Eva Schweitzer8, David T. Hill9, Taylor Boas0 ...
    This book is a cross-national analysis of the role of the internet in national electoral campaigns. It covers an array of electoral and party systems throughout the globe from parliamentary to presidential, party-based to candidate-oriented, multi-party to two-party, and stable party system to dynamic party system. It takes a look at three groups of nations with varying levels of Internet access ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • Power Shift? Political Leadership and Social Media

    Edited by David Taras, Richard Davis ...
    Power Shift? Political Leadership and Social Media examines how political leaders have adapted to the challenges of social media, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and memes, among other means of persuasion. Established political leaders now use social media to grab headlines, respond to opponents, fundraise, contact voters directly, and organize their election campaigns. Leaders of protest ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • How Canadians Communicate V

    Sports

    Edited by David Taras, Christopher Waddell ...
    Fewer Canadians than ever are lacing up skates, swimming lengths at the pool, practicing their curve ball, and experiencing the thrill of competition. However, despite a decline in active participation, Canadians spend enormous amounts of time and money on sports, as fans and followers of sporting events and sports culture. Never has media coverage of sports been more exhaustive, and never has it ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Justices and Journalists

    The Global Perspective

    Edited by Richard Davis, David Taras ...
    A key intermediary between courts and the public are the journalists who monitor the actions of justices and report their decisions, pronouncements, and proclivities. Justices and Journalists: The Global Perspective is the first volume of its kind - a comparative analysis of the relationship between supreme courts and the press who cover them. Understanding this relationship is critical in a ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Orange Chinook

    Politics in the New Alberta

    by Janet Brown, Brad Clark, Roger Epp, Ron Kneebone, Sheridan McVean, Chaseten Remillard, Peter Ryan, John Santos, Anthony M. Sayers, Gillian Steward, David K. Stewart, Kevin Taft, Melanee Thomas, Graham White, Lori Williams, James Wilt, Deborah Yedlin, Jennifer Zwicker ...
    Series Book 2 - Arts in Action
    In 2015, the New Democratic Party won an unprecedented victory in Alberta. Unseating the Progressive Conservatives-who had won every provincial election since 1971-they formed an NDP government for the first time in the history of the province. Orange Chinook is the first scholarly analysis of this election. It examines the legacy of the Progressive Conservative dynasty, the PC and NDP campaigns, ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • How Canadians Communicate IV

    Media and Politics

    Edited by David Taras, Christopher Waddell ...
    Substantial changes have occurred in the nature of political discourse over the past thirty years. Once, traditional media dominated the political landscape, but in recent years Facebook, Twitter, blogs and Blackberrys have emerged as important tools and platforms for political campaigns. While the Canadian party system has proved surprisingly resilient, the rhythms of political life are now very ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Electoral Campaigns, Media, and the New World of Digital Politics

    by David Taras, Richard Davis ...
    Today, political leaders and candidates for office must campaign in a multimedia world through traditional forums—newspapers, radio, and television—as well as new digital media, particularly social media. Electoral Campaigns, Media, and the New World of Digital Politics chronicles how Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, email, and memes are used successfully and unsuccessfully to influence elections. Each ... Read more

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    In her sexy new novella, Rachel Gibson, the New York Times bestselling author of Rescue Me and Run To You, once again shows that there's nothing quite like a man in uniform!They say you never forget your first time, but there's nothing Blue Butler and Kasper Pennington would rather forget than their brief but fiery teenage love affair. Yeah, it was hot while it lasted, but then he went off to join ... Read more

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