Media, Culture, & Society

Question 1

Valaskakis

Answer 1

Until they were able to access communication technologies in a meaningful and equitable way, that played a role in governance, Indigenous community could not achieve the civil status represented in the formation of Nunavut

Question 2

Ugavut TV

Answer 2

Inuit people did not just want programming but the right to broadcast in their Indigenous language of Inuktut as well

Question 3

CMRCP Report

Answer 3

Some parts of the media that wasn’t super concentrated but many areas highly concentrated

Question 4

Why does media concentration matter? (CMCRP Report)

Answer 4

(1) It is unimportant or minimally important
- Not a stable monopoly
(2) Its importance is equivocal

• Correlation isn’t necessarily a cause
• Effects are difficult to quantify clearly

(3) It is always an issue
- Media concentration matters because media that are privately owned by capitalists will reflect capitalist interests

Question 5

How do monopolies shape the overall media ecology in multiple ways?

Answer 5

1. They exert control over prices and therefore affordability of access, impacting how people use their mobile devices
2. They set the terms by which media forms are accessible to audiences, and what revenue and data sharing models are in effect
3. Set the terms by which data is collected on users and shared with third parties
4. Act as a gatekeeper to which media can be accessed
5. Exert control over communication regulation
6. Intervene in editorial matters

Question 6

Narwhal

Answer 6

A pioneer in non-profit journalism stories particularly in the area of the environment based on a subscription based model

Question 7

APTN

Answer 7

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

Question 8

Anik satellite system

Answer 8

In 1973 brought Inuit into full contact with a compelling new change agency “by parachuting telephone, radio, and live television”

Question 9

The Inukshuk Project

Answer 9

Assembled between 1978 and 1981 used the Anik B Communications Program to experiment with Inuktitut television broadcasting in the Baffin, Keewatin and Central Arctic regions of the Northwest Territories

Question 10

Red Paper

Answer 10

Counterattack on White Paper that called for the abolition of the Indian Act and the elimination of the special status of Aboriginal peoples entrenched in this legislation, including the disintegration of Indian reserves