1. An alternative media list
   Getting the news - and getting behind the news
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2017
   A selective list of English-language alternative media.
2. American Media Ignore Major Murdoch News Corp Scandal
   Rupert's Misdeeds
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2013
   America’s corporate news media love highlighting David-besting-Goliath stories…except apparently, when the fallen Goliath is major media mogul Rupert Murdoch – the billionaire owner of America’s caustic FOX News and other entities.
3. Are you paying too much to send out your news releases?
   Sources News Release
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2009
   If you have been using a corporate newswire service to send out your news releases you are likely paying $500 or more to send out a single release -- and that release may not even be reaching the people you want to reach.
4. Bias in the Media: the Result of Corporate Ownership
   Resource Type: Article
   Published: 2016
   There may still be, perhaps in the quiet countryside somewhere, people who believe that news programs present news. It is unlikely that this is true; rather, those who rely on the corporate-owned press for information probably enjoy finding sources that support what they want to hear. And, if they are unsure of just what it is that they want to hear, their 'trusted' source will tell them.
5. Conan Shows Us That Main Stream Media Is Scripted
   Resource Type: Film/Video
   Published: 2013
   A segment from Conan's show where dozens of news anchors are caught in the act of "reporting" the exact same story, the exact same way.
6. The Cultural Industries in Canada
   Problems, Policies and Prospects
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1996
   Dorland discusses policy problems specific to the Canadian cultural industries that produce cultural commodities, such as books, films and television programs.
7. Deadlines & Diversity
   Journalism Ethics in a Changing World
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1996
   An anthology on journalism ethics.
8. Getting Started on Social Analysis in Canada
   Third Edition
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1988
   See also CX2933.
   
9. A History of News
   From the Drum to the Satellite
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1988
   
10. In The News
    The Practice of Media Relations in Canada
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2002
    Carney gives everyone, from student to seasoned practitioner, a thorough understanding of who the media are, how they work and how to approach them with stories.
11. Journalism of Outrage
    Investigative Reporting and Agenda Building in America
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1991
    Examines the myths and misconceptions of investigative journalism and presents empirical research to support a model that challenges the classical theory.
12. Lies The Media Tell us
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2007
    Outlines the extent to which the mainstream media is subject to its corporate publishers and advertisers.
13. Manufacturing Consent
    The Political Economy of the Mass Media
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1988
    Contrary to the usual image of the press and cantankerous, obstinate, and ubiquitious in its search for truth, Herman and Chomsky depict how an underlying elite consensus largely structures all facets of the news. They analyze how issues are framed and topics chosen, and the way in which the marketplace and the economics of publishing significantly shape the news.
14. Media Names & Numbers
    Your Connection to the Media
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Published: 2009
    A comprehensive directory of the Canadian news media, including television and radio stations and programs, daily, weekly, ethnic and campus newspapers, consumer and trade magazines, and academic journals. Media Names & Numbers is indexed by subject, and is available in print and electronic formats. An annual subscription includes a print directory and access to the continuously updated online version.
    
15. MediaSources.ca
    Resource Type: Website
    Published: 2017
    A web portal featuring resources about media and the media industry, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and important articles. A search feature, subject index, and other research tools make it possible to find additional resources and information.
16. The Press and the Cold War
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1973
    
17. The Silent Revolution
    Media, Democracy, and the Free Trade Debate
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1990
    
18. Whatever Happened to Al Jazeera?
    All the News That's Fit to Slant
    Resource Type: Article
    Published: 2012
    In Al Jazeera’s early days in the mid and late 1990s, the channel took on taboo subjects and proudly challenged the status quo. In recent months, however, Al Jazeera has begun to change course. It has deviated from its journalistic responsibilities in Libya, and is now completely losing the plot with Syria. The channel is in urgent need to revisit its own code of ethics.

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