Un/covering the North
News, Media and Aboriginal People
Description:... Despite setbacks and cutbacks, Canada leads the world in northern andAboriginal communications. This book provides a comprehensive survey ofcommunications in the circumpolar region, focusing on the CanadianArctic and sub-Arctic but also looking at the circumpolar North(Alaska, Siberia, Greenland, and the Nordic/Saami nations). Radio,television, magazines, newspapers, and web sites are all covered. Astechnologies and access improve, Aboriginal people are increasinglytaking control of their own representation and consolidating theirpresence in northern media. Alia concludes that Canada will maintainits leadership in northern communications in the years ahead, given thetopic's far-reaching importance and international context.
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