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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"School of communication and culture"”.
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Framing Alberta’s NDP: How is the AbNDP, a Vehicle for Leftist Politics, Framed in a Conservative Canadian Province?
… in 2015, conservative parties during the 2015 and 2019 elections were presented with a history-making disruption of their governance. As a vehicle for centre-left or progressive politics, the AbNDP represents a competitor to and foil for conservative parties, as well as a scapegoat for …
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Countering Medical Misinformation on Twitter: Readying Clinicians and Scientists
This thesis explores how clinicians and scientists are using Twitter to counter medical misinformation. Medical misinformation also referred to as fake news, reached an unprecedented level of sharing on social media between 2020 and 2022 due to COVID-19, the global pandemic. Many public health …
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You Are Not Alone: Understanding Representation in Popular Media and Viewer Meaning Through Degrassi and its Fan Communities
… Degrassi was a television production with values of authentic representation and to make its viewers feel less alone. The program pushed cultural boundaries to create meaning for its audience that connects with viewers many years after the program has finished airing. Representations matter for …
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Locating the Growth Paradigm through Canadian Politics
… economic growth as desirable, imperative, and limitless – across the political spectrum, and, where it appears, how does it work? To answer the first question, the study looked at the political platforms released by four of Canada’s national political parties for the 2025 general federal …
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Affect and (Un)Certainty: Exploring the Non-Representational in Ethnographic Depiction
The experimental 19-minute film is a type of realistic documentary and ethnographic depiction of Vancouver B.C. The film aims to explore how sound shapes affect in film and involves not employing two very effective and reliable cinematic techniques: the close-up of a face and the use of music. …
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Indigenous Language Inclusion in Emergency Communications: A Case Study of the 2023 Yellowknife Wildfire Evacuation
This thesis evaluates the exclusion of Indigenous languages from emergency communication during the 2023 North Slave Complex wildfires and examines the implications for reconciliation and public safety. Despite the Government of the Northwest Territories’ recognition of nine Indigenous languages, …
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How Can Canadian Universities Tell Stories About Indigenous Engagement That Amplify Indigenous Voices and Advance Indigenous Objectives?
… frame Indigenous engagement through their public communications, potentially marking the first comprehensive analysis within this context. By analyzing university communications published between 2022 and 2023, this research establishes how current storytelling practices align or deviate from …
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360º/VR Video Storytelling As Seen Through the Lens of the Narrative Paradigm
… research delves into the innovative intersection of 360-degree /Virtual Reality(360º/VR) technology and documentary storytelling, specifically focusing on the historical narrative of Hatley Park National Historic Site, as interpreted through Walter Fisher's narrative theory. At its core, the study …
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DANGEROUS NEW TIKTOK TREND – Sensational Language! A Qualitative Discourse Analysis of TikTok and Facebook Through Similar Scandals
This study examines Canadian media coverage of TikTok and Facebook amid similar scandals: TikTok's ban from government devices in March 2023 and Facebook's whistleblower, Frances Haugen, scandal in October 2021. Using Bacchi's "What is the Problem Represented to Be" approach, a qualitative content …
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ADHD & The Algorithm: Diagnosis in the Age of TikTok
… how TikTok has influenced ADHD awareness and self-diagnosis, with a focus on adult women who have historically been underdiagnosed and often misunderstood. Through a participatory ethnographic documentary film, the research captures the real-life experiences of women who first identified …
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Talking over the waterfront: A qualitative study of Waterfront Toronto’s public engagement practice
This is a qualitative study of Waterfront Toronto’s (WT) public consultation practice, a hallmark of its work leading the redevelopment of Toronto’s urban waterfront, since 2001. Motivated in part by the absence of similarly focused studies on one of the longest and most sustained public engagement …
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Reaching Constituents in the Digital Age
… with their constituents, with new digital communications tools being utilised as they have become available. Constituency communications as currently practised offers an alternative to and exists in tension with the centralization of communications within parties, a centralization that has …
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Shifting Trust: How Generation Z Canadians Determine Trust and Credibility in Online News and Information
… focuses on the unique media consumption habits and skepticism of this digitally native cohort in Canada. Utilizing semi-structured, qualitative, smart device, content elicitation interviews, the study provides insight into the thought processes, decision-making strategies, and judgements young …
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Interpreter Agency Within the Economy of Language Services: Towards A New Paradigm for Community Interpreters
This study investigates the evolving landscape of community interpreting services in Canada, in the context of increasing demand and expanding diversity of languages. Despite this growth, interpreters face stagnant or declining compensation, market awareness, and professional standards. Community …
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Curating Connection: How Millennial Women Navigate Self-Presentation, Intimacy, and Rejection in Online Dating
… women navigate self-presentation, intimacy, and rejection in online dating. Grounded in social penetration theory and the hyperpersonal model, it explores the tension between authenticity and desirability in profile curation, the transition from superficial to deeper intimacy, and the …
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A Jig in Three Parts: Identity, Power and Agency in the Therapeutic Relationship between Mental-Health Counsellors and Métis Clients in British Columbia
… relationship between mental-health counsellors and Métis counselling clients in British Columbia by including perspectives from individuals from both of these groups. The study used a transformative paradigm and a Two-Eyed Seeing framework to conduct and analyze semi-structured, qualitative …
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Canadian University Statements and University Community Responses Following the Murder of George Floyd
In May 2020, the murder of George Floyd spurred global attention and compelled Canada’s research universities to respond to widespread social unrest. This study employs content analysis and critical discourse analysis to examine how power was integrated into statements issued by Canadian …