Recognizing Canada's long-held reputation for producing high-quality
media--from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and National Film
Board documentaries to children's programming--this study reveals how
recent funding cuts, commercial media concentration, and a sour
political environment have been steadily eroding this notoriety. The
book examines developments in film, television, the internet, and
newspapers, demonstrating how the quality of Canada's news and
entertainment media is steadily declining, becoming increasingly
restricted, and gradually losing its diversity. The discussion
emphasizes that living in the shadow of the United States makes the
country particularly vulnerable, but Canada still produces distinctive
and popular work that receives critical international acclaim despite
it. Exploring all things related to Canadian media content, this
argument contends that the country's people must reclaim the media from
elite interests in order to ensure its democratic future.