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The American Impact on Canadian Media

This new broadcasting system was a means of .
             providing the Canadian people with news and knowledge about their own country. Although the .
             new system was aimed at providing for the Canadian people, many Canadians enjoyed listening .
             to the American stations and they would do what they could to continue listening to what they .
             enjoyed. Canadians began to access American radio by signals that were carried freely over the .
             borders. The American stations that were accessed by Canadians posed a threat on their .
             Canadian culture. It was with the development of the CBC that Canadians had a chance to .
             inform their country on news, music and entertainment pertaining to Canadian audiences and a .
             chance to steer them away from developing American culture as their own.
             It was not too long after the introduction of the radio that television was introduced. .
             With the introduction of the television, Canadians really began to be influenced by their .
             American neighbours. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was supported by public funds .
             which allowed programming to run across the entire country and produce a proportion of Canadian material. One key action taken by the federal government was the creation of the .
             Canadian Broadcast Development Fund to be administered by Telefilm Canada. This fund was .
             intended to provide greater resources and Canadian producers so that they could provide .
             "attractive high quality programming". However, although Canadians enjoyed knowledge .
             about their country, Canadian programming could not compete with what America had to offer.
             With American television having such a profound impact of Canadian culture, it was not .
             long before a television policy was introduced in 1949. This television policy was a royal .
             commission that was later referred to as the Massey Commission. The chair of the Massey .
             Commission was Vincent Massey and his main focus was to investigate the shape of television .


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1. Americanization of Canada

Canadian's eat American fast food, watch American produced movies, drive American cars and read American magazines. This total immersion in an alternate culture has had a devastating impact on Canadian sovereignty - one evident offshoot of Americanization. By removing cultural diversity and replacing it with a watered down substitute - popular media, Canada is losing its national pride. ... Canada sleeps under a blanket of ignorance, using media and entertainment as a shield to forget the actions of their government - as long as it's in their best interest. ... Canadians are extr...

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2. Cameras in the Courtroom

Some claim that the media would distort the whole process having a devastating impact on jury, however, if certain protocols are followed there would be no conflicts concerning cameras in the courtroom. ... Since many Canadians watch American media, the public finds it hard to differentiate the American and Canadian legal system. ... The only problem this presented was, Canadians were again confused between American and Canadian law. ... As long as certain guidelines are followed, similarly demonstrated by the Americans, this should not create any conflict within the Canadian Justice System. ....

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3. Canada and Globalization

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5. body image and the media

This shift toward a thinner ideal was first documented by Garner and associates (1980) where they found a significant decrease in the body measurements and weights of Playboy centrefolds and Miss America Pageant contestants from 1959 to 1978. ... This tendency to self-compare is another possible factor that makes women vulnerable to the negative impact of media exposure. ... Effects of Media Exposure It has often been assumed that the frequent exposure to images of slenderness portrayed in the media have a universally negative impact on the body satisfaction of young girls and women26-29...

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6. Gun Control

Informed law enforcement officers in Canada, as in the United States, view the "impact of restricting the availability of firearms is more likely to impact on those violent incidents that would not have happened had a weapon been at hand"(152). ... Moreover, Canadians are exposed to American television (both entertainment and news programming) and, Canadians and Americans read many of the same books and magazines. As a result of this, the Canadian public has adopted "much of the American culture" . ... They also noted that the "American murder rates for handguns are...

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7. Canada's Foreign Policy

Brian Mulroney would be elected in 1984, and would remain in power for almost a decade, until 1993, and during his time, he would have a majority government to make an impact on the international stage. ... Because it is hard to make an impact on the international stage, because it is harder to get thing accomplished because you have to do wheeling and bargaining with the other parties (Swats, 556). ... This was again another big change to the Americans because it was a major irritant to the Americans because it was a barrier to them investing their foreign dollars in to Canada's econom...

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8. Canadian Foreign Policy

Brian Mulroney would be elected in 1984, and would remain in power for almost a decade, until 1993, and during his time, he would have a majority government to make an impact on the international stage. ... Because it is hard to make an impact on the international stage, because it is harder to get thing accomplished because you have to do wheeling and bargaining with the other parties (Swats, 556). ... This was again another big change to the Americans because it was a major irritant to the Americans because it was a barrier to them investing their foreign dollars in to Canada's econom...

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  • Approx Pages: 18
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9. Violence In The Media

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