Anik 1 and Isolation: Television in the Lives of Canadian Eskimos
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Gary 0. Coldevin
Journal of Communications, vol. 27, no. 4, December 1977, pp. 145-153
Description
Discussion of a case study done in Frobisher Bay, NWT (now Iqaluit, Nunavut) that centers on the variables of: availability, exposure patterns, preferences in programming and language, knowledge of Canadian facts, perceptions and attitudes towards dominant information sources, leisure activities, and socioeconomic aspirations.
Journal of Communication, vol. 27, no. 4, December 1977, pp. 159-165
Description
Assessment of the success of a program delivered by satellite which involved physicians, teachers, nurses, engineers, government officials, rural and urban residents and school children.
Journal of Communication, vol. 27, no. 4, December 1977, pp. 166-172
Description
Satellite delivered TV programming for education aimed at children in remote areas of Alaska, Appalachia and Rocky Mountains states; focus of programs was basic oral language development and health.
Journal of Communication, vol. 27, no. 4, December 1977, pp. 120-129
Description
Study assessed the impact of technology (specifically telephone service), both positive and negative, on the daily life and traditional ways of the Inuit.
European Journal of American Culture, vol. 31, no. 3, Native Americans in Europe in the Twentieth Century, October 18, 2012, pp. 219-230
Description
Focuses on the specific influences James Fenimore Cooper had on Polish writers. Uses writings by Henryk Sienkiewicz and adaptations of Leatherstocking Tales as examples.
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 3, no. 4, Winter, 1977-1978, pp. 321-333
Description
An analysis of Mitchell F Jayne's 1970 novel about an Osage man and how this story reflects the American idealism about the lessons the Indigenous community can teach white society.
Journal of Reading, vol. 20, no. 7, April 1977, pp. 595-600
Description
Lists ten types of bias: omission, defamation, disparagement, cumulative implication, lack of validity, inertia, obliteration, disembodiment, and lack of concreteness, and provides examples of prejudicial textbooks in each category.
Journal of Communication, vol. 27, no. 4, December 1977, pp. 130-139
Description
Discusses the role CBC radio played in addressing the need for relevant and timely local, national and international information, entertainment and broadcasts in the native language.
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 46, no. 2, Special Issue: Finding Common Ground, Spring, 2012, pp. 263-297
Description
Article compares areas of ethnography, film review, oral history and the writing of J. Edward Chamberlin to analyze the film, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen by Igloolik Isuma.
Journal of Communication, vol. 27, no. 4, December 1977, pp. 140-144
Description
Reviews the results of a CBC survey conducted in 1973 on respondents who resided in Frobisher Bay, NWT (now Iqaluit, Nunavut) and Fort Chimo (now Kuujjuaq), Quebec.
Information, Communication & Society, vol. 15, no. 7, Working with Communities: Community Partnership Research in Information Technology, Management and S, 2012, pp. 1016-1036
Description
Looks at how each research partnership is unique with its own processes and solutions to issues.
European Journal of American Culture, vol. 31, no. 3, Native Americans In Europe in the Twentieth Century, October 18, 2012, pp. 187-203
Description
Looks at Buffalo Bills "Wild West" show which travelled across England, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Holland and Belgium between 1886 and 1906.