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Yu, Sherry & Ahadi, Daniel. (2010). Civic engagement through ethnic media. International Communication Association (ICA) Annual Conference. Singapore, 22-26 June, 2010.
Murray, Catherine. (2009). Not another solitude: Third language media matter. Notes for an Address to Language Matters: Policy Research Seminar on Language Acquisition and Newcomer Integration for Metropolis, Panel on Heritage Languages, Integration and Globalization. Ottawa, Canada, October 22, 2009
Ahadi, Daniel & Yu, Sherry. (2009). Tracing politics in ethnic media: Coverage of the 2008 Canadian federal election in Korean, Iranian and English Press in Canada. Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA) Annual Conference. Ottawa, Canada, 27-29 May 2009.
Yu, Sherry & Ahadi, Daniel. (2009). Assessment of Multicultural Communicative Civic Spaces: The 2008 Canadian Federal Election in Vancouver’s Ethnic Media. Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference. Ottawa, Canada, 26-28 May 2009.
Yu, Sherry & Ahadi, Daniel. (2009). From multicultural to intercultural: Assessment of communicative civic spaces. The Eleventh National Metropolis Conference 2009. Calgary, Canada, 19-22 March 2009. (Panel Organizers).
June 4 - 6, 2008
Urban Mediascapes and Multicultural Flows: Vancouver's Communication Infrastructure
Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, University of British Colombia.
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Daniel Ahadi
PhD Candidate
School of Communication, Simon Fraser University -
Catherine Murray
Professor
School of Communication, Simon Fraser University - Media are critical for the construction of a functioning public infrastructure. This paper explores and adapts a "communication infrastructure model" in mapping the flow and meaning of so-called "ethnic" media in Vancouver. A communication infrastructure consists of media outlets which create and disseminate everyday conversations and stories to any given community within a specific geographical region. Access to a supportive communication infrastructure is crucial for the individual citizen or family to build their sense of orientation and belonging (Matei, Ball-Rokeach, Wilson, Gibbs, and Hoyt, 2000). Without the existence of a sustainable communication infrastructure, communities within the urban area cannot form and function. Presenting an empirical study which both maps and analyses media contents available to four language groups to local Vancouver citizens, this paper asks how well the media provide resources to construct "inclusion in the global city" (Saskia Sassen, address to the Union of Democratic Communications, Nov 2, 2007). A set of recommendations is made to expand the politics of inclusion and recognition of shared citizenship, belonging and civic engagement in Vancouver's mediascape.
- Conference Website: http://www.cpsa-acsp.ca/
June 4 - 6, 2008
Cultural Diversity and Media Diversity: Challenges and Prospects
Annual Conference of the Canadian Communication Association, University of British Colombia.
- Sherry Yu
Ph.D Candidate
School of Communication, Simon Fraser University - Daniel Ahadi
Ph.D Candidate
School of Communication, Simon Fraser University - SFU’s Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Media in B.C. Study was designed to map the third language media sources available in B.C., provide a content analysis of the news items in B.C.’s top three third languages (Chinese, Punjabi, and Korean), and conduct interviews with key stakeholders in the sector in order to develop recommendations on infrastructure, market, and policy development. The study finds 144 Vancouver-based news media outlets of 22 languages. This number is significantly higher than what has been known by the national media directories such as CARD, CCN Mathews Green Book, and Ethnic Media & Markets. The content analysis further suggests that B.C.’s ethnic media construct a trans-local sense of belonging by reporting homebound news from the country of origin far more than national news. This paper discusses what the consequence of the vacuum in the national and provincial civic space may mean to sharing hyphenated-Canadian citizenship, and how policy could help construct a balanced information feed structure.
- Conference Website: http://www.acc-cca.ca/
Feb. 13, 2008
News Release from the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. Read the story here...
January 15, 2008
The minority report: What are we reading in B.C.?
Find another story about the BC Ethnic Media Study in The Source's new year special edition. Read the story here...
Nov. 28, 2007 - 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby campus - President’s Boardroom - Strand Hall 3171
Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Media in BC
- Please join us at Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby campus on Wednesday, Nov. 28 for an informal press conference on the challenges and opportunities facing BC’s ethnic media outlets.
- Catherine Murray, a researcher in SFU’s Centre for Policy Studies on Culture and Communities, and PhD students Sherry Yu and Daniel Ahadi will present the results of their new study, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Media in BC, and make recommendations about how to improve intercultural understanding and citizenship in BC’s multicultural communities. Download information here...
November 27, 2007
Study advocates media bridges to cross linguistic and racial divides
- A new Simon Fraser University study commends BC’s thriving multicultural media for helping immigrants adapt to Canadian society, but recommends stronger connections between ethnic news services in order to improve intercultural understanding and collective citizenship. Download more information here...
Sing Tao (Cantonese)
www.singtao.ca/van/2007-11-29/1196334653d667900.html
Korea Daily (Korean)
www.joongang.ca/bbs/board.php?bo_table=T1005&wr_id=9429
Vancouver Chosun (Korean)
vanchosun.com/home/news/newsdesc.php?scatid=1&sqno=26074&countryid=CANADA
vanchosun.com/home/news/newsdesc.php?scatid=1&sqno=26253&countryid=CANADA