Lorna Roth
Biographic Data
| ID | 3697739 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lorna Roth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lorna |
| FAMILY NAME | Roth |
| SIGNATURE | ROTH L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Concordia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Co-movement revisited
This viewpoint introduces a long-view assessment of communications developments in northern Canada through a conversation between the authors. Discussing how communications and cultural development practices in Canada’s north (north of 60 degrees of latitude) have changed in the last four decades, we advocate relationship-building and co-movement in the development of communities’ cultural persistence
No longer ‘the other
Canada has played a leadership role in the development of multiculturalism and its use in ethnic and minority television broadcasting as an integrative tool for cultural and racial constituency groups. Canada has mainly opted to emphasize private ethnic broadcasting as the means by which to integrate minorities, along with the support of the public broadcasters’ progressive initiatives. After historically differentiating and framing ethnic/multic…
Looking at Shirley, the Ultimate Norm
Until recently, due to a light-skin bias embedded in colour film stock emulsions and digital camera design, the rendering of non-Caucasian skin tones was highly deficient and required the development of compensatory practices and technology improvements to redress its shortcomings. Using the emblematic “Shirley” norm reference card as a central metaphor reflecting the changing state of race relations/aesthetics, this essay analytically traces the…
Home on the Range
This essay focuses on Binney and Smith's creation and marketing of Crayola fleshtone art products from the late 1950s until the mid-1990s, analyzing the company's shifting nomenclature--from 'flesh' to 'peach' to its multicultural collection. After reflecting on the significance of Crayola's color adjustment for children's sociocultural and aesthetic development and for teacher's pedagogical repertoires around diversity issues, I introduce an ori…
In Memory of Gail Guthrie Valaskakis 1939–2007
Founded in 1974, the Canadian Journal of Communication (CJC) aims to publish Canadian research and scholarship in the field of communication studies. The purview of the journal is the entire field of communication studies as practiced in Canada or with relevance to Canada
Something New in the Air
Bypassing of Borders and Building of Bridges
This article conceptually frames First Peoples television development in Canada into historical periods divided on the basis of distinct cultural representational practices, improved technological infrastructures and corresponding expansions of target audiences. After characterizing each period, the focus turns to the most current phase - the licensing and launching of a new channel with mandatory carriage by cable operators - the Aboriginal Peop…
The Delicate Acts of “Colour Balancing”
As a symbolic demonstration of the Government of Canada’s attitude toward minorities’ communication rights, the Multiculturalism Act (1988) and the Broadcasting Policy Reflecting Canada’s Linguistic and Cultural Diversity (1985) are paradigms of state intervention which encourage the public production, programming, and protection of certain forms of ethnicity. After critically outlining the content and historical struggle around these two policie…
Mohawk Airwaves and Cultural Challenges
This paper closely examines the phone-in community radio service of Kahnawake as it emerged and evolved during and after the Kanehsatake and Kahnawake/governments' confrontation in the summer of 1990. Reflecting on an incident in which a community group in LaSalle attempted to appropriate the Kahnawake airwaves for their own political ends, the paper raises questions about constituency-group control, ownership, and cross-cultural sharing of First…
Bypassing of Borders and Building of Bridges
This article conceptually frames First Peoples television development in Canada into historical periods divided on the basis of distinct cultural representational practices, improved technological infrastructures and corresponding expansions of target audiences. After characterizing each period, the focus turns to the most current phase - the licensing and launching of a new channel with mandatory carriage by cable operators - the Aboriginal Peop…
No longer ‘the other
Canada has played a leadership role in the development of multiculturalism and its use in ethnic and minority television broadcasting as an integrative tool for cultural and racial constituency groups. Canada has mainly opted to emphasize private ethnic broadcasting as the means by which to integrate minorities, along with the support of the public broadcasters’ progressive initiatives. After historically differentiating and framing ethnic/multic…
Mohawk Airwaves and Cultural Challenges
This paper closely examines the phone-in community radio service of Kahnawake as it emerged and evolved during and after the Kanehsatake and Kahnawake/governments' confrontation in the summer of 1990. Reflecting on an incident in which a community group in LaSalle attempted to appropriate the Kahnawake airwaves for their own political ends, the paper raises questions about constituency-group control, ownership, and cross-cultural sharing of First…
The Delicate Acts of “Colour Balancing”
As a symbolic demonstration of the Government of Canada’s attitude toward minorities’ communication rights, the Multiculturalism Act (1988) and the Broadcasting Policy Reflecting Canada’s Linguistic and Cultural Diversity (1985) are paradigms of state intervention which encourage the public production, programming, and protection of certain forms of ethnicity. After critically outlining the content and historical struggle around these two policie…
Bypassing of Borders and Building of Bridges
This article conceptually frames First Peoples television development in Canada into historical periods divided on the basis of distinct cultural representational practices, improved technological infrastructures and corresponding expansions of target audiences. After characterizing each period, the focus turns to the most current phase - the licensing and launching of a new channel with mandatory carriage by cable operators - the Aboriginal Peop…
In Memory of Gail Guthrie Valaskakis 1939–2007
Founded in 1974, the Canadian Journal of Communication (CJC) aims to publish Canadian research and scholarship in the field of communication studies. The purview of the journal is the entire field of communication studies as practiced in Canada or with relevance to Canada
Something New in the Air
Looking at Shirley, the Ultimate Norm
Until recently, due to a light-skin bias embedded in colour film stock emulsions and digital camera design, the rendering of non-Caucasian skin tones was highly deficient and required the development of compensatory practices and technology improvements to redress its shortcomings. Using the emblematic “Shirley” norm reference card as a central metaphor reflecting the changing state of race relations/aesthetics, this essay analytically traces the…
Home on the Range
This essay focuses on Binney and Smith's creation and marketing of Crayola fleshtone art products from the late 1950s until the mid-1990s, analyzing the company's shifting nomenclature--from 'flesh' to 'peach' to its multicultural collection. After reflecting on the significance of Crayola's color adjustment for children's sociocultural and aesthetic development and for teacher's pedagogical repertoires around diversity issues, I introduce an ori…
No longer ‘the other
Canada has played a leadership role in the development of multiculturalism and its use in ethnic and minority television broadcasting as an integrative tool for cultural and racial constituency groups. Canada has mainly opted to emphasize private ethnic broadcasting as the means by which to integrate minorities, along with the support of the public broadcasters’ progressive initiatives. After historically differentiating and framing ethnic/multic…
Co-movement revisited
This viewpoint introduces a long-view assessment of communications developments in northern Canada through a conversation between the authors. Discussing how communications and cultural development practices in Canada’s north (north of 60 degrees of latitude) have changed in the last four decades, we advocate relationship-building and co-movement in the development of communities’ cultural persistence
Sociology (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Broadcasting (networking (3 works) · Cultural diversity (3 works) · Diversity (politics (3 works) · Engineering (3 works)