Canadian Cultural Nationalism in the Time of Digital Platforms
Reframing Proposed Amendments to the Broadcasting Act
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14784344 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 81-102 |
| Publication date | 2023-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canadian Journal of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0705-3657 • E-ISSN: 1499-6642 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/cjc.2022-0006 |
| OpenAlex | W4318018842 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 20 |
Background: Last amended in 1991, the Broadcasting Act has recently been the object of legislative reform projects with the aim of incorporating online broadcasting into the existing legislative and regulatory framework and expanding the diversity representation mandate of the Canadian broadcasting system. Analysis: The article analyzes proposed amendments to the Broadcasting Act iterated in the third and final version of Bill C-10 (2021) and in the current version of Bill C-11 (2022) and develops a critical analysis of their implications vis-à-vis discursive constructions of Canadian cultural nationalism and the model of cultural citizenship that it fosters. Conclusion and implications: Proposed amendments recuperate the cultural nationalist logic that underscores Canadian cultural policy’s efforts to secure cultural sovereignty. In the legislative reform project, this logic manifests through the continued economization of cultural production in the digital era and the perpetuation of a settler colonial vision of cultural citizenship that remains skewed by ethnolinguistic hierarchies
Broadcasting (networking · Citizenship · Cognitive reframing · Cultural policy · Legislature · Mandate · Media studies · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sovereignty · Canadian Identity and History · Computer Science · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Law · Political Systems and Governance · Public Administration
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |