113 research outputs found
C. Wright Mills: A Political Writer and his Fan Mail
No full textAbstract: This paper examines the "fan mail" received by C. Wright Mills from his readership to better understand the reasons for Mills' popularity as a public intellectual in the 1950s. The paper documents Mills' strategic use of magazines and penny press publishers, his deployment of vernacular stylistic forms to express political issues, and the responses of these fans. These writerly readers not only lauded Mills' efforts but offered their constructive criticism and personal testimony, which Mills sometimes incorporated back into his speeches and articles. Many letter writers assisted in the circulation of Mills' texts within other informal networks, thus shedding light on the political conjuncture of the 1950s. The paper also attends to the methodological and epistemological challenge of using such letters, typically used to study responses to popular cultural texts, for the study of intellectual history.
Résumé: Cet article se penche sur le courrier des « admirateurs » de C. Wright Mills afin de mieux comprendre les raisons de la popularité du sociologue américain en tant qu'intellectuel engagé durant les années 1950. On y documente l'utilisation stratégique par Mills des magazines et des journaux populaires, du langage vernaculaire pour aborder des questions politiques, ainsi que les réactions des lecteurs à ses interventions. Ceux-ci félicitaient l'auteur pour ses efforts de vulgarisation; ils lui offraient également commentaires constructifs et témoignages que Mills incorporait à l'occasion dans ses conférences et ses articles. Plusieurs de ces épistoliers ont aussi fait circuler les textes du sociologue dans leurs réseaux informels, contribution éclairante à la compréhension de la conjoncture politique des années 1950. Cet article s'attache enfin au défi méthodologique et épistémologique posé par l'utilisation de ce type de documents, typiquement employés pour analyser les réactions à des textes de culture populaire, pour étudier l'histoire du monde intellectuel
Le retour des idéogrammes - Unicode CJC vu du Japon
No full text@article{rn-Lucas-2002, author = {Lucas, Nadine}, title = {Le retour des idéogrammes - Unicode CJC vu du Japon}, journal = {Document numérique}, year = {2002}, volume = {6}, number = {3-4}, pages = {183-210} }National audienc
The Department of Communications Under the Free Trade Regime
No full textAbstract:
In this analysis of the FTA, the emerging "information economy'' and their
impact on the Department of Communications, the author argues that the
FTA has institutionalized Canada's dependency on U.S. culture and
information products. In so doing, the author shows how the FTA and
related federal government activities directly contradict mandated
Department policy.
Résumé:
Dans cette analyse de l'ALE et son effet sur le Ministère des Communications, l'auteur soutient que l'ALE a institutionalisé la dépendence culturelle du Canada vis-à-vis les Etats-Unis en matière de produits d'information. Il est aussi demontré que certaines dispositions de l'ALE et d'autres activités du gouvernment fédéral dans le domaine de la communication contredisent directement les politiques du Ministère
Cardiovascular outcomes in Nova Scotia during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic
No full textBackground
This study sought to determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic response to healthcare delivery on outcomes in patients with cardiovascular disease.
Methods
This is a population-based cohort study performed in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada (population 979,499), between the pre-COVID (March 1, 2017-March 16, 2020) and in-COVID (March 17, 2020-December 31, 2020) periods. Adult patients (age ≥ 18 years) with new-onset or existing cardiovascular disease were included for comparison between periods. The main outcome measures included the following: cardiovascular emergency department visits or hospitalizations, mortality, and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Results
In the first month of the in-COVID period, emergency department visits (n = 51,750) for cardiac symptoms decreased by 20.8% (95% confidence interval [CI] 14.0%-27.0%, P < 0.001). Cardiovascular hospitalizations (n = 20,609) declined by 48.1% (95% CI 40.4% to 54.9%, P < 0.001). The in-hospital mortality rate increased in patients with cardiovascular admissions in secondary care institutions by 55.1% (95% CI 10.1%-118%, P = 0.013). A decline of 20.4%-44.0% occurred in cardiovascular surgical/interventional procedures. The number of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (n = 5528) increased from a monthly mean of 115 ± 15 to 136 ± 14, beginning in May 2020. Mortality for ambulatory patients awaiting cardiac intervention (n = 14,083) increased from 0.16% (n = 12,501) to 2.49% (n = 361) in the in-COVID period (P < 0.0001).
Conclusions
This study demonstrates increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality during restrictions maintained during the COVID-19 period, in an area with a low burden of COVID-19. As the healthcare system recovers or enters subsequent waves of COVID-19, these findings should inform communication to the public regarding cardiovascular symptoms, and policy for delivery of cardiovascular care
U.S.-Turk-Greek Junta Forced Cyprus Radio-TV Into Iago-Style Lying
No full text (On a leave of absence as Deputy Head of Television Programs, Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, the author studied Communication and Mass Media at Atkinson College, York University i n 1975-76) </jats:p
Narratives of Schizophrenia: Constructing a Positive Identity
No full textAbstract: This paper explores how people with schizophrenia construct positive identities in the face of the negative and stigmatizing discourse of mental illness. The author regards identity not as a fixed characteristic of individuals but rather as something actively constructed and reconstructed in communicative practice. By analyzing the narratives of people diagnosed with schizophrenia, the author shows that people with schizophrenia do not simply take up the negative meanings of schizophrenia provided by cultural discourses. Instead, they use various strategies in social interaction to construct positive identities and in doing so reinforce or reshape cultural knowledge about schizophrenia. Résumé : Cet article explore comment les personnes atteintes de schizophrénie construisent des identités positives à l'encontre de discours négatifs et stigmatisants sur les maladies mentales. Pour l'auteur, l'identité n'est pas une caractéristique fixe d'un individu; elle est plutôt quelque chose de construit et de reconstruit de manière active dans la pratique de la communication. En analysant les narrations de personnes ayant reçu un diagnostic de schizophrénie, l'auteur montre que les personnes atteintes de schizophrénie ne font pas qu'accepter les significations négatives de la schizophrénie que les discours culturels transmettent. Plutôt, dans les interactions sociales, elles ont recours à des stratégies diverses pour se construire des identités positives. Ce faisant, elles renforcent et réorganisent les connaissances culturelles sur la schizophrénie
Body Language and TV
No full text (On a year's leave of absence as Deputy Head of Television Programs, Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation, the author is studying Communication and Mass Media at Atkinson College, York University,) </jats:p
Law and the Media
No full text The author prefaces her book by indicating that it is "for the media" and is designed "to make the legal system more comprehensible to them." This is a lofty objective but one that the book achieves with some measure of success. </jats:p
Andrew Martin Osler: Communication Scholar, Teacher, and Author--February 17, 1938-September 13, 1999
No full textAuthoring Literacy: From Index to Hypermedia
No full textAbstract: This article charts a thin history of cross-referencing from the classical and medieval commonplace, through print and the index, to hypermedia databases. Cultural practices of early printers are considered in relation to the category "author'' and hierarchical structures of textual organization. The challenge to these concepts posed by current uses of hypermedia and electronic writing spaces is evaluated. Résumé: Dans cet article, nous élaborons l'histoire peu développée des renvois--des registres classiques et médiévaux, en passant par l'imprimerie et l'index, jusqu'aux banques de données hypermédiatisées d'aujourd'hui. Nous considérons les pratiques culturelles des premiers imprimeurs, leur établissement d'une catégorie "auteur'' et leur rôle dans la hiérarchisation de l'organisation textuelle. Nous évaluons ensuite l'atteinte portée à ces conceptions par l'emploi actuel d'hypermédias et d'espaces d'écriture électronique
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