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The Canadian Communication Tradition: 4-7 June 2013, University of Victoria, British Columbia

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InMedia, (November 2013)

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In his book, Canadian Communication Thought, Robert Babe argues for the recognition of a distinctly Canadian paradigm of communication studies. Grounding his observations in the scholarship of ``ten foundational thinkers''–particularly Dallas Smythe, Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan–Babe describes `Canadian Communication Thought' as being inherently dialectical, critical, holistic, ontological, oriented towards political economy, and concerned with mediation,...

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