Critical Mass

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Critical Mass

Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 03:52:29 GMT
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Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 11:45:06 -0400 (EDT)
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"The web page of communications issues"

Critical Mass is a Communications-related e-magazine created by six CMNS
students at Simon Fraser University. 

[First Issue Table of Contents]

Features 
  Cold and Flu Season Strikes The Valley of Silicon 
    The complexity of language is revealed in miniature by the software bug. 
    By Gordon Gow. 
  Television: Check Your Brain at the Door 
    An investigation into the shortcomings of commercial television - Does TV 
    really have to be so bad? By Shawn Rafuse 
  The Worship of Technology and Universal Access 
    The political economy of fibre optic networks. By Mat X. 
  A Brief Introduction to Canadian Film 
    File under "Foreign." By Pam Murray. 
  Competition, Canadian Culture, and the Net: Does the CRTC Have it Right? 
    A critical look at the CRTC's recent report on "Competition and Culture 
    on Canada's Information Highway." By Michelle Karren 
Regulars 
  Resources 
    We've researched a number of internet sites that contain information on 
    topics relating to Communications studies. 
  Theorist of the month 
    A biography and summary of the work of Marshall McLuhan , by Pam Murray. 
  Corporate / Institutional Profile 
    A detailed look at Canadian media corporations and institutions. This 
    month, Erin Willis looks at the Canadian Broadcasting Corportation
    (CBC), and Shawn Rafuse discusses the role of the Canadian Radio-
    Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). 
  In the News 
    An overview of recent developments in the Canadian media and technology 
    industries, by Michelle Karren. 
  Historical Perspective 
    Some background on the social and cultural impacts that modern 
    communication technologies have facilitated. Anthony Hempell 
    describes the invention and implementation of the telegraph . 
  Reviews 
    This section is devoted to reviewing recent and not-so recent media that 
    give the reader a broader perspective of communication studies. This 
    month, we review Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky's book Manufacturing 
    Consent, Theodore Rozak's The Cult of Information, Cliff Stoll's
    Silicon Snake Oil, and the William Gibson film Johnny Mnemonic. 

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