Cette recherche s'intéresse au programme "Fonds Mémoire canadienne" du ministère du Patrimoine canadien par le biais des dossiers numériques à portée éducative mis en ligne par Les Archives de Radio-Canada/CBC Archives. Elle vise à observer (a) comment ces dossiers numériques sont employés en classe et (b) de quelle manière et dans quelle mesure l'utilisation de ce matériel a pu laisser des traces sur l'identité culturelle et la conscience historique des élèves de niveau secondaire. Les résultats de cette recherche, réalisée à Ottawa-Gatineau, à Terrebonne ainsi qu'à Montréal, démontrent que le matériel est largement méconnu en milieu scolaire. Dans les classes observées, les archives de Radio-Canada ne font pas partie des ressources pédagogiques utilisées, ce qui limite considérablement leur portée sur la conscience historique et l'identité nationale des élèves.

This thesis presents an analysis of how the Canadian commercial radio sector operates under the concurrent pressures of regulation, economics, innovation, and cultural development, in the context of emerging technologies. Specifically, it examines the most significant changes taking place in the commercial radio sector, those brought about by both tech aficionados and the dynamic nature of the technological environment. Two main theoretical postures buttress this paper: (a) The social shaping of technology helps make better sense of how individuals can affect the development and the impact of a technology; (b) Long-tail economics provides an opportunity to analyze the positioning of radio in the cultural market as well as how the explosion of cultural products and distribution platforms are combining to reconfigure the dominance of radio as a source of audio content, given the increased accessibility of digital technology and ensuing plethora of specialized audio content. Both of these models allow us to capture better the essence of the transformations currently affecting the Canadian radio industry. The methodology used to organize the presented data and analysis is that of qualitative research. Existing academic literature pertaining to radio and the digital society is reviewed, while an array of congruent and more mainstream sources are presented to provide accounts of recent and pertinent industry changes. This qualitative research is further complemented by a series of face-to-face interviews conducted with various commercial radio executives. Overall, this thesis highlights the importance for private radio broadcasters of developing more exclusive and innovative content through programming that offers various levels of audience interactivity, effective risk management, and content migration across technological platforms. Furthermore, it suggests that commercial radio broadcasters not look strictly to public policy for securing a relevant future as a medium. This thesis proposes a redefinition of the term emerging artist, and argues that Canadian content development contributions are merely symbolic unless they are accompanied by an increase in airplay for emerging Canadian artists. Finally, this thesis recommends that private radio differentiate itself as much as possible from other emerging audio technologies, such as MP3 players and Internet radio, by focusing on terrestrial radio's unique offerings: local programming, the development of host personalities, more exclusive non-musical content, product placement and exposing listeners towards new music and emerging artists. As a final observation, while the radio and technology industries appear to be concerned with identifying the next "killer" application that will upset the domination of one technology over others, we are missing an opportunity to reflect on deeper questions of identity. Technology, in how we use it and shape it, points to revealing movements in our cultural and social growth. Keywords: terrestrial commercial radio, policy, music exhibition, emerging technologies, emerging artists, content portability, long-tail economics, mobility, social shaping of technology, advertising.

The growing popularity of massively populated online virtual environments raises questions about the nature of the human experience within these environments and offers new opportunities to explore existing concepts such as presence and place. The central research question addressed by this thesis is whether sense of place is a potential influence on the sense of presence in Second Life. In tackling this issue two sub-questions are posed: (1) Do users of Second Life experience a sense of place when engaging with this medium and if so how is it manifest? and (2) What is the nature of the relationship between sense of place and sense of presence? The findings of an empirical analysis of the contents of naturally occurring conversations between users in Second Life suggests that sense of place is primarily manifest through conversations relating to social interactions. In turn, these social interaction-based conversations appear to contribute to inducing an experience of presence in this virtual environment by contributing to the medium's social richness. This supports the view that that sense of place is a potential influence on the sense of presence.

The nature of citizenship has evolved considerably since ancient times. No longer content to leave participation to the few, new modes of political discourse are taking place through the use of Internet forums. Using a combination of critical discourse analysis and content analysis to examine the postings to the "Issues and Causes" forum on the Phayul.com Tibetan news site during the two-week period leading up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, this thesis investigates how global citizen identity manifests itself online when the cause is state-building. Three key findings emerge from the study. First, the themes and values of global citizenship are present only to a very limited degree. Second, the users employed pronouns to discursively connect themselves to the Tibetan community, and disconnect themselves from outsiders. Third, the forum displayed a significant amount of "flaming" or disruptive discourse. Taken together these results suggest that in this case much of global citizenship theory does not appear to stand up to empirical scrutiny.

Cette recherche porte sur une analyse du role des applications mobiles audio de l'iPhone dans le remodelage de la radio traditionnelle. Notre demarche investigue sur les recents progres en matiere de technologies mobiles de meme que les nouvelles pratiques vers lesquelles les usagers de telephones intelligents s'orientent. Ces facteurs nous ont amene a reevaluer la structure de la radio traditionnelle et a analyser le brouillage des frontieres entre la radio et les applications mobiles audio. Notre question de recherche s'interesse a la valeur ajoutee que degagent les "applis " sur l'ensemble du systeme de radiodiffusion canadien. Cette these s'inscrit dans le cadre d'une recherche qualitative a partir de laquelle nous cherchons a degager le sens des discours exprimes par des usagers d'applications mobiles. La conclusion tiree de cette recherche confirme les plus-values qu'apportent les " applis " a la radio traditionnelle, notamment, une experience plus enrichissante a la decouverte et a l'ecoute de contenus audio.

Teaching English abroad, particularly in South Korea, is a popular choice for many Canadian university graduates. This research begins to examine the unique experiences of young, educated Canadians who lived and worked in this East Asian country for an extended period of time. This study is based on a qualitative approach, using semi-structured interviews with 10 Canadians in the Ottawa area who taught English in South Korea for a period of one year or longer between 2001 and 2006. The findings show that while most of those interviewed had little knowledge of South Korea before leaving, their communication with other expatriates and the local Korean population resulted in predominantly positive perceptions of both their time abroad and of the Korean culture. This thesis contributes to the field of expatriate literature, where limited attention has been devoted to teaching abroad, and adds to the field of communication by bringing into it existing literature on expatriate management. Key words: expatriate management, social support, intercultural contact, repatriation.

This thesis is an account of work on the photoionization of molecules using a beam of monochromatic light of considerably narrow band width. A mass spectrometer was used to differentiate the ions formed by photon impact, and to measure their intensity. At the beginning of the thesis, a brief account of the historical developments leading to the present work is described. A few existing methods for the determination of ionization potentials, and their advantages and limitations are pointed out. The major essential components of the instrument are itemised, and their special characteristics briefly discussed. Normal procedures and maintainance of the instrument, and simple calculations and the major sources of error are also included. Diagrams and tables are added in order to make the text easier to understand. The ionization and dissociation of six molecules were studied, namely, ammonia, nitrogen dioxide, nitromethane, nitric oxide, benzene and aniline. Their photoionization efficiency curves are interpreted, and the ionization potentials of the parent ions were determined. They are compared with the reported results from other sources, and the agreements and differences explained. A conclusion is included in the end of the thesis. The limitations of this instrument at the present stage are pointed out, and improvements are suggested. The choice of molecules for this -work is mentioned, and an outline for further work has also been included. / Science, Faculty of / Chemistry, Department of / Graduate

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A series of isomeric tricyclic [3.2.1.0²̕⁴] oct-8—[symbols omitted] derivatives have been studied by photoionization mass spectrometry and the low resolution mass spectra of the compounds obtained. The observed differences in the relative intensities in the spectra of the isomers are explained on the basis of the geometry of the tricyclic system. The major fragments of the low resolution spectra were 'mass measured' to determine their elemental composition and, from the information obtained, possible fragmentation pathways are postulated. In addition, the ionization potential of all isomers was determined by electron impact. / Science, Faculty of / Chemistry, Department of / Graduate

Despite its wide currency, the term "mass society" is distinctly ambiguous. This ambiguity raises the question of the utility of the sociological concept of mass society for explaining political phenomena, specifically, the susceptibility of democratic systems to mass politics. Part 1 of the thesis attempts a precise definition of mass society using as a basis the various views of the theorists. A critical analysis of the concept is then undertaken in Part 2. Before the model is defined, however, the historical origins of the concept are examined briefly. Its roots can be traced back to the founders of Western culture. The concept of mass runs like a thread through the history of political thought reaching its zenith in the 1930's and the post-war period. Then, it was elaborated upon by such theorists as Arendt, Fromm, Kornhauser and Selznick. Since that time it has vied with class analysis as the main explanation of the rise of totalitarianism in the West. As the concept of the mass(es) was the antecedent of the theory of mass society, it is essential to define the former clearly. The masses are the atomized non-elites in society whose members are unattached, socially unstructured and undifferentiated, and distinguished by alienation and mediocrity. Complementing this notion of the mass(es) is the concept of the elite(s). They are minorities who hold positions of authority in the central institutions and control the central value systems which guide and legitimate these institutions. A model of mass society is next outlined and is contrasted with the following societal types: feudal and pluralistic. A mass society is characterized by accessible elites and available non-elites (or masses) with no group structure mediating between the two. It is this paucity of viable primary and secondary groups in mass society that distinguishes it from either a feudal or pluralistic society. The main factors contributing to the "decline of community" in mass society are rapid industrialization, rapid urbanization, bureaucratization and the development of mass culture. In Part 2, three main criticisms are levelled at the democratic (not the aristocratic) theorists of mass society. First, their analyses are a blend of empirical and normative ingredients and not, as they claim, descriptive only. Second, the concept is too imprecise and third, it is too selective to qualify for the label "scientific." More specifically, the critique takes the following form. The elitist bias of the theorists is exposed in their discussion of the elite-mass relationship. A critical examination of the notion of atomization so crucial to the theory of mass society is next undertaken. The pluralist bias of the theorists is, then, brought to light. It is argued that in their discussion of the "decline of community" in a mass society, an idealized model of pluralistic society is implicitly postulated as the norm. Their model is idealized because only positive features of such a society are incorporated into it and because it minimizes (or even ignores) such factors as the role of power, the nature of conflict, the unorganized, economic interests, the effects of strains and the consequences of cultural diversity. What emerges most clearly from this critique of the concept of mass society are the scientific pretensions of the democratic theorists. In other words, far from being an accurate, objective description of social and political reality, as they claim, the concept resembles more of an ideology riddled with their value judgments. The theory of mass society, then, is an ideological position and not a scientific concept. / Arts, Faculty of / Political Science, Department of / Graduate