This thesis examines the role of broadcasting in Canada with regard to developing and maintaining a national identity in the face of United States influence via the media. The subject is examined within the theoretical framework provided by the science of cybernetics and the Laws of Thermodynamics. A historical overview of Canadian broadcasting policy and institutions is provided. The work of the various royal commissions and other investigatory bodies is analyzed. The most important contemporary institutions, the CRTC, the CBC and the federal Department of Communications, are situated within the context. The effects of the most recent technologies, cable television, satellites, Pay-TV and VCRs are examined. Canadian broadcasting is also viewed in the context of the 1989 Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement and the New World Information and Communication Order. Our conclusion suggests that the future of Canada's identity depends primarily on the quality of domestic broadcasting. Finally, we suggest that Canadians and Europeans, who are facing some comparable problems in a united Europe, can learn from each others's experiences.

The consumption of media and television has changed dramatically over the past few years. Proliferation of content and devices means that viewers are no longer bound by traditional linear broadcasting and are making extensive use of time shifted content on their own terms. As a result there has been an in depth focus on the new forms of media consumption. The main objective of this research was to examine the consumer choice of devices to consume time-shifted content, more specifically video-on-demand content. This was examined from a consumer behaviour perspective to determine the choices that viewers make regarding which devices to use; together with an analysis of contextual situations. The research design was of a descriptive nature and ordinal quantitative data were collected through an electronic survey. 188 respondents who had access and made active use of video-on-demand platforms within a pay-tv operator completed the survey. Results revealed moderate statistical relationships for some of the individual values that had been identified from consumer behaviour theory. Descriptively, relationships were noted for certain devices and the widespread consumption of others The research concluded with recommendations for the management of the broadcasting industry based on the findings, as well as direction for further research opportunities. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2013. / zkgibs2014 / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / MBA / Unrestricted

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論文(哲學碩士)--香港中文大學硏究院社會學學部,1994. / 參考文獻: leaf 225 / 麥偉文. / Chapter 第一章： --- 觀眾與解碼研究 ´ؤ´ؤ文獻回顧 --- p.1 / Chapter 第二章： --- 硏究計劃與分組標準簡介 --- p.18 / 硏究計劃 --- p.18 / 「深入訪問」的討論範圍和 具體問題 --- p.21 / 分組標準 --- p.24 / Chapter 第三章： --- 論域位置等因素與解碼 ´ؤ´ؤ初步簡介 --- p.33 / 類型差別與分歧解碼： 「政治參與人仕」及「政治疏離 人仕」´ؤ´ؤ --- p.39 / 組別分歧與差異解碼： 「組織人」及其他三組人仕´ؤ´ؤ --- p.43 / 組別分歧與差異解碼： 「政治犬儒主義者」及 其他三組人仕´ؤ´ؤ --- p.46 / 社會背景與解碼？ --- p.47 / 小結 --- p.54 / Chapter 第四章： --- 論域位置等因素與解碼 ´ؤ´ؤ兩種類型的差異 --- p.57 / 論域位置：社會行動的效用 --- p.59 / 論域位置：政治冷感 --- p.64 / 論域位置：政治無力感 --- p.68 / 行動取向：投票選舉 --- p.72 / 訊息渠道 --- p.79 / Chapter 甲、 --- 論域位置等因素與 解碼-有闘本港内 部政治、社會事務的 節目訊息 --- p.85 / 解碼：嘈都冇用 --- p.85 / 解碼：直選意義重大 --- p.91 / 解碼：投票率不理想 --- p.96 / Chapter 乙、 --- 論域位置等因素與 解碼´ؤ´ؤ有關中港兩 地事務的節目訊息 --- p.102 / 解碼：中方參與 --- p.102 / 解碼：中港關係 --- p.109 / Chapter 丙、 --- 論域位置等因素與 解碼´ؤ´ؤ解碼過程 當中的「認和性」問 題 --- p.115 / 解碼：某些組織是否 「民主派」 --- p.115 / 解碼：備忘錄與聯合 聲明同樣重要 --- p.121 / Chapter 第五章： --- 論域位置等因素與解碼 ´ؤ´ؤ四個組別的差異 --- p.126 / Chapter 甲、 --- 組織人和其他三組的差異 --- p.127 / 甲.一、批判傳媒與解碼 節目製作 --- p.127 / 論域位置：批判傳媒 --- p.127 / 解碼：節目製作---大事 選取及次序编排 --- p.135 / 解碼：節目製作-全面 如實的報導 --- p.140 / 甲.二、人道主義與解碼 與船民問題 --- p.145 / 論域位置：人道主義 --- p.145 / 解碼：越南船民 --- p.151 / 甲.三、論域位置與解碼 ´ؤ´ؤ闘於支聯會的 節目訊息 --- p.162 / 論域位置：組織人有關 民主、政治、組 織、社會行動 的理解 --- p.162 / 解碼：支聯會激進 --- p.164 / 解碼：支聯會不利 中港關係 --- p.168 / Chapter 乙、 --- 政治犬儒主義者和其他 三組的差異 --- p.171 / 論域位置：政治犬儒主義 --- p.172 / 論域位置：信任民主 --- p.176 / 論域位置：親民主派 --- p.180 / 解碼：評價港同盟 --- p.185 / 解碼：港同盟是「民主派」 --- p.190 / 解碼：港同盟上港督府 --- p.194 / 解碼：評價支聯會 --- p.198 / Chapter 第六章： --- 觀眾與解碼´ؤ´ؤ一個 初步分析 --- p.203 / 觀眾不單是「觀眾」 --- p.203 / 差異解碼´ؤ´ؤ論域位置等 因素與解碼 --- p.209 / 節目的主導意識型態 --- p.214 / 結語 --- p.221 / 參考書目 --- p.225

Hong Jiachun. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-108). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- The Spring Festival --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- The Spring Festival Gala --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- The Spring Festival Gala as a media event --- p.3 / Chapter 1.4 --- Approaches to media events --- p.5 / Chapter 1.5 --- The approach in present study --- p.7 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1 --- Studies on media events --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2 --- Studies on the Spring Festival Gala --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3 --- "Studies on gratification, festivity, and national integration" --- p.19 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Research Question --- p.25 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Methodology --- p.29 / Chapter 4.1 --- Village of West Port (Fu Xi) --- p.28 / Chapter 4.2 --- Sampling methods --- p.30 / Chapter 4.3 --- Interview --- p.32 / Chapter 4.4 --- Diary --- p.33 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Social Use of the Gala --- p.36 / Chapter 5.1 --- Environmental use of the Gala --- p.37 / Chapter 5.2 --- Regulative use of the Gala --- p.44 / Chapter 5.3 --- Conclusion --- p.53 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- The Gala as Televised Festivity --- p.57 / Chapter 6.1 --- Four stages of Spring Festival celebration --- p.57 / Chapter 6.2 --- Material ingredients of festivity --- p.62 / Chapter 6.3 --- Spiritual ingredients of festivity --- p.68 / Chapter 6.4 --- Conclusion --- p.73 / Chapter Chapter 7 --- The Gala as National Integration --- p.76 / Chapter 7.1 --- National integration of the televised festival --- p.77 / Chapter 7.2 --- National integration of the pre-televised festival --- p.86 / Chapter Chapter 8 --- Conclusion --- p.94 / References --- p.102

通過對香港電視明星在中國內地的跨境粉絲文化研究，我分別和粉絲研究、香港研究對話，並力圖勾連二者。我的「學者粉」位置、九年的民族志經驗、對四十三個粉絲的以面對面為主的深度採訪構成了本文的方法論。文化消費研究應該從經濟交易做起，再擴展到更廣義的社會文化領域。在本案例中，最突出的粉絲實踐是「追星」，粉絲通過這種社會實踐探索和試驗了新型社會關係──粉絲與「粉都對象」、粉絲與粉絲之間的關係。其中，消費模式、學習模式、（同性）情欲模式和粉絲友誼模式是本案例最主要的關係模式。我不是靜態地列出這些關係，而是動態地探測它們在粉絲敘述中被啟動或迴避的過程。我還進一步檢視了粉絲社群，用「網絡化結構」來打破鐵板一塊的社群想像，捕捉流動的組織形態。這樣以來，我更新和發展了粉絲研究中的主導理論取徑「收編抵抗模式」和「人生模式」，指出了它們的缺點，結合了彼此的優勢──既保持對權力關係的質詢，又全面展現粉絲的人生經驗，力圖描繪具有全局觀的跨境文化消費圖景。 / 在證明了粉都對粉絲來說重要之後，我調轉視角來關注粉絲文化何以對當代社會來說重要。香港研究認為流行文化正是主流文化，娛樂就是政治，這提醒了我把微觀的日常生活消費和宏觀的「香港身份」、「中港關係」問題接合起來。我追問粉絲何以對港劇（明星）情有獨鍾，喜歡的「港味」究竟是什麼？研究發現，粉絲熱愛並生產的「香港性」是一種刻進青春成長的「消費慣性」，亦是一種對「烏托邦感性」的策略性誤認，但會被輕易浮現的「中港衝突」所傷害而成為一種（暴力的）論述。也就是說，「香港性」一直都在否定的層面運作，它只是一個空洞的能指，缺乏充實、本真和周全的內容。但它不能被轻易忽視，正因為空洞，所以內容無限。「香港性」這個空洞的能指是一種飽含感情的象征符號，香港必須被理解為一種感情。本文提供的境外的、以粉絲感情來維繫的「香港性」有著新穎的「位置性」，希望能為持續爭辯的香港研究打開更多空間。 / This is a transborder cultural consumption study which focuses on the fan cultures of Hong Kong television stars in contemporary Mainland China. The methodology of this research is composed of my aca-fan position, nine-year’s ethnographic experiences, and forty-three in-depth interviews with the fans. I argue that any cultural consumption study has to begin with the examination of economic transactions and then expand to the wider social and cultural dimensions. It is found that two new types of social relations, which are the F-O (fans and the object of fandom) and the F-F (fans and fans) relations, have been constantly experimented in the processes of star-chasing fan practices. Among these relations, the consuming model, the learning model, the (homosexual) eroticizing model and the fan-friendship model are the most important four models in this case. These models are not listed statically in this paper; rather, I show the dynamic processes in which they are activated or avoided by the fans in the fan talks. Meanwhile, I contend that the structures of the fan communities should be understood in a ‘networking’ way to go beyond the monolithic imagination to envision these fluid fan formations. Therefore, the two predominated theoretical approaches in the previous fan studies, the IRP (Incorporation/Resistance Paradigm) and LP (Life Paradigm), have been re-examined. By interrogating the power relations and fully capturing the fan experiences in their life trajectories at the same time, this paper draws a cultural consumption picture with a holistic vision. / Furthermore, I endeavor to articulate the micro-politics of everyday consumption to the macro-politics of the heatedly debated issues on the Hong Kong identities and the Sino-HongKong relations. In this particular fan culture, if it is the HongKongness which is enjoyed by the fans, what is it exactly? It is found that the HongKongness could be a consumption habit which had been carved into the fans’ growth of youth, and/or a strategic misrecognition of the ‘entertainment utopia sensibilities’; when it comes to the Sino-HongKong conflicts, the HongKongness is a kind of discriminating discourse. In other words, the HongKongess is usually operated through negation in the fan talks, thus, it might be an empty signifier without any concrete, authentic and comprehensive contents. However, it cannot be easily ignored, since it is this very emptiness that could be filled with anything. HongKongness, even as an empty signifier, is an emotion-loaded symbolic sign. In this case, Hong Kong should be understood as a format of emotion. By picturing an out-of-HongKong HongKongness with its unique positionality, which is formed through the popular culture fandom, this research tries to bring with more possibilities in the Hong Kong studies. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / 周潞鷺. / Thesis (Ph.D.) Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 252-275). / Abstracts also in English. / Zhou Lulu.

Bibliography: pages 190-196. / This dissertation develops a syllabus for the study of television literacy in South African secondary schools. There are two natural divisions in the development of the thesis; the section which explores epistemological issues and the section which describes the strategic issues. The first section examines the nature of print literacy. This consists of four elements: mastering the basic language of the medium; being able to decode this language; using the medium for personal creative ends; and having the capacity for critical reflection. It is possible to talk in terms of a language of television and so this definition of literacy can be extended to television as well. There are three main areas for the study of television literacy. These are: the production techniques and effects of television; the conventional forms of the medium; and the nature of television as a mass medium. Once this has been established the dissertation explores the strategic issues of a methodology and areas of knowledge for teaching television literacy. Although there are many methodologies for the study of the mass media, the British Cultural Studies approach, together with Hall's three moments of encoding and decoding, seems to offer the methodology most suitable for teaching critical literacy. Within this theoretical framework it is possible to describe a syllabus for teaching television literacy. This syllabus involves studying the encoding and decoding of television messages within the context of the technical infrastructure of television; the internal and external relations of production, and the frameworks of knowledge which determine the form and content of television.

by Paul Siu-nam Lee. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1979. / Bibliography: leaves 98-102.

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Thesis (M.M. (Public and Development Management))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, Wits School of Governance, 2016 / This study ... explores the role of governance in facilitating community based television stations to achieve effectiveness.The case study is South Africa's most successful community TV station, Soweto TV. [Abbreviated abstract. Open document to view full version] / GR2018