News and Nationality in Canada, 1890-1930

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Author/collaborator
Title
News and Nationality in Canada, 1890-1930
Abstract
An analysis of patterns in national news coverage in seventeen Canadian newspapers between 1890 and 1930, including the Montreal Star and The Gazette. Based on an examination of 6,800 articles, the author concludes that national news presented an image of the nation that focussed heavily and consistently on federal politics and government in Ottawa-the-"state" part of the nation-state and on the province of Ontario. The proportion of coverage devoted to Quebec steadily declined after 1900, while the volume of news about Western Canada increased. Beyond this, newspapers in different areas of the country printed a varying mix of national news (as did French- and English-language newspapers in Quebec), so that the image of the nation differed depending on one's vantage point. Coverage also varied along rural-urban lines, with smaller localities depicted mainly as places where crime and accidents took place.
Publication
Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d'études canadiennes
Volume
Vol. 43
Issue
no. 3
Pages
30-68
Date
Fall 2009
Language
en
Citation
Allen, Gene. “News and Nationality in Canada, 1890-1930.” Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d’études canadiennes Vol. 43, no. 3 (Fall 2009): 30–68.
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