Communication in Question Competing Perspectives on Controversial Issues in Communication Studies

Communication in Question presents accessible, engaging, and competing position papers by leading Canadian scholars, activists, journalists, and other professionals on topics and debates currently confronting the fields of communication and media studies. This ground-up Canadian text is designed to stimulate discussion and debate regarding the connection between the key issues in the discipline and the everyday life of both students and instructors. The text is organized to address a cross-section of five dominant themes: Classic Debates in Canadian Communication Studies, Media and Social Issues, Technology and Everyday Life, Culture and Regulation, and Entertainment and Popular Culture.

Josh Greenberg is an associate professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University. His research interests and areas of teaching and publication include public relations and promotional culture, emergency-risk communication, social movements and the media, and media representations of social problems.

Charlene Elliott is the Canada Research Chair in Food Marketing, Policy and Health, and an associate professor of communication at the University of Calgary. She is jointly appointed with the Faculty of Arts and Faculty of Kinesiology. She has published numerous articles pertaining to issues of communication and the body (ranging from sensorial communication and taste communication to obesity and public health), as well as food promotion and policy. Her current research focuses on food marketing to children within broader questions of taste, popular culture, health, and policy.