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      Spin Doctors: How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the Covid-19 Pandemic

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      As Canada was in the grips of the worst pandemic in a century, Canadian media struggled to tell the story. Newsrooms, already run on threadbare budgets, struggled to make broader connections that could allow their audience to better understand what was really happening, and why. Politicians and publ...

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      Product ID:9781773634876
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Spin Doctors
      Subtitle:How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the Covid-19 Pandemic
      Authors:Author: Nora Loreto
      Page Count:368
      Subjects:Media studies, Media studies, Political structure and processes, Central / national / federal government policies, Science funding and policy, Political structure & processes, Central government policies, Science funding & policy
      Description:As Canada was in the grips of the worst pandemic in a century, Canadian media struggled to tell the story. Newsrooms, already run on threadbare budgets, struggled to make broader connections that could allow their audience to better understand what was really happening, and why. Politicians and public health officials were mostly given the benefit of the doubt that what they said was true and that they acted in good faith. This book documents each month of the first year of the pandemic and examines the issues that emerged, from racialized workers to residential care to policing. It demonstrates how politicians and uncritical media shaped the popular understanding of these issues and helped to justify the maintenance of a status quo that created the worst ravages of the crisis. Spin Doctors argues alternative ways in which Canadians should understand the big themes of the crisis and create the necessary knowledge to demand large-scale change.
      Imprint Name:Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
      Publisher Name:Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2022-01-04

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      Weight570 g
      Dimensions153 × 228 × 23 mm