Media and Public Opinion
Canadians get much of their information about the political system through the media, giving the media an important agenda-setting role. Since media companies filter out information about certain political views and activities as well as disseminating them, it is important for political scientists to scrutinize what the media are saying and to try to determine what the public opinion really is.In this section of the Canadian Politics site, you will be able to connect to a range of media, journalism, and public opinion sites.
CANADIAN MEDIA SITES
Alberta Report is a weekly news magazine.
ATV
is a TV broadcaster from Halifax, Nova Scotia.
BCTV in Vancouver has a site: TVforBC
CANOE - the Canadian News OnLine Explorer provides access
to two very useful sites: 24-Hour News and
their Money News Online.
The
Calgary Herald covers the news from Calgary, Alberta.
The CBC
has several useful sites, including a general News Site and sites
specific toNewsworld and CBC
Radio. Visit the French-language SRC, too. Streaming audio
broadcasts are available from CBC Radio, and you can watch the video
reports that appear on CBC Newsworld with the RealPlayer
plug-in installed on your computer. The best way to catch up on regional news across Canada is to watch the most recent evening's
local CBC TV news broadcasts available in Real Video:
CityTV is a TV broadcaster
in Toronto.
CTV News 1
- The CTV cable news channel provides live Internet video of its round-the-clock
broadcast coverage. You will need the RealPlayer
plug-in installed on your computer.
The Daily
Gleaner - from Fredericton, New Brunswick
The Daily News
- Halifax newspaper
The Edmonton
Journal - newspaper
The
Globe & Mail - a nationally distributed newspaper from Toronto
Halifax
Herald publishes two newspapers from Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The Hill Times
provides weekly news on politics and Parliament.
ITV - TV
broadcasts from Edmonton.
The
Leader-Post publishes in Regina.
Maclean's
magazine is a Toronto-based magazine publishing topical and political news
across Canada.
The Montreal
Gazette - the main English-language paper in Quebec
The National Post
- Canada's newest national newspaper
NTV
is a TV broadcaster from St. John's, Newfoundland
The Nunatsiaq News
Home Page! is a weekly paper covering events in the Eastern Arctic.
Ottawa
Citizen newspaper
QuebecNews.com
- translations of news stories from Quebec newspapers
Southam's News
Cafe provides links to the many newspapers that Southam owns, as well as
to their main news stories.
The Telegram
- from St. John's, Newfoundland
The Toronto
Star - a Toronto-based newspaper
The Vancouver
Sun and The
Province are two papers published by Pacific Press in Vancouver.
VTV
provides video of their news broadcasts from Vancouver.
The Winnipeg
Free Press the main newspaper in Manitoba.
The
Yukon News posts its top stories for issues going back to 1996.
JOURNALISM AND MEDIA WATCH RESOURCES
The CRTC
is the federal government agency that oversees broadcasting in Canada.
NewsWatch Canada
gives a critical view of Canada's media coverage and lists the top stories that
have gone un- or under-reported.
For information on journalism programs,
connect to this site's education resources.
OPINION POLL RESULTS
The Library of Parliament has published an interesting research paper on Public
Opinion Polling in Canada.
Ipsos Reid Poll
Centre
for the Study of Democracy - Queen's University contains a searchable archive
of opinion poll results from Decima, Environics, and CROP. Please note that access
to these databases is limited.
Compas Inc. publishes its most
recent poll on-line and has the results of more polls in its archive.
Ekos Research Associates Inc.
Environics
Research Group has its recent public opinion poll results available.
Le
Groupe Leger & Leger Inc. (in French)
Pollara
(Insight Polls)