YorkSpace has migrated to a new version of its software. Access our Help Resources to learn how to use the refreshed site. Contact diginit@yorku.ca if you have any questions about the migration.
 

"Crazy B****": Discriminatory Language, Radio Censorship, Regulation, and Enforcement Policies in Canada

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorMacLennan, Anne
dc.creatorFoley, Rebecca Irene Marie
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-20T18:44:04Z
dc.date.available2016-09-20T18:44:04Z
dc.date.copyright2016-04-13
dc.date.issued2016-09-20
dc.date.updated2016-09-20T18:44:04Z
dc.degree.disciplineCommunication & Culture, Joint Program with Ryerson University
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractThis thesis focuses on the censorship, or lack thereof, of discriminatory language on Canadian radio stations. In addition to purely discriminatory based language, this project also investigated the ways in which race, gender, sexuality, and ability were employed in popular music. Two data sets were analysed qualitatively and quantitatively to find that private and public radio stations in Canada are more likely to censor discriminatory or explicit content than their community station counterparts. Further, discriminatory language based on gender, is not only more likely to be contained in popular music, but it is also less likely to be censored in comparison to language based on racial or sexual orientation based discrimination. The first data set included 485 songs from the Billboard Hot 100 charts between 1985 and 2015. The second data set included 2818 songs from a six-month period (May-October 2015) of the top twenty charts from 27 different radio stations in Canada, including private, public, and community stations.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/32295
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectMusic
dc.subject.keywordsRadio  
dc.subject.keywordsLanguage
dc.subject.keywordsBroadcast policy
dc.subject.keywordsDiscrimination
dc.subject.keywordsPopular music
dc.subject.keywordsCanada
dc.subject.keywordsCensorship
dc.title"Crazy B****": Discriminatory Language, Radio Censorship, Regulation, and Enforcement Policies in Canada
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Foley_Rebecca_IM_2016_Masters.pdf
Size:
4.5 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 2 of 2
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.83 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
YorkU_ETDlicense.txt
Size:
3.38 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download

Collections

Communication & Culture, Joint Program with Toronto Metropolitan University

All items in the YorkSpace institutional repository are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved except where explicitly noted.