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Challenges
Facts
Critical Thinking
Advantages
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Challenges that include lack of access to broadcasting signals in first nations communities are known as....
What is digital divide / digital challenges Depending on the audience's location and resources, there's no way of knowing who is watching the network or who has access to it. - pg. 55
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What kind of programs does APTN feature?
Aboriginal affairs and news, cooking and craft shows, documentaries, and children's programs pg. 51
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How is globalization and localization utilized by the APTN?
"The combination of traditional storytelling and mainstream genres creates a new hybrid experience, negotiating new territories of cultural expression" pg. 56-57 (The media mixed with their cultural tradition of storytelling benefits their viewers, extends out to more audiences, not just their first nations viewers) -- integrates them into the mainstream culture and broadcast
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What is an advantage to the APTN?
Opens up an opportunity for more education and understanding of first nations culture, first nations lives, and indigenous communities -pg. 52
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What is social disintegration and cultural hybridization?
"By the non-indigenous culture and their social values being broadcasted, and using technology to do so, it took away from the value of their culture while they were assimilating with the culture of the south, causing cultural hybridization and social disintegration" - pg. 48
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What are some of the key features of APTN?
Multilingual programming -- meaning that they broadcast in multiple languages (English, French, various Aboriginal languages) Programs were produced in at least 7 aboriginal languages pg. 51
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In what ways is APTN unique?
"It's a unique network because of the combination of alternative programming and mainstream broadcasting styles in a blend that does not exist anywhere else" pg. 57 - it fits in, but it also integrates its own culture
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What are some of the issues that having the APTN and other first nations programs solve?
-- Opportunities for education and knowledge -- Self-Representation: First nations peoples can represent themselves and their concerns, they can address misrepresentation, stereotypes, etc. -- No longer restricted by geography or technology -- Identity building
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What would some solutions for APTN producers be in a competitive and expensive production industry?
"Collaboration between first nation producers, public broadcasters, and organizations (such as national film board of Canada) to pool resources -- technical, financial, and creative resources" pg. 54
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What year did the APTN begin?
APTN was launched in 1999, and became widely available shortly after. pg. 51
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How does globalization play a role in the production of the APTN?
"The network's adaptation of popular genres ... reveals the need to produce globally appealing products which can be traded and sold in the international television market" pg. 56
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In what ways is having the APTN beneficial to both indigenous and non-indigenous communities?
--Showcases & encourages diversity -- Fosters cross-cultural bridges through the exposure of indigenous issues in culture -- Television, being visual and oral, is a new way for first nations people to tell their stories --> innovative ways to continue traditions and to adapt to them -- first nations people can connect to other indigenous groups throughout the world -pg. 52
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In what way does creating a program that benefits the masses (both mainstream audiences and global distribution) affect first nations producers?
It has to have the benefit of entertainment as well as sensationalist appear, but also document and record first nations' way of life. - pg. 53 -- it takes away from the original culture by having to level-up and appeal to the mainstream. -- it has to appeal to the mainstream market (to get funding) while also portraying / integrating their cultural elements.
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Why is the APTN a good advocate for innovative and positive change?
Because the APTN is the first aboriginal television network in the world - pg. 52 The media is a powerful tool to help first nations people heal and bring understanding of their stories To tell their stories
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Why would this be an important article to read in regards to lecture material?
-- History: We're covering the history of media in class, beginning with newspaper, then radio, then television -- The article focuses on broadcasting, and so is the lecture material -- The article covers when the APTN first came about -- finally seeing aboriginal people have a voice in mass media, not quite yet in society but making footprint -- Crucial because -- goes along with beginning of radio and television and native people having a say
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What are five pivotal points that are highlighted in the Northern Broadcasting Policy?
1- 5 pg. 50