http://aarongervais.com Website for composer Aaron Gervais Wed, 09 May 2012 13:22:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://aarongervais.com/academic/anti-elitism-versus-anti-intellectualism-what-the-cbc-is-doing-right-andwrong/ http://aarongervais.com/academic/anti-elitism-versus-anti-intellectualism-what-the-cbc-is-doing-right-andwrong/#comments Sat, 17 May 2008 07:51:33 +0000 Aaron Gervais http://aarongervais.com/wp/?p=636 This is a dis­cus­sion of the pro­gram­ming changes that CBC Radio adopted between 2007 and 2008. It looks at the unin­tended influ­ence of the soci­etal trend toward anti-intellectualism in the CBC’s pro­gram­ming deci­sions. I begin by exam­ing the motives for the CBC’s changes, and why they might have adopted the atti­tudes that they did. I then explore the con­fu­sion between anti-elitism and anti-intellectualism, dis­cuss the prob­lems that these have caused for the CBC, and sug­gest an alter­na­tive approach.

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