The government’s framing of environmentalists as ‘radicals’ owes much to Republican pollster and strategist Frank Lutz.
Donald Gutstein
Adjunct Professor, School of Communication, SFU; Co-Director, NewsWatch Canada; author.
Donald Gutstein is an adjunct professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. He is co-director of NewsWatch Canada, a media-monitoring project at SFU. His most recent book is Not A Conspiracy Theory: How Business Propaganda Hijacks Democracy (Key Porter 2009).
Gutstein has taught in the School of Communication since 1980, teaching documentary research, news media analysis, Canadian journalism studies, information policy, and propaganda analysis. His other books are e.con: How the Internet Undermines Democracy, The New Landlords, and Vancouver Ltd. His articles appear on The Georgia Straight, The Tyee, and Straight Goods.
His website is donaldgutstein.com. Gutstein lives in Burnaby, B.C.
Gutstein has taught in the School of Communication since 1980, teaching documentary research, news media analysis, Canadian journalism studies, information policy, and propaganda analysis. His other books are e.con: How the Internet Undermines Democracy, The New Landlords, and Vancouver Ltd. His articles appear on The Georgia Straight, The Tyee, and Straight Goods.
His website is donaldgutstein.com. Gutstein lives in Burnaby, B.C.
The Harper-Santorum Axis
By Donald Gutstein,
Adjunct Professor, School of Communication, SFU; Co-Director, NewsWatch Canada; author.
Ethical Oil and the Right-Wing Echo Chamber
By Donald Gutstein,
Adjunct Professor, School of Communication, SFU; Co-Director, NewsWatch Canada; author.
Establishing “ethical oil” as a component of government rhetoric illustrates the growing success of a Canadian right wing aping the tactics of the U.S. Republican noise machine.
