{"id":2841,"date":"2018-04-11T12:21:44","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T16:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=2841"},"modified":"2025-04-29T11:13:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T15:13:53","slug":"kirsten-kozolanka","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/people\/kirsten-kozolanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirsten Kozolanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"biography\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biography<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Cross-appointed to the Communication Program and the Journalism Program of the School of Journalism and Communication<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty Associate, Institute of European and Russian Studies (EURUS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Member, Board of Management, Centre for Indigenous Research, Culture, Language and Education (CIRCLE)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"non-academic-experience\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Non-Academic Experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Assistant press secretary to a leader of a political party on Parliament Hill<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Communications advisor to a cabinet minister (Culture and Communication) at Queen\u2019s Park<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Communications manager of a public opinion research program and senior communications assistant in a strategic communications management unit for a federal government department<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Co-edited a human rights magazine, edited a student newspaper, did freelance writing, and produced communications materials for NGOs, unions and activist groups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"current-research\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the publicity state<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>government communication<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>alternative media<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>critical media literacy<b><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"sample-publications\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sample Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><i>Publicity and the Canadian State: Critical Communication Perspectives<\/i>, Kirsten Kozolanka, ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press,&nbsp;<i>forthcoming.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn Whose Interest? Government Communication and Public Accountability\u201d in<i>&nbsp;Publicity and the Canadian State: Critical Communication Perspectives<\/i>, Kirsten Kozolanka, ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press,<i>forthcoming.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCommunicating Strategically in Government\u201d in&nbsp;<i>Handbook of Strategic Communication<\/i>. Ansgar Zerfass and Derina Holtzhausen, eds. London and New York: Routledge. 2013.<i>&nbsp;<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i>Alternative Media in Canada<\/i>. Kirsten Kozolanka, Patricia Mazepa &amp; David Skinner, eds. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c\u2019Buyer\u2019 Beware: Pushing the Boundaries of Marketing Communications in Government\u201d in&nbsp;<i>Political Marketing in Canada<\/i>, Alex Marland, Thierry Giasson &amp; Jennifer Lees-Marshment, eds. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPublic Service Educational Broadcasting in Canada: Between the Market and the Alternative Margins\u201d in<i>Alternative Media in Canada.<\/i>&nbsp;Kirsten Kozolanka, Patricia Mazepa &amp; David Skinner, eds. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUnworthy Citizens, Poverty and the Media: A Case Study in Marginalized Voices, Alternative Media and Oppositional Communication\u201d in&nbsp;<i>Studies in Political Economy<\/i>, 2011. 86:55-82.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCommunication by Stealth: The New Common Sense in Government Communication\u201d in&nbsp;<i>How Ottawa Spends 2009-2010: Economic Upheaval and Political Dysfunction<\/i>, Allan Maslove, ed. Montreal-Kingston: McGill-Queen\u2019s University Press, 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Politics of Media Literacy and the Struggle for Democratic Citizenship and Media: Lessons from Ontario, Canada\u201d in&nbsp;<i>Information and Media Literacy: Criticism, History and Policy<\/i>, Marcus Leaning, ed. Santa Rosa, CA: Informing Science Press, 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i>The Power of Persuasion: The Politics of the New Right in Ontario.<\/i>&nbsp;Montreal: (Black Rose Press, 2007).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guest editor,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.policyalternatives.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/uploads\/publications\/National_Office_Pubs\/2007\/osos_media_literacy_toc_intro.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>Our Schools\/Our Selves<\/i><\/a>. Issue theme: Media Education and Educating the Media, Fall 2007 (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b><i>Additional Activities<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Board of Directors, Canadian Communication Association, 2011-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-chair, Canadian Communication Association annual conference, Congress 09, Carleton University, 2009<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founder and director, Canadian Alternative Media Archive (<i>project in development<\/i>)&nbsp;(Carleton Institutional Grant, 2009; SSHRC Insight Development grant, 2011)&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternativearchive.org\/\">http:\/\/www.alternativearchive.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Member, Advisory Board,&nbsp;<i>Our Schools\/Our Selves<\/i>&nbsp;(Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"selected-courses-taught\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Selected Courses Taught<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>COMM 2301\u00a0Persuasion and Public Life<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>COMM 3409\u00a0Alternative Media<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>COMM 4307\u00a0Political Communication and the Publicity State\u00a0<i>(new title as of 2015)<\/i><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JOUR 5500\u00a0Journalism and Society II<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>JOUR 5909\u00a0MJ Thesis Proposal Seminar (Direct-Entry Students)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2842,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Kirsten","cu_people_last_name":"Kozolanka","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[90],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-2841","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-professor-emeritus-distinguished"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Professor Emerita,  School of Journalism and Communication","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"kobra@wen.net","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/2841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/2841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=2841"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=2841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}