CANA 1F91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Tim Hortons, Private Sphere, Civic Nationalism

• School: Brock University
• Department: Canadian Studies
• Course: CANA 1F91
• Professor: Maureen Connolly

Document Summary

Tim hortons & branded nationalism: where commercial culture and civic culture meet . Ability to link concepts from week to week will be on the exam. Banal nationalism will be on the exam. Tim hortons acts as a version of the public sphere. People are given the opportunity to discuss and negotiate matters of public interest. Private sphere you don"t have that, it is the private life things that go on behind closed doors. Official government (courts, police, the army) linked with the private sphere make up the public sphere (venn diagram) The government forms the private opinions while the public sphere mediates these opinions and rules. The public sphere is where we form our opinions of who we are, collectively. One of the major ways of participating in the public sphere is through the media. The government is exactly like the media, they want the biggest audience possible.