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- Title
Island Time: The Media Logic and Ritual of Ferry Commuting on Gabriola Island, BC.
- Authors
Hodson, Jaigris; Vannini, Phillip
- Abstract
Drawing upon ethnographic data collected among residents of Gabriola Island, British Columbia, this article analyzes the meanings associated with the movement of the MV Quinsam--the primary means of transportation onto and off the island--and with the ritual of ferry commuting. By focusing on the logic of the ferry as a medium of communication and on the ritualistic aspects of commuting and by combining a symbolic interactionist perspective with the media theory of Harold Innis, the authors reflect on how the Gabriola Island ferry shapes islanders' sense of time and thus experiences of lived culture.
- Subjects
GABRIOLA Island (B.C.); BRITISH Columbia; ISLAND people; INTERPERSONAL communication; SYMBOLIC interactionism; FERRIES; COMMUTING; INNIS, Harold Adams, 1894-1952; INFORMATION theory; SOCIAL aspects of time; SCHEDULING; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Communication, 2007, Vol 32, Issue 2, p261
- ISSN
0705-3657
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22230/cjc.2007v32n2a1910