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    Island Time: The Media Logic and Ritual of Ferry Commuting on Gabriola Island, BC

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    Vannini, Phillip
    Hodson, Jaigris
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    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.
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    Original version licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 Canada Licence and published by Canadian Journal of Communication. Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.22230/cjc.2007v32n2a1910.
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