THE COVERAGE OF FEDERAL ELECTIONS ON TV AND RADIO

ERIN Research has conducted six major studies of fairness and balance in the coverage of Federal Election Campaigns (1993, 1997, 2000, 2003 and 2006) and fairness in the coverage of the Québec Referendum (1995), on six English and French television and radio networks. CBC/Radio-Canada. More Info >

YOUNG CANADIANS IN A WIRED WORLD

In 2005, ERIN Research conducted the Young Canadians in a Wired World survey (YCWW) for the Media Awareness Network (MNet). YCWW is the most comprehensive and wide-ranging survey of Internet use among young people in Canada. Building on the 2001 baseline and extending the sophistication of the analysis, the study by ERIN looks at online behaviours, attitudes, and opinions of more than 5,200 children and youth from Grades 4 to 11, in both official languages. These latest findings outline current trends and provide recommendations with respect to Internet usage by Canadian youth, MNet, 2005. More Info >

SOCIAL AND CULTURAL IMPACT OF CANADIAN DOCUMENTARIES

The NFB and its partners commissioned ERIN Research to establish the first-ever framework for measuring social and cultural impact of Canadian documentaries. As a basis for developing this innovative measurement strategy, ERIN Research produced case studies of seven outstanding made-in-Canada documentaries and reviewed the literature to produce a multi-pronged approach for measuring social impact of documentaries. The report was produced in both official languages and presented at Hot Docs, Toronto 2005. It included an annotated bibliography of seminal resources, 2005. More Info >

FAIRNESS AND BALANCE IN THE COVERAGE OF FEDERAL ELECTIONS ON TV AND RADIO

ERIN Research has conducted five major studies of fairness and balance in the coverage of Federal Election Campaigns (1993, 1997, 2000 and 2003) and fairness in the coverage of the Québec Referendum (1995), on six English and French television and radio networks. CBC/Radio-Canada. More Info >

USE OF MUSIC BY CANADIAN TELEVISION NETWORKS

ERIN's rigorous analysis of the music content on 19 French and English television networks was used to establish a definitive basis for the payment of music royalties in Canada, 2003. More Info >

KIDS’ TAKE ON MEDIA

The Canadian Teachers' Federation selected ERIN Research to design and conduct far-reaching study of children's media use. Kids’ Take on Media surveyed more than 5,700 students, ages 8 to 15, in both French and English language schools, and in every Canadian province and territory. The ERIN Research study gives new insight into kids’ media use and presents their perspectives, 2003. More Info >

THE GLOBAL MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT

ERIN Research conducted the most comprehensive studies ever mounted on the portrayal of gender, diversity and social roles in mass media. The two ERIN studies involved 70 countries and every major continent of the globe. See Downloads for the report, Who Makes the News? and The Global Media Monitoring Guide. More Info >