Media Divides: Communication Rights and the Right to Communicate in Canada

Raboy, Marc

ISBN 10: 0774817755 / ISBN 13: 9780774817752

Published by UBC Press, 2011

About this Item

Media Divides offers the first comprehensive, up-to-date account of the democratic deficits in Canada's communications law and policy. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 635. . 2011. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Media Divides: Communication Rights and the Right to Communicate in Canada
• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0774817755
• ISBN 13: 9780774817752
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Canada is at a critical juncture in the evolution of its communications policy. Will our information and communications technologies continue in a market-oriented, neoliberal direction, or will they preserve and strengthen broader democratic values? Media Divides offers a comprehensive, up-to-date audit of communications law and policy. Using the concept of communications rights as a framework for analysis, leading scholars not only reveal the nation’s democratic deficits in five key domains – media, access, the Internet, privacy, and copyright – they also formulate recommendations, including the establishment of a Canadian right to communicate, for the future.

About the Author

Marc Raboy is professor and Beaverbrook Chair in Ethics, Media and Communications in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at McGill University. Jeremy Shtern is a Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC) postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Communication and Design at Ryerson University.