Media Divides

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 nations 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.