[Air-l] Book Announcement: Seeking Convergence in Policy and Practice

[Leslie Regan Shade]

Seeking Convergence in Policy and Practice: Communications in the Public 
Interest, Volume 2 

Edited by Marita Moll and Leslie Regan Shade. Ottawa: Canadian Centre for 
Policy Alternatives, 2004.

It's a post 9-11 communications world. E-mail is polluted with obnoxious spam 
and data-eating viruses. Governments are nervously trying to bring order to 
the chaos through regulation -- the very instrument that was labelled during 
the '90's as offensive to progress. The "information wants to be free" rally 
cry of early Internet libertarians has been replaced by the "information needs 
to be monitored" cry of the new surveillance society.

In this new collection, noted Canadian academics and activists explore 
critical communications issues, from meaningful citizen engagement in public 
policy debate to privacy protection in the emerging health infostructure. 
Contributors include Vincent Mosco, Queen's University, Darin Barney, McGill 
University, Ellen Balka, Simon Fraser University, and Robert Babe, Jean Monty 
Chair of Media Studies, University of Western Ontario.

412 pgs / ISBN 0-88627-386-2 / $24.95 CDN
Order form, Table of Contents, Preface, and Introduction:
https://www.policyalternatives.ca/orderforms/seekingconvergence.html

-- 
Leslie Regan Shade
Associate Professor
Communication Studies
Concordia University
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