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A lot of AI discourse masks the fact that it is the result of a series of policy choices. Despite the government evoking Margaret Thatcher’s infamous “there is no alternative,” we do have a choice. And we should be serious about what that choice is.
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Robert Hackett
Robert Hackett is a CCPA Research Associate, co-founder of Media Democracy Days in 2001, and co-author of Remaking Media: The Struggle to Democratize Public Communication (2006) and Journalism and Climate Crisis: Public Engagement, Media Alternatives (2017).
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Five books to understand… Media democracy
In this new Monitor feature we invite a prominent Canadian to provide a reading list for better understanding a pressing topic.
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The Oil Blotter: Postmedia & Big Oil’s symbiosis
With some notable exceptions, like the Globe and Mail’s feature on the enormous cost of remediating Alberta’s abandoned oil wells, Canada’s corporate press hasn’t paid…
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MichaelVadon / Wikimedia Commons” style=”border-radius:0px;–objectFit:cover;–imagePosX:50%;–imagePosY:50%” />The US election results: Brief thoughts on the unthinkable
Having watched the US electoral horror show unfolding over several months, I’m trying to stand back from the emotional impact of the outcome, to think…
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War Radio and the Militarization of Canadian Culture
“The deformed human mind is the ultimate doomsday weapon.” I was reminded of this chilling warning from the late British historian E.P. Thompson, while listening…
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Harper Strategists Working From US Republicans’ Playbook
As someone who studies political communication, I am struck by the success, if not the ethics, of the Harper Conservatives’ political marketing strategies. Branding and…
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