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New Publication by the Canadian Journal of Communication - Democratizing Communication Policy in the Americas: Why It Matters
The Canadian Journal of Communication has published a special issue titled Democratizing Communication Policy in the Americas: Why It Matters, V36 #1/2011.
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A vision for transformational global communication that heals inside and out
The movement building skills and ability of the Occupy Wall Street Protesters have been a ray of hope for people around the globe. This movement is building in every major city in America, and the mainstream media outlets are finally mentioning the protests.
Big Brother comes of age
Not to be outdone by their neighbours to the south, Canada is now a late entry to the Big Brother Awards.
Internet and social media a tool of the affluent
According a recent report from the University of California, the internet, and social media in particular, is dominated by the rich and educated.
So who are these monocled media masters? These bourgeois bloggers?
The Dutch have done it again
From the people who brought you legal marijuana, freaky sex clubs and pickled herring comes the craziest thing yet.
Of course, I’m talking about the net neutrality law that just passed through Dutch parliament.
This means war?
The Pentagon announced recently in its first formal cyber strategy that cyber attacks constitute an act of war — and could merit a traditional military response.
Never mind the problem of attributing cyber attacks to a single, definitive source; even if the perpetrators can be traced to a specific co
US Senate debates reforms to Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Senator Patrick Leahy, author of the original 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act, has proposed several amendments to the ECPA in order to “keep pace with new technologies and new threats to our security”.
Korean Progressive Network issues statement to the Human Rights Council
The Korean Progressive Network JINBONET, which has received special consultative status for the seventeenth session of the UN Human Rights Council, has issued a call for the council to examine the issue of human rights and ICTs in South Korea.
United States goes for the high score
According to the Justice Department, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court — the oversight body established to approve or deny surveillance requests in the United States — “approved 100% of such requests”:http://arstechnica.com/
Wikileaks has competition
Want the Wikileaks without the Julian Assange?
Well the Wall Street Journal has the answer. It recently introduced SafeHouse, an online drop box for whistleblowers to release documents anonymously.
And they are not alone.
