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Being a blog by Leslie Regan Shade
COMS 644 - Media Policy
Fall Semester 2010
Wednesday 1:15-4:00
Professor Leslie Regan Shade
Communication and media policy – the principles and procedures of action that govern the multifarious uses of communication resources – is an increasingly important site of deliberation and contestation as digital technologies become a necessary ingredient in our everyday lives as we traverse our various and interrelated roles as consumers, students, workers, family members, and citizens.
This course will provide students with a critical look at the evolving debates and issues surrounding media and communication policy, primarily in Canada, but also touching upon international arenas. It will also provide students with examples – academic and activist – in communicating policy to a broader public.
Other objectives for the course include an enquiry into:
I participated in the first International School on Digital Transformation, sponsored by the University of Texas-Austin and the University of Porto. A stimulating, energizing and dynamic environment, I met many new colleagues and renewed other collegial ties. It was held in beautiful Porto at the Reitoria:
