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COMS 644 - Media Policy - Fall Semester 2010

COMS 644 - Media Policy

Fall Semester 2010
Wednesday 1:15-4:00

Professor Leslie Regan Shade

lshade@alcor.concordia.ca

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:

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