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June 2004: The Indymedia Phenomenon
The revolution won’t be televised, but it might be uploaded Wih the rise of “networked” society, we have seen the emergence of democratic social movements…
Canada’s newspapers get failing grade for coverage of new prescription drugs
It’s hard to miss the explosion of media stories regarding miraculous new pharmaceuticals. But given that medicine can both help and harm, how reliable is…
Drugs in the News
How Well Do Canadian Newspapers Report the Good, the Bad and the Ugly of New Prescription Drugs? Download 574.86 KB42 pages Attachments A Journalist’s Guide…
Newspapers highlight benefits of new drugs, ignore risks
(Vancouver) The information Canadians get on new prescription drugs from a major and trusted source of information—daily newspapers—is incomplete and may promote unrealistic expectations about…
Our Schools/Our Selves: Summer 2002
Seeking Social Justice through Media Literacy The media-literate student should “be able to make conscious critical assessments of the media, to maintain a critical distance…
E-Commerce vs. E-Commons
Communications in the Public Interest Download 1.65 MB228 pages From privacy issues to intellectual property, from universal access to union activism, the essays contained in…
Checks and balances
Why the Calgary Herald Strike matters Canadians who care about democratic diversity in their daily newspapers should support the striking journalists at the Calgary Herald.…
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