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DESCRIPTION:Media@Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ is organizing a book launch to celebrate two\nrele
 ases: Media Divides: Communication Rights and the Right\nto Communicate in
  Canada\, and Digital\nSolidarities\, Communication Policy and Multi-stake
 holder Global\nGovernance: The Legacy of the World Summit on the Informati
 on\nSociety.\nThe book launch will be held on Thursday\, 2 December\,\nfro
 m 7 to 8:30 pm in Room W220\, in the Department of Art\nHistory and Commun
 ication Studies\, Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾\, Arts\nBuilding\, 853 Sherbrooke Stre
 et West\, Montreal.\nMedia\nDivides (Vancouver: UBC Press\, 2010) is writt
 en and edited by\nMedia@Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ Director Marc Raboy and Jeremy Shtern\, pos
 tdoctoral fellow\nat Ryerson University\, with contributions by \nWilliam 
 J. McIver Jr.\, Laura J. Murray\,\nSeán Ó Siochrú\, and\nLeslie Regan\nSha
 de. The book presents an overview of the democratic deficits\nin Canada's 
 media and communications policy and formulates\nrecommendations for the fu
 ture.\n\nDigital Solidarities (New York: Peter Lang\, 2010) is written by
 \nMarc Raboy\,\nÂ鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ doctoral student \nNormand Landry and Jeremy\nShter
 n. The book examines the actors\, structures and themes\nthat shaped the 2
 003-2005 World\nSummit on the Information Society (WSIS)\, with a particul
 ar\nfocus on the role played by civil society. The book investigates\nhow 
 civil society self-organization has continued post-WSIS through\nthe forma
 tion of the UN-sponsored Internet Governance Forum (IGF)\nand other policy
 making venues\, and reflects on what the WSIS\nexperience reveals about th
 e challenges and opportunities embedded\nin the notion of multi-stakeholde
 r governance and its implications\nfor understanding global communication.
 \nTo learn more about both books\, order them\, and view a read-only\nPDF 
 of Digital Solidarities\, please clink on link\nbelow.\n
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LOCATION:Arts Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0G5\, 853 rue Sherbrooke 
 Ouest
SUMMARY:Double book launch: Media Divides and Digital Solidarities
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 nd-digital-solidarities-169671
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