Communications
Alternative labels
Mass communication
Communications media
Communications policy
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Creativity in an age of constraint
The John Bonython Lecture is the annual gala event for the Centre for Independent Studies. Award winning American author and opinion writer, Lionel Shriver, delivered this year’s lecture. She eviscerated the modern-day obsession with identity politics, political correctness and the hypersensitivities of the #MeToo movement that are threatening creativity.
Policy report
Regulation of online platforms: what can we learn from 150 years of telecoms regulation?
How to address competition concerns associated with online platforms has become a pressing policy question around the world. This paper outlines some general principles for a new regulatory framework.
Report
Digital Democracy Project: Research memo #5 - Fact-checking, blackface and the media
This is the fifth report from the Digital Democracy Project, a partnership between the Public Policy Forum and the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University. This report explores Canadian's opinions on the importance of fact-checking news stories and discusses how information concerning the Justin Trudeau’s blackface controversy was shared online.
Report
Digital Democracy Project: Research memo #4 - Talking Past Each Other on Immigration
This is the fourth report from the Digital Democracy Project, a partnership between the Public Policy Forum and the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University. This report explores how Canadians perceive immigration and which media sources they obtain their information on immigration from.
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Digital Democracy Project: Research memo #3 - Polarization and its Discontents
This is the third report from the Digital Democracy Project, a partnership between the Public Policy Forum and the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University. This report explores the level of polarization in Canada across different media platforms.