AHSS*1060 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission, Universal Postal Union, Telefilm Canada
Mass Communication - AHSS 1060
Chapter 7: The Formation of Public Policy
-Communications policy is established by international regulatory bodies and
national and regional governments to ensure that media serve not only their
owners and content creators, but individual citizens and society.
-developed by gov’ts in committee (subject to usual parliamentary procedures) or
by public agencies (CRTC).
-Researched through public hearings, task forces, and parliamentary committees
-Recommendations have resulted in the establishment of the NFB, CBC, CRTC,
Telefilm Canada, and the Canada Council.
-Challenges to enacting policy: fiscal, technological, and philosophical
Back to the Future
-The purposes of national communications security:
1. To protect national security
2. To prevent the circulation of illegal materials
3. To protect financial data, etc.
-Communications policy is a by-product of global contact between ppl,
companies, and gov’ts
-Examples of early international communications agreements: General Postal
Union, 1874; International Telegraph Convention, 1865; Berlin Radio Convention,
1906
-Recognition of intellectual property
➔Began with the invention of the printing press
➔Early copyright laws were only national in scope (foreign works not
protected)
➔Berne Convention (1886) was the first international agreement
-Preventing media imperialism
➔UNESCO is a forum for discussion of communications issues.
➔WTO is a forum for discussion of economic issues.
The Canadian Public in Public Policy Formation
-The formation of communication policy is a balancing act between individual and
collective needs, and between universal principles and national and regional
exigencies.
-Challenges to public policy formation in Canada: Diversity of voices, Influence of
the US
The Aird Commission, 1929
-First public consultation of its kind
-Recommended that a national and publicly owned broadcasting network be
find more resources at oneclass.com
find more resources at oneclass.com
Document Summary
Researched through public hearings, task forces, and parliamentary committees. Recommendations have resulted in the establishment of the nfb, cbc, crtc, Challenges to enacting policy: fiscal, technological, and philosophical. The purposes of national communications security: to protect national security, to prevent the circulation of illegal materials, to protect financial data, etc. Communications policy is a by-product of global contact between ppl, companies, and gov"ts. Examples of early international communications agreements: general postal. Union, 1874; international telegraph convention, 1865; berlin radio convention, Began with the invention of the printing press. Early copyright laws were only national in scope (foreign works not protected) Berne convention (1886) was the first international agreement. Unesco is a forum for discussion of communications issues. Wto is a forum for discussion of economic issues. The formation of communication policy is a balancing act between individual and collective needs, and between universal principles and national and regional exigencies.
