CMN 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Technological Convergence, Canadian Content, Neoliberalism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 1160
• Professor: Daniel Pare

Document Summary

Convergence caused a breakdown in communication policies. Trying to strike the right balance between public and private interests. Royal commissions: 1929; air commission, 1936; broadcasting act, 1951; massey l vesque commission, 1954; fowler commission, 1981/2; applebaum-h bert commission. Convergence: doing away with distinction between content in carriage. Royal commissions: 1929; air commission, 1936; broadcasting act, 1951; massey l vesque commission, 1954; fowler commission. ^^force us to rethink how we use technologies to benefit welfare of the people. Trade with us, cultural goods canada doesn"t have a lot of recourse in question of. Canadian goods held back= american goods held back in retaliation. Wto; no such thing as cultural goods. ^^there are some agreements, but no law concerning this. Over the top (ott); netflix provides a service= problems with crtc. Content and carriage have merged but they are still treated separately. Industry canada; canadian heritage << develop policies.