MDSA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Npr, Universal Postal Union, Pbs
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7 th e fo rm a tio n o f p u b lic p o lic y. Overview of today: thinking about technology, technology and western society, media convergence, the internet and digitalization. Introduction: 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, some important distinctions to keep in mind: Policy as a set of guiding ideas and practices. Canada and the canada council: challenges to enacting policy: fiscal, technological and philosophical. To prevent the circulation of illegal materials. To protect national cultural industries, etc: communications policy is a by-product of global contact between peoples, companies and governments. International telecommunications union: a united nations agency that coordinates standards and regulations for international information and communication technologies. Begin with the invention of the printing press. Early copyright laws were only nation in scope (foreign works not protected)
