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Book SynopsisBringing together contemporary Canadian analysis by scholars in a number of fields, this collection will be a welcome new resource for academics, public relations and policy professionals, and government communicators at all levels.
Table of ContentsIntroduction Communicating for Hegemony: The Making of the Publicity State - Kirsten Kozolanka (Carleton University) Part 1. Political Communication Journalism, Corporate Media, and Democracy in the Digital Era - Frederick J. Fletcher (York University) In Whose Interest? Government Communication and Public Accountability? - Kirsten Kozolanka Publics without Politics: Surplus Publicity as Depoliticization - Darin Barney (McGill University) Part 2. Publicity and the State The War on Ideas: From Hayek to Harper - Donald Gutstein (Simon Fraser University) The Politics of Public Opinion - Paul Nesbitt-Larking (Huron University College, University of Western Ontario) Taming the Untamable? Constraints and Limits on Government Advertising - Jonathan Rose (Queen's University) Political Funding Regimes and Political Communication in Canada - Robert MacDermid (York University) Domestic Brand Politics and the Modern Publicity State - Richard Nimijean (Carleton University) Managing Information: Too Much Publicity, Not Enough Public Disclosure - Ken Rubin (Access to Information Advocate) and Kirsten Kozolanka Tracing and Tracking Canadian Privacy Discourse: The Audience as Community - Leslie Regan Shade (University of Toronto) and Tamara Shepherd (Concordia University) Part 3. Beyond the Publicity State The Permanent Campaign On-line: Platforms, Actors and Issue-Objects - Greg Elmer (Ryerson University), Ganaele Langois (University of Ontario Institute of Technology), and Fenwick McKelvey (Ryerson University) The Role of Social Movements and Interest Groups - Miriam Smith (York University) Reality Check: The Counter-Publicity of Alternative Media - Herbert Pimlott (Wilfrid Laurier University) Publicity State or Democratic Media? Strategies for Change - Kathleen A. Cross (Simon Fraser University), Robert A. Hackett (Simon Fraser University), and Steve Anderson (Openmedia.ca) References
