Media power takes on new dimensions as we move into an “always on” digital mediascape, where questions loom concerning not just the media that citizens will consume, but also the digital environment they will consume it in. At this pivotal time the Internet is...
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by Steve AndersonModeled after EarthDay, MDD is a decentralized event that occurs in several different cities. In
the past few years the media democracy movement in Canada has been
rather subdued, quietly doing...
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Several major media mergers are threatening to make the Canadian media scene an even more concentrated affair. A few examples: CTVglobemedia has inhaled CHUM (with Rogers taking the spoils), Alliance Atlantis is on the brink of becoming a part of CanWest and Quebecor Media is...
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Almost
all private Canadian television stations are owned by national media
conglomerates and, because of increasing cross-ownership, most of the
daily newspapers we read are owned by the same corporations that...
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Public broadcasting everywhere is in crisis, and in part it’s because technology seems to be turning pubcasters into dinosaurs. In fact, not just them, but all broadcasters. Consider the business leaders: NBC formally declared itself an “Internet company”...
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Google has agreed to purchase the extremely popular video sharing site Youtube.com, for $1.65 billion in stock. Google Video has 10 percent of the online video market, according to Hitwise, which monitors Web traffic. YouTube has a 46 percent share.
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Large corporations own many of the most popular participatory media websites on the Internet. We’re talking about spaces that could end up becoming one of the most important tools to reinvigorate our democracy. What makes us so willing to trust corporations with online...
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"Video: Take a look at this short video detailing how America defeated itself in Iraq — by believing its own spin. Based on the book The Best War Ever from the non-profit Center for Media & Democracy. "
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Truemors
Media Democracy Rejuvenation Day Coming Soon