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What is Net Neutrality.ca?
Net Neutrality: Telecom Policy and the Public Interest
What is Net Neutrality.ca?
Net Neutrality: Telecom Policy and the Public Interest
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Stop the Big Media Takeover Campaign
June 28, 2007
Canadians for Democratic Media
Ensure a Diversity of Voices for our TVs, Radios, Newspapers, and Internet
ACT NOWMedia diversity is the cornerstone of democracy. But media ownership is more highly concentrated in Canada than almost anywhere else in the industrialized world. 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 own television and radio stations.
This means a handful of Big Media Conglomerates control what Canadians can most readily see, hear and read. It means less local and regional content, more direct control over content by owners and less analysis of the events that shape our lives. It also means less media choice for Canadians and fewer jobs for Canadian media workers.
We must also be wary of the impacts mergers have on the diversity and neutrality of new on-line media. We need to reverse this trend before big media gets even bigger!
What is Net Neutrality.ca?
What is Net Neutrality? site developed by CRACIN students Alison Powell, Neil Barratt and Mike Lenczner.
Welcome to www.whatisnetneutrality.ca (WiNN)! If you're here you've heard the term "net neutrality" somewhere - on the news, on someone's blog, or from a friend. But what exactly does it mean? While it sounds like an issue for experts, net neutrality is a debate that will affect the future of communications in Canada for everyone.
WiNN aims to help Canadians understand this debate, and why it should matter to them. We're not advocating a specific solution to the debate. Our goal is to inform and educate Canadians about a poorly understood and sometimes intimidating issue. Our lives depend on communications, and the Internet is growing to encompass television, telephone, journalism and entertainment. Net neutrality is a principle that will shape this powerful communication tool.
Net Neutrality: Telecom Policy and the Public Interest
Neil Barratt and moi, in The Canadian Journal of Communication 32(2):
Abstract: What is net neutrality? The debate about the shape of the Internet is being held behind closed doors, led by government and industry with little public input. This article examines net neutrality and the stakeholders in this emerging national debate. The authors discuss the legislative and policy implications, while at the same time exploring alternative models for achieving broadly accessible, affordable high-speed Internet access.