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Business & Economics Media & Communications Industries

Telecommunications in Canada

by (author) Robert Babe

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1994
Category
Media & Communications Industries, General
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442680425
    Publish Date
    Jan 1994
    List Price
    $51.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802067388
    Publish Date
    Apr 1990
    List Price
    $50.00

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Description

This study provides Canada's first comprehensive, integrated treatment of the emergence and development of key communication sectors: telegraph telephones, cable TV, broadcasting, communication satellites, and electronic publishing. By focusing on real institutions, actual (and frequently predatory) business practices, and law and regulatory policies, in both historical and contemporary perspectives, Babe helps demystify current communication issues.

Stressing the flexibility of communication 'technologies' on the one hand, and the element of corporate power on the other, Babe reintroduces the principle of corporate/governmental responsibility for communication outcomes, a principle that has been largely drowned out by the shrill cries of 'Information Revolution.'

About the author

Robert E. Babe is a professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario.

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