Publicity and the Canadian State

Introduction

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)

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