Media and Journalism

 

Access to reliable information is integral to democracy. The field of journalism is in the midst of a radical transformation, spurred by changes in both the networked production of news in the digital economy, the evolving norms of media consumption of media content, and the rapidly changing digital economy of news production.

The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy works to better understand this journalism ecosystem, to develop smart public policies that support the practice and production of civic journalism, and to train journalists to engage successfully in this new media ecosystem.

 

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Survey : Do We Need the CBC?

October 2024

As the CBC/Radio-Canada undergoes its first formal mandate review since the 1990s, we asked Canadians how they feel about the CBC. Do they really want to “defund the CBC?” In our national survey Do We Need the CBC? , we examine how people feel about the current media landscape, and where Canada’s national public broadcaster fits within it.

The survey’s biggest insight: a majority of Canadians want to preserve the CBC/Radio-Canada.

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