This volume explores how governments, policymakers and newsrooms have responded to the algorithmic distribution of the news. Contributors analyse the ongoing battle between platforms and publishers, evaluate recent attempts to manage these tensions through policy reform and consider whether algorithms can be regulated to promote media diversity and stop misinformation and hate speech. Chapter authors also interview journalists and find out how their work is changing due to the growing importance of algorithmic systems. Drawing together an international group of scholars, the book takes a truly global perspective offering case studies from Switzerland, Germany, Kenya, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, and China. The collection also provides a series of critical analyses of recent policy developments in the European Union and Australia, which aim to provide a more secure revenue base for news media organisations. A valuable resource for journalism and policy scholars and students, Governing the Algorithmic Distribution of News is an important guide for anyone hoping to understand the central regulatory issues surrounding the online distribution of news.

Canadian Communication Policy and Lawprovides a uniquely Canadian focus and perspective on telecommunications policy, broadcasting policy, internet regulation, freedom of expression, censorship, defamation, privacy, government surveillance, intellectual property, and more. Taking a critical stance, Sara Bannerman draws attention to unequal power structures by asking the question, whom does Canadian communication policy and law serve? Key theories for analysis of law and policy issues-such as pluralist, libertarian, critical political economy, Marxist, feminist, queer, critical race, critical disability, postcolonial, and intersectional theories-are discussed in detail in this accessibly written text. From critical and theoretical analysis to legal research and citation skills, Canadian Communication Policy and Law encourages deep analytic engagement. Serving as a valuable resource for students who are undertaking research and writing on legal topics for the first time, this comprehensive text is well suited for undergraduate communication and media studies programs. Features: Includes a practical chapter on how to do legal and policy research and how to cite legal sources Contains in-text pedagogy including suggested readings and a comprehensive glossary.

The principle of Access to Knowledge (A2K) has become a common reference point for a diverse set of agendas that all hope to realize technological and human potential by making knowledge more accessible. This book is a history of international copyright focused on principles of A2K and their proponents. Whilst debate and discussion so far has covered the perspectives of major western countries, the author's fresh approach to the topic considers emerging countries and NGOs, who have fought for the principles of A2K that are now fundamental to the system. Written in a clear and accessible style, the book connects copyright history to current problems, issues and events.

First signed in 1886, the "Berne Convention for the Protection of
Literary and Artistic Works" was the world's first broadly
multilateral treaty on copyright. It is still the cornerstone of
international copyright law today.
At the centre of "The Struggle for Canadian Copyright" is
Canada's experience with the "Berne Convention." Set
against the backdrop of Canada's development from a British
colony into a so-called middle power, this book reveals the deep roots
of conflict in the international copyright system that continue to
divide "developed" and developing countries. Canada's
signing of the convention can be viewed in the context of a former
British colony's efforts to join and engage with a community made
up of the world's most powerful nations. Throughout the past
century, Canada's copyright policy has been used to portray the
country to the world, first as a British colony and subsequently as a
sovereign country, a good global citizen, and a middle power. In this
groundbreaking book, Sara Bannerman examines Canada's struggle
for copyright sovereignty and explores some of the problems rooted in
imperial and international copyright that affect Canadians to this
day.Sara Bannerman is an assistant professor at
McMaster University.

Arts therapists are becoming increasingly interested in process as it is manifested in their work. The multiplicity of levels at which process operates is the theme of this new book. What happens during a therapy session is examined, as are the client's response, which is experienced through the medium of the art form itself, and the evolution of the relationship between therapist and client. Perspectives from across the arts therapy spectrum are included, with contributions from practitioners in dramatherapy, play therapy, art therapy, music therapy and dance movement therapy. Re-evaluating the nature of the practice, Process in the Arts Therapies expands and develops the theory.