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Cyberidentities

Canadian and European Presence in Cyberspace

This innovative study explores diverse aspects of Canadian and European identity on the information highway and reaches beyond technical issues to confront and explore communication, culture and the culture of communication.

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Leen d'Haenens

Leen d'Haenens is Associate Professor at the Department of Communication, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected]

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Preface 8 $1.12

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There has been much written to support the metaphor of the highway being used to describe this massive undertaking to “wire” the world. Headlines such as: “Information’s … 6 $0.84

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As we go from the bound and bounded book to the technologies that give us hypertext, we move from containment to expansion. The debate about what we call postmodernism focuses on that alteration. … 8 $1.12

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This essay explores the application of the international human rights regime to the governance of cyberspace. 16 $2.24

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If certain uses – or abuses – are not compatible with the national public order, are the national institutions competent to limit these uses? Then, of course we should answer the … 8 $1.12

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The following study seeks to describe and analyze the legal situation in the different EU member states and the main contracting countries regarding the use, The implementation and the legal … 25 $3.50

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Universal access to affordable technologies is at the heart of communication scholars’ thinking about democracy and empowerment. It is what gives cultural communities the power to represent … 15 $2.10

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This article investigates the potential value of electronic forms of public debate in policy processes. Thereby, its scope is limited to those forms of debate which are purposefully initiated by … 11 $1.54

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SchoolNet, Community Access, and the other programs are integral parts of Canada’s overall strategy to succeed into the next millennium as a modernized nation providing the best quality of … 9 $1.26

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The experiment with Besliswijzer provided an opportunity to explore the possible contribution that a new communication technology could have on citizen involvement in political debate. ; ; ; 12 $1.68

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This research shows how the social network approach allowed assessment of the types of information exchange and media that were important to the group as a whole, and important to particular pairs. 11 $1.54

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In this paper I shall describe what CEECT does, discuss how we use computers, and explain why Cyberspace may not be a suitable medium for editions like ours. 6 $0.84

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The issue of illegal and harmful content over electronic networks needs to be addressed in a manner which is proportional to the problem and which recognizes the importance of the principle of … 7 $0.98

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The purpose of this article is to describe the Quebec government’s position with regard to the Internet. 4 $0.56

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This paper outlines the work of the Information Highway Advisory Council and its vision for the knowledge-based society. ; 14 $1.96

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During the last year significant progress has been achieved in mapping out the issues in global electronic commerce, and even in reaching a certain degree of consensus on principles between major … 5 $0.70