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<h5 align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><font
size=5 face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:
"Book Antiqua"'>Civil Society, Communication</span></font></b></h5>
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face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
font-weight:bold'>and Global Governance</span></font></b></p>
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face=Impact><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Impact'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=3
face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
font-style:italic'>Issues from the World </span></font></i><i><font
face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Book Antiqua";
font-style:italic'>Summit</span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=3
face="Book Antiqua"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua";
font-style:italic'>on the Information Society</span></font></i></p>
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color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>by </span></font><span
lang=EN-US>Marc Raboy</span><span lang=EN-US> and </span><span
lang=EN-US>Normand Landry</span><span lang=EN-US> </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>(see ordering
information below)</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:
bold'>In 2003 and again in 2005, the international </span></font></b><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-weight:bold'>comm</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-weight:bold'>unity was called to take part in a World </span></b><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-weight:bold'>Summit</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-weight:bold'> on the Information Society (WSIS). This two-phase
United Nations summit placed an unprecedented global spotlight on information
and </span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-weight:bold'>comm</span></b><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-weight:bold'>unication issues. <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Civil Society, Communication and Global Governance </span></i>provides
a sweeping portrait of the players, structures and themes of the WSIS, as well
as a critical analysis of the summit’s first phase, the issues it raised
and the groundbreaking role played by civil society. Including an extensive
bibliography, list of relevant web sites and key documents, this will be a
basic reference source for everyone interested in the role of information and </span></b><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-weight:bold'>comm</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-weight:bold'>unication on shaping twenty-first-century societies. </span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:
bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><i><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-style:italic'>Flyers and display copies of <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Civil Society, Communication and Global Governance</span></b></span></font></i><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'> <i><span style='font-style:italic'>will be
available at the Industry </span></i></span></font><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-style:italic'>Canada</span></font></i><i><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-style:italic'> stand at the “ICT 4 All”
exhibition at WSIS. Come and meet the authors at the Civil Society Document
Launch, Friday November 18 at </span></font></i><i><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-style:italic'>3.30 pm</span></font></i><i><font size=2
color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-style:italic'>, Hannibal Hall, KRAM.</span></font></i></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-CA style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:
bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:18.0pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:
18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>"<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Global information and </span></i></span></font><i><span
lang=EN-US style='font-style:italic'>comm</span></i><i><span lang=EN-US
style='font-style:italic'>unication policies have been under public scrutiny as
never before at the World </span></i><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-style:
italic'>Summit</span></i><i><span lang=EN-US style='font-style:italic'> on
the Information Society. This book provides an extremely timely and lucid
exposition of what has taken place in this forum and what is at stake</span></i><span
lang=EN-US>." </span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:18.0pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:
18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>John D. H.
Downing, Director, Global </span></font><span lang=EN-US>Media</span><span
lang=EN-US> </span><span lang=EN-US>Research</span><span lang=EN-US> </span><span
lang=EN-US>Center</span><span lang=EN-US>, Southern </span><span lang=EN-US>Illinois</span><span
lang=EN-US> </span><span lang=EN-US>University</span><span lang=EN-US> at </span><span
lang=EN-US>Carbondale</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:18.0pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:
18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:18.0pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:
18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>"<i><span
style='font-style:italic'>A must-read for all those interested in the
encounters among United Nations politics, information issues and global civil
society</span></i>." </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:18.0pt;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:
18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt'>Cees J.
Hamelink</span></font><span lang=EN-US>, Professor of International Communication,
University of </span><span lang=EN-US>Amsterdam</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:
bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:
bold'>MARC RABOY is Professor and Beaverbrook Chair in Ethics, Media and
Communications in the Department of Art History and Communication Studies at
McGill University in Montreal, </span></font></b><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-weight:bold'>Canada</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-weight:bold'>. A former journalist in a wide variety of media,
educated at McGill with a Ph.D. in </span></b><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-weight:bold'>comm</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-weight:
bold'>unication, he is the author or editor of numerous books and articles on
media and </span></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-weight:bold'>comm</span></b><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-weight:bold'>unication policy, as well as reports for
such organizations as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation and the European Broadcasting
Union. He serves on the council of the International Association for Media and
Communication Research and is a founding member of the campaign for
Communication Rights in the Information Society. </span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:
bold'>NORMAND LANDRY is a graduate student at Université de Montréal in
Montreal, </span></font></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-weight:bold'>Canada</span></b><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-weight:bold'> and a research assistant in the </span></b><b><span
lang=EN-US style='font-weight:bold'>comm</span></b><b><span lang=EN-US
style='font-weight:bold'>unication policy research laboratory. He is also a
media activist and an independent journalist.</span></b></p>
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