{"id":62900,"date":"2020-01-22T10:05:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T15:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=62900"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:32","slug":"carletons-author-meets-readers-panel-to-discuss-freedom-of-expression-communication-law-and-media-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2020\/carletons-author-meets-readers-panel-to-discuss-freedom-of-expression-communication-law-and-media-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton\u2019s Author Meets Readers Panel to Discuss Freedom of Expression, Communication, Law and Media in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton\u2019s Author Meets Readers Panel to Discuss Freedom of Expression, Communication, Law and Media in Canada\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Carleton University\u2019s Sheryl Hamilton, professor in the School of Journalism and Communication<\/a> and the Department of Law and Legal Studies<\/a>, and Journalism instructor Sandra Robinson will discuss freedom of expression in today\u2019s political and social climate, and explore the stakes of communicating publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamilton and Robinson are co-editors of the book Law\u2019s Expression: Communication, Law and Media in Canada<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When<\/strong>: Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, at 5:30 p.m.
\nWhere<\/strong>: Irene’s Pub, 885 Bank Street, Ottawa
\nInfo<\/strong>: Registration for this event is available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media are invited to attend the event.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freedom of expression has become a central dimension of the current fractious political and social climate. Hamilton and Robinson\u2019s work critically analyzes the stakes of communicating in a modern democratic society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Expert panelists Prof. Valerie Steeves of the University of Ottawa and former CBC journalist Sherry Aske will join Hamilton and Robinson. Steeves is a globally recognized scholar in the field of privacy rights, surveillance, human rights and technology \u2013 including youth harassment online. Aske is the host of the media literacy podcast Post\/Riposte<\/em> and a communications officer with Elections Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This event is part of the Ottawa International Writer\u2019s Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Authors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamilton\u2019s academic research explores the senses, bodies, media and regulation in the context of ubiquitous disease threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robinson studies the role of algorithms in contemporary media culture. This work engages with critical concerns around software design, big data, privacy, surveillance and power in relation to how algorithms predict, pre-empt and control information about people, processes and things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Author Meets Readers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author Meets Readers invites Carleton students, faculty and the community to join an informal discussion on new books published by members of the Faculty of Public Affairs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The schedule of Author Meets Readers events for the winter 2020 term is available online.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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