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munication” is regarded as a precursor to interactive media and communications
theory.
CRTC. The Canadian Radio–television and Telecommunications
Commission, founded in 1968 in order to fortify the nation’s cultural,
social and economic structures through the regulation of its broadcasting
industry.
Deleuze, Gilles (1925–1995). French post-structuralist philosopher;
author, with Félix Guattari, of A Thousand Plateaus and Anti-Oedipus,
as well as numerous other works on literature, philosophy, aesthetics,
language and film.
Fairchild, Charles. Author of Pop Idols and Pirates and Community
Radio and Public Culture.
Goebbels, Joseph (1897–1945). Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany
from 1933 to 1945, during which time he sought to fortify the
nation’s cultural, social and economic structures through the regulation
of its media. Goebbels was a strong proponent of a centralized,
national broadcasting apparatus, and was particularly interested in
the hegemonic possibilities of state-controlled radio.
Guattari, Félix (1930–1992). French media activist, philosopher and
psychoanalyst; author of numerous works, several written in collaboration
with Deleuze; active in the popular radio movements in Italy
and France in the 70s and 80s, especially Radio Alice.
Kantako, Mbanna. Micro-radio activist with Tenants Rights Association,
Black Liberation Radio, African Liberation Radio and now
Human Rights Radio; considered by many to be a pioneer of the
micro-radio movement.
Kogawa, Tetsuo. Micro-media activist, artist and philosopher; Professor
of Communication Studies at Tokyo Keizai University’s Department
of Communications; author of over 30 books on media culture,
film, the city and micro politics; introduced the free-radio movement
in Japan; in the 1980s conducted a series of important interviews with
Guattari.
Kroker, Arthur. Canada Research Chair in Technology, Culture and
Theory at the University of Victoria; author of many works, including
Technology and the Canadian Mind: Innis/McLuhan.
Marx, Karl (1818–1883). German philosopher, economist, sociologist
and revolutionary; author of Capital, The Communist Manifesto, The
German Ideology, The Grundrisse, The Poverty of Philosophy and many
other works.