As the movie Wag the Dog tried to emphasize, the relationship between journalism and democracy in North America can be corrupted to extreme degrees. SFU's Robert Hackett and Yuezhi Zhao evaluate the 'regime of objectivity', the role of alternate media and challenges arising from technological changes in Sustaining Democracy? (Garamond $24.95). 1-55193-013-7

[BCBW WINTER 1998]