by Saskia Rowley | May 20, 2019 | Communication Rights
It is more and more evident that communication and information issues are intrinsically connected to questions of sustainable development and human dignity. In “Want Social Change? Give Communities More Agency” (IPS, 3 May 2019) Ashif Shaikh writes that in India no...
by Saskia Rowley | May 13, 2019 | Communication Rights
Readers of Comment may have seen Clifford G. Christians’ article in the 1/2019 issue of WACC’s journal Media Development on “New digital technology and global communication ethics”. He calls for a commitment to the three ethical principles that underlie human...
by MVOW | May 6, 2019 | Communication Rights
Protestors advocating for net neutrality rally outside the headquarters of the Comcast Corporation in Philadelphia, Jan. 2018. Photo: Michael Candelori/Shutterstock Everyone knows that in times of war: seize communications. Now it is happening in times of peace. In...
by MVOW | Apr 29, 2019 | Communication Rights
It’s a more clandestine and dangerous world when journalists can be threatened with violence, detention, and death for doing their job. The 2019 World Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) points to a serious decline in media freedoms as...
by MVOW | Apr 23, 2019 | Communication Rights
Amal Clooney attends side event Press behind bars during 73rd UNGA session at United Nations Headquarters.Photo: Lev Radin/Shutterstock The UK Foreign Secretary has appointed international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney to act as a special envoy on media freedom....
by MVOW | Apr 15, 2019 | Communication Rights
Photo: Gian Cescon/unsplash.com In the “good old days” of traditional media, there were gatekeepers whose task was to apply professional and ethical standards to content. In addition, government and public entities established print and broadcast regulations that were...
