by MVOW | Dec 10, 2018 | Communication Rights
Sobering words for those who still believe that information and communication technologies (ICTs) are the panacea for the world’s ills. In “Developing Countries Losing Out To Digital Giants” (IPS News, 17 October 2018), Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury write:...
by MVOW | Dec 3, 2018 | Communication Rights
Communication used to be singular. A letter, a newspaper, a radio or television program. It was a largely one-way, edited version of certain parts of reality. Today, communications are plural: a non-stop barrage of texts, sounds, and images from all directions and at...
by MVOW | Nov 26, 2018 | Communication Rights
Mexico is among the most dangerous countries in the world to be a journalist. Over 70 journalists were killed during the past decade; 8 have been killed in 2018 alone. Many more have been threatened or assaulted in different forms. Worst of all, impunity is rampant....
by MVOW | Nov 19, 2018 | Communication Rights
Social media are accused of bringing about the demise of traditional journalism. They are used to tar news stories with the brush of “fake news” as loud-mouthed politicians eagerly point the finger at what they deem to be critical or unfavourable coverage. And yet the...
by MVOW | Nov 12, 2018 | Communication Rights
The world’s leading newspapers are struggling to maintain their place as voices of conscience in society when via social media everyone is free to express alternative views and opinions. Of course, having a public voice carries with it the responsibility to use it...
by MVOW | Nov 5, 2018 | Communication Rights
How media report on sexual violence when political interests are at play is a litmus test for how serious they are about professional ethics. Take the case of the American jurist Brett Kavanaugh’s highly publicised hearing for justice of the US Supreme Court that took...
