José Luis Soto El fenómeno de la migración mundial adquiere hoy día dimensiones y caracterizaciones llamadas a investigar, en la búsqueda de soluciones conjuntas como se ha estado planteando en el Pacto Mundial para la Migración Segura, Ordenada y Regular. El tema de la migración es que...
Solange De La Cruz Matos El discurso, como suceso de comunicación, es utilizado por las personas para transmitir ideas, creencias y expresar emociones, o cuando se lee o escribe una noticia periodística.1 Los medios de comunicación desempeñan un rol de primer orden en la construcción y...
Javier Tolcachier El contexto de una digitalización acelerada revoluciona el funcionamiento de la interrelación social, afectando todos los campos de actividad humana y por supuesto, al campo específico de la comunicación. La internet y sus tecnologías conexas, que idealmente pudieran servir para una mayor democratización del conocimiento...
At a WACC Partners’ Consultation held in Nairobi, Kenya, 3 August 2023, participants agreed on the following Agenda in preparation for WSIS+20 due to take place in 2025. Digital communication rights include the right to access the Internet; the right to not have internet shutdowns; the...
Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) 2023 At the 57th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (June 30 – July 8, 2023), the Ecumenical Jury, appointed by INTERFILM and SIGNIS, awarded its Prize to Blaga’s Lessons directed by Stephan Komandarev (Bulgaria, Germany, 2023). Motivation: As if that weren’t enough, a...
The latest report to warn about the societal risks of artificial Intelligence (AI) documents extensive research of human rights online. Freedom on the Net 2023: The Repressive Power of Artificial Intelligence assesses internet freedom in 70 countries, accounting for almost 90 percent of global internet users. Their...
In 1999, a public hearing on “Languages and Human Rights” took place at the Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Netherlands. A panel of five experts in communication, language rights, and international law heard test cases of threats to linguistic rights. They included the Amazigh...
A number of recent research reports investigate the impact social media has on mental health, social well-being – and political polarization. One study, supported by Meta, involved collaboration with a number of US universities to examine the impact of social media – specifically Facebook and Instagram...
[caption id="attachment_57989" align="alignleft" width="190"] MD 2023/3[/caption] Media Development 2023-3 Who is talking with the audience? Understanding the importance of media literacy as an instrument of public policy-making is essential to promoting democracy and dialogue. Investigating “Who is talking with the audience?” leads to wider audience engagement and concerted...
Versión en español a continuación This issue of WACC’s journal Media Development presents texts in English and Spanish on the theme “Who is talking with the audience? Understanding audience engagement and media literacy efforts today”. To focus on these questions, we invited contributors with technical knowledge and...