09 Nov 2019 MD 2019/4 Editorial
This issue of Media Development is not the first in which the journal has turned its attention to the Caribbean. In 1998, with contributions by communication stalwarts such as Aggrey Brown, Lawrence D. Carrington, and Patrick A.B. Anthony, we published “Communication Issues in the Caribbean”....
09 Nov 2019 From little brown boxes to mediated interpersonal communication
Kimiko Scott In the early days of broadcast media, people gathered around “little brown radio boxes” (Re-diffusion boxes) (Jamaica Gleaner, 2001) to stay connected to what was happening around the world and to be entertained by audio dramas and music countdowns. The content aired was provided...
09 Nov 2019 Reflections on the telecommunications liberalisation agenda in the Caribbean
Embert Charles In May 2020, the small states of the Eastern Caribbean – Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines – will observe the 20th anniversary of the enactment of legislation to liberalise the telecommunications sector. Those...
09 Nov 2019 Digital surveillance and surveillance capitalism in the Caribbean
Peter Richards When he spoke at a Caribbean Telecommunication Union (CTU) event marking its 30th anniversary in April 2019, Grenada’s Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Mitchell, who has the lead responsibility for Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) quasi cabinet, was confident that...
09 Nov 2019 From smoke signals to algorithms: The evolution of media in the Caribbean
Amitabh Sharma It all began with the smoke signals. And one might ask, why begin with this example? As efficient, accurate and reliable this mode of communication was, and is too wherever it is still practiced, we would use it as an analogy for the current...
09 Nov 2019 Personal privacy and regulation in the age of big data: The Jamaican perspective
Mark Beckford and Keresa Arnold With the rise of what author Shoshana Zuboff calls “surveillance capitalism” in her book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The fight for the future at the new frontier of power, consumer data is continuously being monitored, collected and commodified to drive...
09 Nov 2019 Reporting femicide: A failure of Latin American journalism
Antonio Castillo “We do not die, they kill us”. This has become a powerful statement that is forcing Latin American media to be more accurate and intellectually able when reporting femicide, writes the author of the following article. In December 19, 2005 Claudia Neira survived a frustrated...
09 Nov 2019 In memoriam Antonio Pasquali (1929-2019)
A tribute to the distinguished philosopher, academic and researcher, whose work underpinned much of WACC’s own thinking in regard to communication rights and social justice. The following text is reprinted from the web site of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). “We are very...
09 Nov 2019 On the Screen (2019/4)
Karlovy Vary (Czech Republic) 2019 At the 54th International Film Festival Karlovy Vary June 28 July 6, 2019, the Ecumenical Jury awarded its Prize to the film Lara directed by Jan-Ole Gerster, Germany (2019). Motivation: A well-acted and intelligently directed film about a depressed mother’s psychological humiliation...