Cees J. Hamelink In a recent book on “Communication and Human Rights”, I propose that all discussions on communication rights, the right to communicate or the right to communication should be based upon the notion of “communicative justice”.1 This means doing justice to the human capacity...
Nico Carpentier Power is pervasive, all-encompassing, and ultimately ungraspable. At the same time, power generates difference through a logic of privilege. Even though a distinction between “the powerless” and “the powerful” is too simplistic, we can still see, throughout the world, assemblages of the privileged, articulating...
Pradip Ninan Thomas The ability to Voice, Access resources and technology, the strengthening of local capabilities within an enabling environment and being able to communicate through a language of one’s choice – these remain fundamental building blocks in the creation of sustainable communication environments. In the context...
María Elena Hermosilla Son meses y días de calor intolerable para una chilena criada en el frío. Es el “calentamiento global”. En el litoral, los incendios forestales queman Viña del Mar y amplios sectores de Valparaíso; se identifican más de ciento treinta muertos. ¿Cuántos más yacerán...
Mathilde Kpalla Il y a plusieurs décennies, Jean d’Arcy a promu sans relâche le concept de droit à la communication dans les instances internationales. Depuis, de sérieux débats continuent sur la reconnaissance ou non de ces droits et surtout l’appréhension de ceux-ci. Comprenons-nous vraiment ce que...
Sébastien Nègre La famille, les amis, l’école, le travail, les loisirs constituent autant d’espaces essentiels pour les interactions sociales des jeunes.1 Partout dans le monde, les médias et les réseaux sociaux permettent, eux aussi, aux jeunes de s’exprimer, s’informer, partager leurs préoccupations, poser leurs questions, se...
Aliaa Dakroury There is always a “once upon a time” prologue in stories, but they do not necessarily end with “happily ever after”. I am not sharing any spoiler when I argue that it is a very familiar story of human communication. The story of our...
Working Group An international working group prepared a paper for the symposium on “Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age”, which took place in Berlin and online September 13-15, 2021. It set out an understanding of public space today, outlined what issues are at stake,...
Women, Media & Development (TAM) The following article – written at the end of January 2024 – comes from the Women’s Media & Development Association “TAM”, a WACC project partner based in Jordan. It offers a “no holds barred” perspective on the silencing of Palestinian voices...
Jack Nassar In Bethlehem, the harmonious sounds of last Christmas’ carols mix with geopolitical horrors. Despite being Jesus’ birthplace, the Holy Land wrestles with escalating war in Gaza and Israeli settler attacks in the West Bank. Here, the power of expression becomes crucial for empowerment and...
