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15 Aug 2012 Communication rights and free Internet are essential for democracy

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"} {teaser} Internet freedom is rooted in key principles of US Bill of Rights.{/teaser}

By María Teresa Aveggio, Programme Manager

After the boycott of the Internet on 18 January 2012 as a protest against proposed copyright legislation that would put the Internet’s...

10 Aug 2012 New book looks at contemporary forms of televangelism

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}Exploring the changing face of global and local televangelism on a television screen near you.{/teaser} WACC's former director of studies, Pradip N. Thomas, and WACC's current deputy-director of programmes and editor of its journal Media Development, Philip Lee, have joined forces to publish a collection...

08 Aug 2012 WACC calls for action to strengthen community radio for Indigenous people

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"} {teaser} On International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, August 9, WACC is calling on civil society organizations and governments to support community radio.{/teaser}

On International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, August 9, WACC...

03 Aug 2012 WACC Honorary Life Member receives communication award

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}Professor Cees Hamelink, a leading proponent of communication rights for all, is recipient of a prestigious award from the University of Queensland.{/teaser} Human rights professor Cees Hamelink was awarded The University of Queensland 2012 Emeritus Award for Communication for Social Change on 5 July...

25 Jul 2012 New international society to support scholars of media, religion and culture

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{wacc location="Eskisehir, Turkey"} {teaser}WACC is one of the founding organizations of the International Society for Media, Religion and Culture.{/teaser} By Dr Stephen Brown

An International Society for Media, Religion and Culture (ISMRC ) has been inaugurated to support scholars and academic endeavours at the...

16 Jul 2012 Ecumenical Jury prize goes to Armenian film

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}Armenian film about guilt, forgiveness and the hope of reconciliation receives prize at the Golden Apricot Film Festival.{/teaser}

“If Only Everyone”, directed by Natalia Belyauskene, received the prize Saturday at the closing ceremony of the ninth edition of...

06 Jul 2012 WACC calls for new project proposals

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}Communication partners are invited to submit Concept Notes for projects starting in early 2013. The deadline is 3 September 2012.{/teaser}

In the context of WACC’s new Strategic Plan 2012-2016, communication partners are invited to submit Concept Notes for projects starting...

03 Jul 2012 Social media and citizen journalism are powerful tools

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25 Jun 2012 Communication is a common good say participants at Rio+ 20

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}Communicators meeting in Rio declare communication a good that belongs to all.{/teaser} Civil society organizations (CSOs) and social movements attending Rio+20, the UN summit on sustainable development held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 20-22 June 2012, have called for greater attention to be given...

22 Jun 2012 Access to communication empowers local communities in Peru

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{wacc location="Toronto, Canada"}{teaser}Radio production skills empower Indigenous and Amazonian people to speak for themselves.{/teaser}

“We realised that the only means of communication, the only way to be able to say the things that happened to us, was the radio.” With...