01 Oct 2018 When did you last take a break from social media?
According to a 2018 research report from the Pew Research Centre on trends in social media use in the United States, 74% of Facebook users in that country visited the platform...
24 Sep 2018 Protecting privacy in a world of digital communications
“New technologies will enable high levels of social control at a reasonable cost. Governments will be able to selectively censor topics and behaviors to allow information for economically productive activities...
09 Aug 2018 Media Development 2018/3 Editorial
“What the churches say about communication is not half as important as what they do,” wrote Michael Traber in the editorial of the 1/1984 issue of WACC’s journal Media Development. Its...
09 Aug 2018 Media Development 2018/3 online magazine and pdf
WACC at 50: Celebrating Inclusion
Fifty years after its foundation, WACC is in a growing number of partnerships working for greater inclusion, accessibility and affordability, as well...
09 Aug 2018 Why WACC?
Millions of people on every continent lack a voice to address inequality. They are underrepresented or misrepresented in the media, have low levels of media literacy, have limited access to...
09 Aug 2018 Sanctuaries for deep dialogue and togetherness
We live on a fractured planet and we are the most fragmented species on the planet. We face fractures between generations, men and women, rich and poor, winners and losers,...
09 Aug 2018 Affirming humanity: the challenge for communicators
The other day, as part of the process of subscribing to an email list, a message appeared asking me to “affirm humanity”. Or at least that’s how I read it...
09 Aug 2018 Putting virtue into the virtual: Ethics in the infosphere
The founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg faced legislators in Washington and Brussels recently to answer charges that it had failed to protect the personal data of 50 million users and...
09 Aug 2018 Challenges for communication rights in the 21st century
“It is no coincidence that whenever intellect is seen as a danger, the first move is to ban books and impose strict censorship on newspapers, magazines and radio broadcasts; you...
09 Aug 2018 The new normal
We were having Sunday lunch at one of those new, up-scale burger places that are popping up all over Latin America. Menus generally include veggie burgers, beef, pork, chicken –...
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