13 Feb 2016 Media Development 2016/1 Editorial

A quarter of a century ago, in an essay published in the journalReligion and Society, Michael Traber wrote:

“Communication, both public and private, is a fundamental human right and, as...

13 Feb 2016 From theory to practice: The right to communicate

In 2015 I was lucky enough to be chosen by WACC to evaluate its small-grants programme, under which development partners all over the world are annually selected for...

13 Feb 2016 Big data analytics and the right to privacy

My work addresses communication rights in the context of the widespread growth and expansion of the Internet. In particular, I focus on privacy rights in the context of...

13 Feb 2016 Communication rights in a post-war country are a precondition for sustainable development

Is it possible to create an open community space so that people can freely speak and contribute to post-war reconciliation? This was the question a group of young...

13 Feb 2016 No democracy without freedom of expression for Indigenous Peoples

On January 20, 2015, the town of Santa Eulalia Huehuetenango, Guatemala became the centre of an unfortunate and too common violent sequence of events targeting community journalists. The...

13 Feb 2016 El derecho a la nacionalidad y el periodismo ciudadano

Las redes sociales se han evidenciado como instrumentos idóneos para acompañar procesos de reivindicación de derechos, dando paso a un creciente movimiento de ciudadanas y ciudadanos que se...

13 Feb 2016 Genre, politiques et pratiques dans les médias au Bénin

Les femmes représentent la majorité de la population béninoise, mais elles sont les moins connues. Elles drainent la foule lors des grands regroupements à la place publique, mais...

13 Feb 2016 Communication rights in theory and practice

A good entry point for newcomers to the idea of communication rights is to bounce it against the idea of freedom of expression.

Most people believe they understand the basic of...

13 Feb 2016 Confianza y realidad

Poder contar con un buen margen de confianza permite que la comunicación llegue a ser aceptada como creíble. La confianza hace más laxos los requerimientos de verosimilitud, los...