22 Aug 2022 Putting people first rather than corporate interests
On 5 July 2022, the European Parliament approved the final text of its Digital Services Act (DSA), the new rule book for moderating digital content. The DSA aims to limit the...
19 Aug 2022 Media Development 2022-3 online magazine and pdf
Media Development 2022-3Democratizing CommunicationRediscovering SolidarityFrom legacy media’s propaganda potential to the Internet’s “platform power”, how can we bring about global cooperation to build an alliance of democracies strong enough to...
19 Aug 2022 MD 2022/3 Editorial
The theme “Democratizing Communication, Rediscovering Solidarity” suggests that there is an essential link between people’s capacity to communicate their concerns and aspirations and their ability to bring about greater political...
19 Aug 2022 Democratizing the platforms: Promises and perils of public utility regulation
By Victor Pickard The democratic world faces a wicked problem. Information and communication systems that people rely on for many facets of their daily lives have become increasingly antidemocratic, causing profound...
19 Aug 2022 Virtual reality, metaverse platforms, and the future of higher education
By Nicole K. Stewart “Metaverse” is an excellent word to describe the year 2022. Over the past few months, Disney hired a metaverse executive, J.P. Morgan opened a virtual lounge in...
19 Aug 2022 The ethics of AI and robotics
By Anne Foerst Artificial Intelligence (AI) has come a long way since the 1960 when it first appeared. When reflecting on modern AI, there are several ethical questions that come to...
19 Aug 2022 Digital technologies in Palestine: Opportunities and challenges
By Amal Tarazi Ramallah-Palestine: Digital technologies are presenting exciting opportunities to facilitate the emergence of a stronger and more inclusive civil society. Around the world, active and large-scale efforts are being...
19 Aug 2022 Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2022
[caption id="attachment_47459" align="alignnone" width="1600"] Journalists at work in the media centre at COP26 as French president Emmanuel Macron addresses the conference’s World Leaders Summit. Glasgow hosted the United Nations climate...
19 Aug 2022 On “shrinking space”: A framing paper
Transnational Institute Across the world, in both democratic and non-democratic states, many activists and social justice organizations face an increasingly repressive and securitized environment as well as unprecedented attacks on their...
19 Aug 2022 World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development
UNESCO Amid the tragedy and anxiety of the global pandemic, confined to their homes, citizens around the world scanned their TVs and radios, flipped through newspapers, and scrolled down news sites...