24 Aug 2021 Women still less likely to be quoted as experts in European news
Women’s voices are “still not more visible” across the European media landscape, and if they do get seen, heard, or read about they are still largely in stories that are...
23 Aug 2021 Afghanistan: Is digital communication a blessing or curse?
The swift takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban following the withdrawal of foreign forces has shocked and appalled human rights defenders. It has led to wholesale urgent calls to assist Afghans...
18 Aug 2021 The tie between digital rights and human dignity: why it’s vital for our time
Philip Lee is general secretary of WACC. In a Q and A first published by the World Council of Churches, he reflects on some of the questions that will be...
17 Aug 2021 GAMAG urges UN member countries to help women journalists in Afghanistan
August 16, 2021 Contact person: GAMAG Chair, Aimée Vega Montiel Email: aimeevegamx@yahoo.com.mx The Global Alliance on Media and Gender (GAMAG) is deeply concerned about the situation of women, media professionals, and women journalists...
10 Aug 2021 Pacific media see strides in representation of women in the news
News media in the Pacific Region saw significant improvements in their representation of women since 2015, with results from the 6th Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) showing a 19% increase...
09 Aug 2021 Restoring a sense of justice to history
By targeting monuments that celebrate historic figures who actively contributed to institutional racism and the oppression of marginalised peoples, Black Lives Matter and others have implicitly questioned the way collective...
04 Aug 2021 It’s time to reclaim a ‘credible, inclusive and trustworthy’ public sphere
The latest issue of WACC’s Media Development magazine examines the concept of public sphere, its role in promoting democracy and political accountability, and why principles of human rights and social...
02 Aug 2021 Media Development 2021-3 online magazine and pdf
Media Development 2021-3 DEMOCRATIZING THE PUBLIC SPHERE The “public sphere” is made up of overlapping influences, pressures, dominant and less dominant voices. It is also subject to technological change, marked most recently...
02 Aug 2021 MD 2021/3 Editorial
[caption id="attachment_37706" align="alignleft" width="190"] MD 2021/3[/caption] The World Bank notes that the public sphere “is an ideal of good and accountable governance. Its requisites are free flows of information, free expression,...
02 Aug 2021 Democratizing the public sphere
By Philip Lee Digital connectivity has transformed the notion of the “public sphere”. This is true at all levels: global, regional, national, community, and personal, where digital technologies have become ever...