Drawing on learnings from WACC consultations with 92 organizations and academic institutions working on communication-related issues, this article examines the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda from a communication rights perspective. It...
In 1999, in a landmark essay, WACC’s former Director of Studies and Publications and Editor of its journal Media Development, Fr Michael Traber, explored the philosophical basis for communication in society....
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As with every new technological innovation, there are pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages, benefits and risks.
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This issue of Media Development goes in search of the missing UN Sustainable Development Goal that underpins all the other SDGs.
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This issue of Media Development goes in search of the missing UN Sustainable Development Goal that underpins all the other SDGs. Goal 18: Expand and strengthen...
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Stephen Brown will serve another term as treasurer of WACC.
WACC’s Board of Directors named Brown as treasurer from 2019 to 2023. He served in the same capacity from 2015-2019....
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Embert Charles, WACC president-elect, is scheduled to deliver a talk on the Kwéyòl language on Thursday, May 9, in Toronto.
Charles was invited by York University in his capacity...
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Preparations are underway for the 2020 Global Media Monitoring
Project (GMMP), the largest and longest-running research and advocacy
initiative on gender equality in the world’s news media....
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Eldorado, a brutally honest documentary, reveals the hidden dimensions of what has become a universal tragedy.
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Forced displacements and migration have become “inescapable” in today’s
world and media must not only find responsible ways of reporting about
these issues, but also help “guarantee future coexistence in a diverse
society,”...