08 Jun 2022 Project tackles lack of support for Indigenous communicators in Peru
WACC and Cultural Survival are funding a project in Peru that aims to improve the visibility and influence of a network of Indigenous communicators so that they can raise awareness about Indigenous issues and make an impact in spaces where political decisions are made. The...29 Mar 2022 Message du Secrétaire general
Chers membres, partenaires et amis de la WACC, Chaleureuses salutations du Secrétariat général de la WACC. Des événements récents ont démontré que les droits à la communication sont essentiels à la vie des gens, à leurs moyens de subsistance, à leur identité et à leur...
23 Feb 2022 2021 Annual Report stresses WACC’s crucial role in digital age
In WACC’s 2021 Annual Report, Social Justice in an Age of Uncertainty, General Secretary Philip Lee underscores WACC’s critical role in “strengthening the voices of people who are at risk of being excluded from genuine social progress.” In his message, Lee notes that, “The exclusion of...
14 Feb 2022 Media Development 2022-1 Editorial
One of the foremost texts in English exploring the thorny subject of media ethics in a digital age is founded on the protonorms1 of truth, human dignity, and non-violence, while simultaneously arguing for understandings that are both local and global, specific and universal. In particular,...
14 Feb 2022 Impacts of digital transformation on communities and societies
Ellen Ueberschär When did you discover your communication rights? Your right to get transparent and trustworthy information, your right to read the texts that are meaningful to you and to share your own thoughts with others or to make them public? I can tell you...14 Feb 2022 Dreaming of the common good
By Dennis Smith Since time unremembered, humankind has used language, gesture, and other symbolic systems to create meaning in common. And from these distant beginnings to today’s social media platforms, competing power elites have struggled to control access to and dictate the terms of distribution...14 Feb 2022 Corona, the digital divide and Indigenous peoples
By Donn J. Tilson Black swan events come as a surprise, have a major effect, and are dismissed afterward according to their historical significance – World War I, the 1918 influenza pandemic, 9-11. Add to the list the Corona-19 pandemic, which has disrupted world economies,...