Two contemporary “utopias” come under communication rights scrutiny in the latest Media Development, WACC’s quarterly journal. The issue “Utopia or Bust: In Search of Inclusion” examines the Metaverse, which seeks to combine multiple sources of information on one digital platform, and Latin America’s Pink Tide 2.0,...
The latest issue of Media Development, WACC’s quarterly journal, brings together touchstone documents on communication for a better future from over nearly two decades. The documents reveal a clear vision for the democratization of communication that has not yet been attained—and thus are a call for...
As the world increasingly becomes reliant on digital technologies powered by Artificial Intelligence (AI), "the role of social media platforms as propaganda tools needs to be explored thoroughly if freedom of the press is to remain a bastion of democracy," urges Philip Lee in his...
Saying that the world is at a critical juncture — with challenges posed by the climate crisis, divisiveness, and other social issues — Cree Elder Doreen Spence writes in the latest issue of Media Development, WACC’s international quarterly journal: “This is the time for humanity...
The latest issue of Media Development, WACC's quarterly journal, features some of the reflections and ideas generated before and during the historic symposium, Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age, organized in the fall by WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC). The symposium...
From a story about the rehabilitation of mangroves in Southern Philippines to cultivating better science communication for a deeper engagement and response to the climate crisis, Media Development's last issue of the year offers tangible examples as well as ideas on the theme, Communicating Climate...
What the MacBride Commission might have to say “about inclusion, exclusion, and social progress in the world taken over by digital technologies of all kinds” is the focus of the latest issue of Media Development, WACC’s quarterly journal, according to its editor Philip Lee, who...
After a challenging year dominated by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the latest issue of Media Development, WACC Global’s quarterly journal, examines “Communication in a Time of Crisis.” Articles in the issue range from Covid-19 related misinformation to reflections on the impact of the pandemic on human...
The new issue of WACC ‘s quarterly journal, Media Development, highlights the role of public communication, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, lessons learned from various responses, and the challenges ahead. The pandemic highlighted many issues, including the importance of accurate and timely information in saving lives, and the importance of local languages, writes WACC General Secretary Philip Lee in his editorial. “Responding...
By Silvio Waisbord and María Soledad Segura
Does the COVID-19 pandemic mark the birth of a new form of biopolitics? The Latin American case shows important departures from Europe and the United States, both in the adoption of surveillance technologies and in the types of biopolitical control enacted through them.