WACC | COMMUNICATION FOR ALLABOUT USOUR WORKREGIONAL NETWORKSRESOURCESNEWSSUBSCRIBE April 19, 2021. Trust is a two-way street. The theme of WACC’s annual report for 2020 is “Truthful Voices Matter”. What appears to be self-evident reflects a growing perception that public interest media need to rebuild trust in their news content and opinions: by demonstrating impartiality, balance, and transparency. WACC | GLOBAL MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT (GMMP) The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), WACC’s flagship activity, is the largest and longest-running research on gender i n the world’s news media. Every five years since 1995, GMMP research has taken the pulse of selected indicators of gender in the news media, including women’s presence in relation to men, gender bias and stereotypes in news stories and other content. WACC | GMMP RESULTS: GLACIAL PROGRESS TOWARDS MEDIA GENDER 04 Mar 2021. GMMP Results: Glacial progress towards media gender equality 25 years on. Twenty-five years after the Fourth UN World Conference on Women (Beijing), the news media remain far from being inclusive spaces for women, vulnerable women, and historically marginalized groups, according to preliminary results released by the

2020 Global

WACC | A SUMMARY OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is attained earlier under a state’s own domestic

legislation.

WACC | THE INTERNET IS A PUBLIC GOOD The INTERNET is a public good. ARTICLE 19 delivered the following statement at the 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on 14 June 2017. One year ago, the UN Human Rights Council reaffirmed that “the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online.”. States are falling far short of the commitments

contained

WACC | NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION ETHICS In the emerging digital era of electronic networking and massive databases, the first challenge for communication ethics is to establish the agenda for this new media system. Collaborating on a credible agenda will help ensure that we emphasize the major issues in global digital ethics and not be distracted by the secondary and

superficial.

WACC | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN MEDIA AND DIGITAL CONTENT Most recently, the Sustainable Development Goal 5 Target 5.2 calls to eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation. The CEDAW recognizes the centrality of media to the elimination of VAW. WACC | FAKE NEWS, TRUTH AND TRUST Fake news is an addiction. The proliferation of fake news means truth is cast aside. And when truth is gone, trust disappears. “Facts are tied to trust,” Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center said. “Trust is what binds people together.”. WACC | NEGATIVE MEDIA PORTRAYAL OF ISLAMSEE MORE ON WACCGLOBAL.ORG WACC | DO SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ENCOURAGE OR STIFLE 27 Aug 2017. Do social media platforms encourage or stifle public debate? When first created, the internet and social media were thought to be places where the Habermasian idea of the public sphere (places in which rational debate and logic would win out in order to bring about true democratic reform) would finally be realized. However, time WACC | COMMUNICATION FOR ALLABOUT USOUR WORKREGIONAL NETWORKSRESOURCESNEWSSUBSCRIBE April 19, 2021. Trust is a two-way street. The theme of WACC’s annual report for 2020 is “Truthful Voices Matter”. What appears to be self-evident reflects a growing perception that public interest media need to rebuild trust in their news content and opinions: by demonstrating impartiality, balance, and transparency. WACC | GLOBAL MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT (GMMP) The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), WACC’s flagship activity, is the largest and longest-running research on gender i n the world’s news media. Every five years since 1995, GMMP research has taken the pulse of selected indicators of gender in the news media, including women’s presence in relation to men, gender bias and stereotypes in news stories and other content. WACC | GMMP RESULTS: GLACIAL PROGRESS TOWARDS MEDIA GENDER 04 Mar 2021. GMMP Results: Glacial progress towards media gender equality 25 years on. Twenty-five years after the Fourth UN World Conference on Women (Beijing), the news media remain far from being inclusive spaces for women, vulnerable women, and historically marginalized groups, according to preliminary results released by the

2020 Global

WACC | A SUMMARY OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is attained earlier under a state’s own domestic

legislation.

WACC | THE INTERNET IS A PUBLIC GOOD The INTERNET is a public good. ARTICLE 19 delivered the following statement at the 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on 14 June 2017. One year ago, the UN Human Rights Council reaffirmed that “the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online.”. States are falling far short of the commitments

contained

WACC | NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION ETHICS In the emerging digital era of electronic networking and massive databases, the first challenge for communication ethics is to establish the agenda for this new media system. Collaborating on a credible agenda will help ensure that we emphasize the major issues in global digital ethics and not be distracted by the secondary and

superficial.

WACC | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN MEDIA AND DIGITAL CONTENT Most recently, the Sustainable Development Goal 5 Target 5.2 calls to eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation. The CEDAW recognizes the centrality of media to the elimination of VAW. WACC | FAKE NEWS, TRUTH AND TRUST Fake news is an addiction. The proliferation of fake news means truth is cast aside. And when truth is gone, trust disappears. “Facts are tied to trust,” Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center said. “Trust is what binds people together.”. WACC | NEGATIVE MEDIA PORTRAYAL OF ISLAMSEE MORE ON WACCGLOBAL.ORG WACC | DO SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ENCOURAGE OR STIFLE 27 Aug 2017. Do social media platforms encourage or stifle public debate? When first created, the internet and social media were thought to be places where the Habermasian idea of the public sphere (places in which rational debate and logic would win out in order to bring about true democratic reform) would finally be realized. However, time

WACC | ABOUT US

About us. The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) is a non-governmental organisation that builds on communication rights in order to promote social justice. Today, we offer guidance and support to people of all faiths, ethnicities, and cultures worldwide. We believe that everyone has the right to communicate and to be in

WACC | CFP

WACC is pleased to announce a Call for Project Partnerships for its 2021-2022 Project Cycle. The deadline to apply is June 18th, 2021 at midnight (Toronto time). You will hear back from WACC by the end of June, 2021. Selected projects are expected to start in July 2021. WACC | ‘WE MUST COUNTER HATE SPEECH AGAINST MIGRANTS AND 22 Sep 2020. ‘We must counter hate speech against migrants and refugees’. Thirteen global and regional religious organizations and church-backed groups, including the European Region of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC Europe), have urged the European Union to provide immediate humanitarian assistance to more

than

WACC | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN MEDIA AND DIGITAL CONTENT Defined by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, as “any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men

and

WACC | WACC, WCC TO HOST ‘COMMUNICATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE 30 Mar 2021. WACC, WCC to host ‘Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age’ symposium. “Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age,” an international symposium jointly hosted by WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC), will offer a chance to explore new visions for digital justice, public space, and actions

that

WACC | TRUST IS A TWO-WAY STREET 05 Apr 2021. Trust is a two-way street. The theme of WACC’s annual report for 2020 is “Truthful Voices Matter”. What appears to be self-evident reflects a growing perception that public interest media need to rebuild trust in their news content and opinions: by demonstrating impartiality, balance, and transparency. WACC | PRESERVING AND PROMOTING THE DUMAGAT CULTURE Recognizing and Building Communication Rights. Philippines. PCIM partners the Episcopalian Diocese of Dumagat People and works towards unity and solidarity with the Anglican Church.The project outcomes included a tribal resolution adopting the creation of a community-based, culturally responsive school SIKAT (School on Indigenous Knowledge and Tradition) for submission to WACC | NINE ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP 13 May 2017. Nine elements of digital citizenship. Posted at 17:48h in Media Development. by wacc_kn. 1 Comment. Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behaviour with regard to technology use. 1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society. Technology users need to be aware that not everyone has WACC | EMBERT CHARLES NAMED NEW WACC PRESIDENT WACC’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the election of Embert Charles, an experienced communication and media specialist from Saint Lucia, West Indies, as

WACC | INDIA

15 Oct 2014 India. 15 Oct 2014. India. Posted at 11:51h in Uncategorized. by wacc_kn. WACC | COMMUNICATION FOR ALLABOUT USOUR WORKREGIONAL NETWORKSRESOURCESNEWSSUBSCRIBE April 19, 2021. Trust is a two-way street. The theme of WACC’s annual report for 2020 is “Truthful Voices Matter”. What appears to be self-evident reflects a growing perception that public interest media need to rebuild trust in their news content and opinions: by demonstrating impartiality, balance, and transparency. WACC | ABOUT USSEE MORE ON WACCGLOBAL.ORG WACC | GLOBAL MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT (GMMP) The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), WACC’s flagship activity, is the largest and longest-running research on gender i n the world’s news media. Every five years since 1995, GMMP research has taken the pulse of selected indicators of gender in the news media, including women’s presence in relation to men, gender bias and stereotypes in news stories and other content. WACC | GMMP RESULTS: GLACIAL PROGRESS TOWARDS MEDIA GENDER 04 Mar 2021. GMMP Results: Glacial progress towards media gender equality 25 years on. Twenty-five years after the Fourth UN World Conference on Women (Beijing), the news media remain far from being inclusive spaces for women, vulnerable women, and historically marginalized groups, according to preliminary results released by the

2020 Global

WACC | A SUMMARY OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is attained earlier under a state’s own domestic

legislation.

WACC | WACC, WCC TO HOST ‘COMMUNICATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE 30 Mar 2021. WACC, WCC to host ‘Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age’ symposium. “Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age,” an international symposium jointly hosted by WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC), will offer a chance to explore new visions for digital justice, public space, and actions

that

WACC | THE INTERNET IS A PUBLIC GOOD The INTERNET is a public good. ARTICLE 19 delivered the following statement at the 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on 14 June 2017. One year ago, the UN Human Rights Council reaffirmed that “the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online.”. States are falling far short of the commitments

contained

WACC | NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION ETHICS In the emerging digital era of electronic networking and massive databases, the first challenge for communication ethics is to establish the agenda for this new media system. Collaborating on a credible agenda will help ensure that we emphasize the major issues in global digital ethics and not be distracted by the secondary and

superficial.

WACC | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN MEDIA AND DIGITAL CONTENT Most recently, the Sustainable Development Goal 5 Target 5.2 calls to eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation. The CEDAW recognizes the centrality of media to the elimination of VAW. WACC | FAKE NEWS, TRUTH AND TRUST Fake news is an addiction. The proliferation of fake news means truth is cast aside. And when truth is gone, trust disappears. “Facts are tied to trust,” Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center said. “Trust is what binds people together.”. WACC | COMMUNICATION FOR ALLABOUT USOUR WORKREGIONAL NETWORKSRESOURCESNEWSSUBSCRIBE April 19, 2021. Trust is a two-way street. The theme of WACC’s annual report for 2020 is “Truthful Voices Matter”. What appears to be self-evident reflects a growing perception that public interest media need to rebuild trust in their news content and opinions: by demonstrating impartiality, balance, and transparency. WACC | ABOUT USSEE MORE ON WACCGLOBAL.ORG WACC | GLOBAL MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT (GMMP) The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), WACC’s flagship activity, is the largest and longest-running research on gender i n the world’s news media. Every five years since 1995, GMMP research has taken the pulse of selected indicators of gender in the news media, including women’s presence in relation to men, gender bias and stereotypes in news stories and other content. WACC | GMMP RESULTS: GLACIAL PROGRESS TOWARDS MEDIA GENDER 04 Mar 2021. GMMP Results: Glacial progress towards media gender equality 25 years on. Twenty-five years after the Fourth UN World Conference on Women (Beijing), the news media remain far from being inclusive spaces for women, vulnerable women, and historically marginalized groups, according to preliminary results released by the

2020 Global

WACC | A SUMMARY OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is attained earlier under a state’s own domestic

legislation.

WACC | WACC, WCC TO HOST ‘COMMUNICATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE 30 Mar 2021. WACC, WCC to host ‘Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age’ symposium. “Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age,” an international symposium jointly hosted by WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC), will offer a chance to explore new visions for digital justice, public space, and actions

that

WACC | THE INTERNET IS A PUBLIC GOOD The INTERNET is a public good. ARTICLE 19 delivered the following statement at the 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on 14 June 2017. One year ago, the UN Human Rights Council reaffirmed that “the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online.”. States are falling far short of the commitments

contained

WACC | NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION ETHICS In the emerging digital era of electronic networking and massive databases, the first challenge for communication ethics is to establish the agenda for this new media system. Collaborating on a credible agenda will help ensure that we emphasize the major issues in global digital ethics and not be distracted by the secondary and

superficial.

WACC | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN MEDIA AND DIGITAL CONTENT Most recently, the Sustainable Development Goal 5 Target 5.2 calls to eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation. The CEDAW recognizes the centrality of media to the elimination of VAW. WACC | FAKE NEWS, TRUTH AND TRUST Fake news is an addiction. The proliferation of fake news means truth is cast aside. And when truth is gone, trust disappears. “Facts are tied to trust,” Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center said. “Trust is what binds people together.”.

WACC | CFP

WACC is pleased to announce a Call for Project Partnerships for its 2021-2022 Project Cycle. The deadline to apply is June 18th, 2021 at midnight (Toronto time). You will hear back from WACC by the end of June, 2021. Selected projects are expected to start in July 2021. WACC | DIGITAL COMMUNICATION RIGHTS With digital communication growing rapidly and policymakers in many countries developing digital infrastructure and governance models of the future, WACC believes that it is critical to move beyond the issue of access in order to address structural and rights issues. WACC applauds the UN Agenda 2030’s focus on access to information and communications technology (ICTs) and Internet services. WACC | ‘WE MUST COUNTER HATE SPEECH AGAINST MIGRANTS AND 22 Sep 2020. ‘We must counter hate speech against migrants and refugees’. Thirteen global and regional religious organizations and church-backed groups, including the European Region of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC Europe), have urged the European Union to provide immediate humanitarian assistance to more

than

WACC | WACC, WCC TO HOST ‘COMMUNICATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE 30 Mar 2021. WACC, WCC to host ‘Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age’ symposium. “Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age,” an international symposium jointly hosted by WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC), will offer a chance to explore new visions for digital justice, public space, and actions

that

WACC | PRESERVING AND PROMOTING THE DUMAGAT CULTURE Recognizing and Building Communication Rights. Philippines. PCIM partners the Episcopalian Diocese of Dumagat People and works towards unity and solidarity with the Anglican Church.The project outcomes included a tribal resolution adopting the creation of a community-based, culturally responsive school SIKAT (School on Indigenous Knowledge and Tradition) for submission to

WACC | MAY 2021

page-template-default,page,page-id-36160,page-child,parent-pageid-21829,theme-bridge,bridge-core-2.6.1,woocommerce-no-js,qode-page-transition-enabled,ajax_fade,page WACC | NINE ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP 13 May 2017. Nine elements of digital citizenship. Posted at 17:48h in Media Development. by wacc_kn. 1 Comment. Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behaviour with regard to technology use. 1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society. Technology users need to be aware that not everyone has WACC | EMBERT CHARLES NAMED NEW WACC PRESIDENT WACC’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the election of Embert Charles, an experienced communication and media specialist from Saint Lucia, West Indies, as WACC | NEGATIVE MEDIA PORTRAYAL OF ISLAM 15 May 2016. Negative media portrayal of Islam. There is a current obsession in mainstream media and academic discourse pertaining to Islam and the West. This current obsession is tinged with negative signifiers with the global media’s predominantly negative portrayal of Islam and Muslims, depicting Muslims generally as violent,

fanatical

WACC | INDIA

15 Oct 2014 India. 15 Oct 2014. India. Posted at 11:51h in Uncategorized. by wacc_kn. WACC | COMMUNICATION FOR ALLABOUT USOUR WORKREGIONAL NETWORKSRESOURCESNEWSSUBSCRIBE April 19, 2021. Trust is a two-way street. The theme of WACC’s annual report for 2020 is “Truthful Voices Matter”. What appears to be self-evident reflects a growing perception that public interest media need to rebuild trust in their news content and opinions: by demonstrating impartiality, balance, and transparency. WACC | ABOUT USSEE MORE ON WACCGLOBAL.ORG WACC | GLOBAL MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT (GMMP) The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), WACC’s flagship activity, is the largest and longest-running research on gender i n the world’s news media. Every five years since 1995, GMMP research has taken the pulse of selected indicators of gender in the news media, including women’s presence in relation to men, gender bias and stereotypes in news stories and other content. WACC | GMMP RESULTS: GLACIAL PROGRESS TOWARDS MEDIA GENDER 04 Mar 2021. GMMP Results: Glacial progress towards media gender equality 25 years on. Twenty-five years after the Fourth UN World Conference on Women (Beijing), the news media remain far from being inclusive spaces for women, vulnerable women, and historically marginalized groups, according to preliminary results released by the

2020 Global

WACC | A SUMMARY OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is attained earlier under a state’s own domestic

legislation.

WACC | NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION ETHICS In the emerging digital era of electronic networking and massive databases, the first challenge for communication ethics is to establish the agenda for this new media system. Collaborating on a credible agenda will help ensure that we emphasize the major issues in global digital ethics and not be distracted by the secondary and

superficial.

WACC | FAKE NEWS, TRUTH AND TRUST Fake news is an addiction. The proliferation of fake news means truth is cast aside. And when truth is gone, trust disappears. “Facts are tied to trust,” Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center said. “Trust is what binds people together.”.

WACC | MAY 2021

page-template-default,page,page-id-36160,page-child,parent-pageid-21829,theme-bridge,bridge-core-2.6.1,woocommerce-no-js,qode-page-transition-enabled,ajax_fade,page WACC | THE INTERNET IS A PUBLIC GOOD The INTERNET is a public good. ARTICLE 19 delivered the following statement at the 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on 14 June 2017. One year ago, the UN Human Rights Council reaffirmed that “the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online.”. States are falling far short of the commitments

contained

WACC | NINE ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP 13 May 2017. Nine elements of digital citizenship. Posted at 17:48h in Media Development. by wacc_kn. 1 Comment. Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behaviour with regard to technology use. 1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society. Technology users need to be aware that not everyone has WACC | COMMUNICATION FOR ALLABOUT USOUR WORKREGIONAL NETWORKSRESOURCESNEWSSUBSCRIBE April 19, 2021. Trust is a two-way street. The theme of WACC’s annual report for 2020 is “Truthful Voices Matter”. What appears to be self-evident reflects a growing perception that public interest media need to rebuild trust in their news content and opinions: by demonstrating impartiality, balance, and transparency. WACC | ABOUT USSEE MORE ON WACCGLOBAL.ORG WACC | GLOBAL MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT (GMMP) The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), WACC’s flagship activity, is the largest and longest-running research on gender i n the world’s news media. Every five years since 1995, GMMP research has taken the pulse of selected indicators of gender in the news media, including women’s presence in relation to men, gender bias and stereotypes in news stories and other content. WACC | GMMP RESULTS: GLACIAL PROGRESS TOWARDS MEDIA GENDER 04 Mar 2021. GMMP Results: Glacial progress towards media gender equality 25 years on. Twenty-five years after the Fourth UN World Conference on Women (Beijing), the news media remain far from being inclusive spaces for women, vulnerable women, and historically marginalized groups, according to preliminary results released by the

2020 Global

WACC | A SUMMARY OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is attained earlier under a state’s own domestic

legislation.

WACC | NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION ETHICS In the emerging digital era of electronic networking and massive databases, the first challenge for communication ethics is to establish the agenda for this new media system. Collaborating on a credible agenda will help ensure that we emphasize the major issues in global digital ethics and not be distracted by the secondary and

superficial.

WACC | FAKE NEWS, TRUTH AND TRUST Fake news is an addiction. The proliferation of fake news means truth is cast aside. And when truth is gone, trust disappears. “Facts are tied to trust,” Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center said. “Trust is what binds people together.”.

WACC | MAY 2021

page-template-default,page,page-id-36160,page-child,parent-pageid-21829,theme-bridge,bridge-core-2.6.1,woocommerce-no-js,qode-page-transition-enabled,ajax_fade,page WACC | THE INTERNET IS A PUBLIC GOOD The INTERNET is a public good. ARTICLE 19 delivered the following statement at the 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on 14 June 2017. One year ago, the UN Human Rights Council reaffirmed that “the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online.”. States are falling far short of the commitments

contained

WACC | NINE ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP 13 May 2017. Nine elements of digital citizenship. Posted at 17:48h in Media Development. by wacc_kn. 1 Comment. Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behaviour with regard to technology use. 1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society. Technology users need to be aware that not everyone has

WACC | CFP

WACC is pleased to announce a Call for Project Partnerships for its 2021-2022 Project Cycle. The deadline to apply is June 18th, 2021 at midnight (Toronto time). You will hear back from WACC by the end of June, 2021. Selected projects are expected to start in July 2021. WACC | ‘WE MUST COUNTER HATE SPEECH AGAINST MIGRANTS AND 22 Sep 2020. ‘We must counter hate speech against migrants and refugees’. Thirteen global and regional religious organizations and church-backed groups, including the European Region of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC Europe), have urged the European Union to provide immediate humanitarian assistance to more

than

WACC | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN MEDIA AND DIGITAL CONTENT Defined by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), adopted in 1979 by the UN General Assembly, as “any distinction, exclusion or restriction made on the basis of sex which has the effect or purpose of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment or exercise by women, irrespective of their marital status, on a basis of equality of men

and

WACC | DIGITAL COMMUNICATION RIGHTS With digital communication growing rapidly and policymakers in many countries developing digital infrastructure and governance models of the future, WACC believes that it is critical to move beyond the issue of access in order to address structural and rights issues. WACC applauds the UN Agenda 2030’s focus on access to information and communications technology (ICTs) and Internet services. WACC | WACC, WCC TO HOST ‘COMMUNICATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE 30 Mar 2021. WACC, WCC to host ‘Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age’ symposium. “Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age,” an international symposium jointly hosted by WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC), will offer a chance to explore new visions for digital justice, public space, and actions

that

WACC | MAY 2021

page-template-default,page,page-id-36160,page-child,parent-pageid-21829,theme-bridge,bridge-core-2.6.1,woocommerce-no-js,qode-page-transition-enabled,ajax_fade,page WACC | PRESERVING AND PROMOTING THE DUMAGAT CULTURE Recognizing and Building Communication Rights. Philippines. PCIM partners the Episcopalian Diocese of Dumagat People and works towards unity and solidarity with the Anglican Church.The project outcomes included a tribal resolution adopting the creation of a community-based, culturally responsive school SIKAT (School on Indigenous Knowledge and Tradition) for submission to WACC | DIGITAL MEDIA AND DIVIDE IN ETHIOPIA Ethiopia and the Ethiopian media are in a gradual process of digitization (conversion from analogue to digital) and digitalization i.e. the adoption and use of converted technologies by people and organizations such as the mass media. Most state organs have achieved a remarkable level of digitization within the past few years.

WACC | INDIA

15 Oct 2014 India. 15 Oct 2014. India. Posted at 11:51h in Uncategorized. by wacc_kn. WACC | NEGATIVE MEDIA PORTRAYAL OF ISLAM 15 May 2016. Negative media portrayal of Islam. There is a current obsession in mainstream media and academic discourse pertaining to Islam and the West. This current obsession is tinged with negative signifiers with the global media’s predominantly negative portrayal of Islam and Muslims, depicting Muslims generally as violent,

fanatical

WACC | COMMUNICATION FOR ALLABOUT USOUR WORKREGIONAL NETWORKSRESOURCESNEWSSUBSCRIBE April 19, 2021. Trust is a two-way street. The theme of WACC’s annual report for 2020 is “Truthful Voices Matter”. What appears to be self-evident reflects a growing perception that public interest media need to rebuild trust in their news content and opinions: by demonstrating impartiality, balance, and transparency. WACC | GLOBAL MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT (GMMP) The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), WACC’s flagship activity, is the largest and longest-running research on gender i n the world’s news media. Every five years since 1995, GMMP research has taken the pulse of selected indicators of gender in the news media, including women’s presence in relation to men, gender bias and stereotypes in news stories and other content. WACC | GMMP RESULTS: GLACIAL PROGRESS TOWARDS MEDIA GENDER 04 Mar 2021. GMMP Results: Glacial progress towards media gender equality 25 years on. Twenty-five years after the Fourth UN World Conference on Women (Beijing), the news media remain far from being inclusive spaces for women, vulnerable women, and historically marginalized groups, according to preliminary results released by the

2020 Global

WACC | WACC, WCC TO HOST ‘COMMUNICATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE 30 Mar 2021. WACC, WCC to host ‘Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age’ symposium. “Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age,” an international symposium jointly hosted by WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC), will offer a chance to explore new visions for digital justice, public space, and actions

that

WACC | FAKE NEWS, TRUTH AND TRUST Fake news is an addiction. The proliferation of fake news means truth is cast aside. And when truth is gone, trust disappears. “Facts are tied to trust,” Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center said. “Trust is what binds people together.”. WACC | A SUMMARY OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is attained earlier under a state’s own domestic

legislation.

WACC | NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION ETHICS In the emerging digital era of electronic networking and massive databases, the first challenge for communication ethics is to establish the agenda for this new media system. Collaborating on a credible agenda will help ensure that we emphasize the major issues in global digital ethics and not be distracted by the secondary and

superficial.

WACC | THE INTERNET IS A PUBLIC GOOD The INTERNET is a public good. ARTICLE 19 delivered the following statement at the 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on 14 June 2017. One year ago, the UN Human Rights Council reaffirmed that “the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online.”. States are falling far short of the commitments

contained

WACC | PRESERVING AND PROMOTING THE DUMAGAT CULTURE PCIM partners the Episcopalian Diocese of Dumagat People and works towards unity and solidarity with the Anglican Church.The project outcomes included a tribal resolution adopting the creation of a community-based, culturally responsive school SIKAT (School on Indigenous Knowledge and Tradition) for submission to the municipal

council.

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2020 Global

WACC | WACC, WCC TO HOST ‘COMMUNICATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE 30 Mar 2021. WACC, WCC to host ‘Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age’ symposium. “Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age,” an international symposium jointly hosted by WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC), will offer a chance to explore new visions for digital justice, public space, and actions

that

WACC | FAKE NEWS, TRUTH AND TRUST Fake news is an addiction. The proliferation of fake news means truth is cast aside. And when truth is gone, trust disappears. “Facts are tied to trust,” Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center said. “Trust is what binds people together.”. WACC | A SUMMARY OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is attained earlier under a state’s own domestic

legislation.

WACC | NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION ETHICS In the emerging digital era of electronic networking and massive databases, the first challenge for communication ethics is to establish the agenda for this new media system. Collaborating on a credible agenda will help ensure that we emphasize the major issues in global digital ethics and not be distracted by the secondary and

superficial.

WACC | THE INTERNET IS A PUBLIC GOOD The INTERNET is a public good. ARTICLE 19 delivered the following statement at the 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on 14 June 2017. One year ago, the UN Human Rights Council reaffirmed that “the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online.”. States are falling far short of the commitments

contained

WACC | PRESERVING AND PROMOTING THE DUMAGAT CULTURE PCIM partners the Episcopalian Diocese of Dumagat People and works towards unity and solidarity with the Anglican Church.The project outcomes included a tribal resolution adopting the creation of a community-based, culturally responsive school SIKAT (School on Indigenous Knowledge and Tradition) for submission to the municipal

council.

AFRICA – UP IN SMOKE? Africa – Up in smoke? 2 Africa – a special case for climate change Global warming is already affecting Africa.1 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that, “the effects of climate change are expected WACC | COMMUNICATION FOR ALL April 19, 2021. Trust is a two-way street. The theme of WACC’s annual report for 2020 is “Truthful Voices Matter”. What appears to be self-evident reflects a growing perception that public interest media need to rebuild trust in their news content and opinions: by demonstrating impartiality, balance, and transparency.

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About us. The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) is a non-governmental organisation that builds on communication rights in order to promote social justice. Today, we offer guidance and support to people of all faiths, ethnicities, and cultures worldwide. We believe that everyone has the right to communicate and to be in WACC | 2021 YEARBOOK FEATURES WACC ARTICLE ON DIGITAL (IN 20 May 2021. 2021 Yearbook features WACC article on digital (in)justice. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation around the world and offered opportunities for increased connectivity. However, it has also exacerbated digital injustice: lack of access for many, lack of accountability from powerful tech companies, dangerous WACC | COLOMBIA SEES INCREASE IN XENOPHOBIA AGAINST MIGRANTS 15 Sep 2020. Colombia sees increase in xenophobia against migrants. Months-long Covid-19 lockdowns in Colombia have resulted in “an increase in xenophobia and rejection of the migrant,” according to WACC Global partners who are providing Venezuelan migrants and host communities with access to relevant information and communication

platforms.

WACC | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN MEDIA AND DIGITAL CONTENT Most recently, the Sustainable Development Goal 5 Target 5.2 calls to eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation. The CEDAW recognizes the centrality of media to the elimination of VAW.

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unregulated.

WACC | HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THE ROLE OF MEDIA 27 Jun 2017. Human trafficking and the role of media. Human trafficking earns $9 billion to $31.6 billion globally. Photo courtesy of Fact Retriever. Organized by the Martin Luther Evangelical Lutheran Church in Toronto, a series of Table Talks has been exploring “issues that matter”. Part of ongoing activities worldwide marking

the 500th

WACC | DO SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ENCOURAGE OR STIFLE 27 Aug 2017. Do social media platforms encourage or stifle public debate? When first created, the internet and social media were thought to be places where the Habermasian idea of the public sphere (places in which rational debate and logic would win out in order to bring about true democratic reform) would finally be realized. However, time

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15 Oct 2014 India. 15 Oct 2014. India. Posted at 11:51h in Uncategorized. by wacc_kn. WACC | COMMUNICATION FOR ALLABOUT USOUR WORKREGIONAL NETWORKSRESOURCESNEWSSUBSCRIBE April 19, 2021. Trust is a two-way street. The theme of WACC’s annual report for 2020 is “Truthful Voices Matter”. What appears to be self-evident reflects a growing perception that public interest media need to rebuild trust in their news content and opinions: by demonstrating impartiality, balance, and transparency. WACC | WACC, WCC TO HOST ‘COMMUNICATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE 30 Mar 2021. WACC, WCC to host ‘Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age’ symposium. “Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age,” an international symposium jointly hosted by WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC), will offer a chance to explore new visions for digital justice, public space, and actions

that

WACC | GLOBAL MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT (GMMP) The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), WACC’s flagship activity, is the largest and longest-running research on gender i n the world’s news media. Every five years since 1995, GMMP research has taken the pulse of selected indicators of gender in the news media, including women’s presence in relation to men, gender bias and stereotypes in news stories and other content. WACC | GMMP RESULTS: GLACIAL PROGRESS TOWARDS MEDIA GENDER 04 Mar 2021. GMMP Results: Glacial progress towards media gender equality 25 years on. Twenty-five years after the Fourth UN World Conference on Women (Beijing), the news media remain far from being inclusive spaces for women, vulnerable women, and historically marginalized groups, according to preliminary results released by the

2020 Global

WACC | A SUMMARY OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is attained earlier under a state’s own domestic

legislation.

WACC | NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION ETHICS In the emerging digital era of electronic networking and massive databases, the first challenge for communication ethics is to establish the agenda for this new media system. Collaborating on a credible agenda will help ensure that we emphasize the major issues in global digital ethics and not be distracted by the secondary and

superficial.

WACC | FAKE NEWS, TRUTH AND TRUST Fake news is an addiction. The proliferation of fake news means truth is cast aside. And when truth is gone, trust disappears. “Facts are tied to trust,” Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center said. “Trust is what binds people together.”. WACC | THE INTERNET IS A PUBLIC GOOD The INTERNET is a public good. ARTICLE 19 delivered the following statement at the 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on 14 June 2017. One year ago, the UN Human Rights Council reaffirmed that “the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online.”. States are falling far short of the commitments

contained

WACC | THE STRUGGLE FOR COMMUNITY RADIO IN THE PHILIPPINES The struggle for community radio in the Philippines. The challenges facing community radio remain similar all over the Asia-Pacific region. That much was evident, during the 4th AMARC Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of Community Radios held 16-19 November in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. With the theme “Community Radio for Resilient

Communities

AFRICA – UP IN SMOKE? Africa – Up in smoke? 2 Africa – a special case for climate change Global warming is already affecting Africa.1 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that, “the effects of climate change are expected WACC | COMMUNICATION FOR ALLABOUT USOUR WORKREGIONAL NETWORKSRESOURCESNEWSSUBSCRIBE April 19, 2021. Trust is a two-way street. The theme of WACC’s annual report for 2020 is “Truthful Voices Matter”. What appears to be self-evident reflects a growing perception that public interest media need to rebuild trust in their news content and opinions: by demonstrating impartiality, balance, and transparency. WACC | WACC, WCC TO HOST ‘COMMUNICATION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE 30 Mar 2021. WACC, WCC to host ‘Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age’ symposium. “Communication for Social Justice in the Digital Age,” an international symposium jointly hosted by WACC and the World Council of Churches (WCC), will offer a chance to explore new visions for digital justice, public space, and actions

that

WACC | GLOBAL MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT (GMMP) The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), WACC’s flagship activity, is the largest and longest-running research on gender i n the world’s news media. Every five years since 1995, GMMP research has taken the pulse of selected indicators of gender in the news media, including women’s presence in relation to men, gender bias and stereotypes in news stories and other content. WACC | GMMP RESULTS: GLACIAL PROGRESS TOWARDS MEDIA GENDER 04 Mar 2021. GMMP Results: Glacial progress towards media gender equality 25 years on. Twenty-five years after the Fourth UN World Conference on Women (Beijing), the news media remain far from being inclusive spaces for women, vulnerable women, and historically marginalized groups, according to preliminary results released by the

2020 Global

WACC | A SUMMARY OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is attained earlier under a state’s own domestic

legislation.

WACC | NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION ETHICS In the emerging digital era of electronic networking and massive databases, the first challenge for communication ethics is to establish the agenda for this new media system. Collaborating on a credible agenda will help ensure that we emphasize the major issues in global digital ethics and not be distracted by the secondary and

superficial.

WACC | FAKE NEWS, TRUTH AND TRUST Fake news is an addiction. The proliferation of fake news means truth is cast aside. And when truth is gone, trust disappears. “Facts are tied to trust,” Lee Rainie, director of Internet, Science and Technology Research at the Pew Research Center said. “Trust is what binds people together.”. WACC | THE INTERNET IS A PUBLIC GOOD The INTERNET is a public good. ARTICLE 19 delivered the following statement at the 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on 14 June 2017. One year ago, the UN Human Rights Council reaffirmed that “the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online.”. States are falling far short of the commitments

contained

WACC | THE STRUGGLE FOR COMMUNITY RADIO IN THE PHILIPPINES The struggle for community radio in the Philippines. The challenges facing community radio remain similar all over the Asia-Pacific region. That much was evident, during the 4th AMARC Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of Community Radios held 16-19 November in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. With the theme “Community Radio for Resilient

Communities

AFRICA – UP IN SMOKE? Africa – Up in smoke? 2 Africa – a special case for climate change Global warming is already affecting Africa.1 The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts that, “the effects of climate change are expected

WACC | ABOUT US

About us. The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) is a non-governmental organisation that builds on communication rights in order to promote social justice. Today, we offer guidance and support to people of all faiths, ethnicities, and cultures worldwide. We believe that everyone has the right to communicate and to be in WACC | 2021 YEARBOOK FEATURES WACC ARTICLE ON DIGITAL (IN 20 May 2021. 2021 Yearbook features WACC article on digital (in)justice. The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation around the world and offered opportunities for increased connectivity. However, it has also exacerbated digital injustice: lack of access for many, lack of accountability from powerful tech companies, dangerous WACC | NEW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATION ETHICS In the emerging digital era of electronic networking and massive databases, the first challenge for communication ethics is to establish the agenda for this new media system. Collaborating on a credible agenda will help ensure that we emphasize the major issues in global digital ethics and not be distracted by the secondary and

superficial.

WACC | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN MEDIA AND DIGITAL CONTENT Most recently, the Sustainable Development Goal 5 Target 5.2 calls to eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation. The CEDAW recognizes the centrality of media to the elimination of VAW. WACC | PRESERVING AND PROMOTING THE DUMAGAT CULTURE Recognizing and Building Communication Rights. Philippines. PCIM partners the Episcopalian Diocese of Dumagat People and works towards unity and solidarity with the Anglican Church.The project outcomes included a tribal resolution adopting the creation of a community-based, culturally responsive school SIKAT (School on Indigenous Knowledge and Tradition) for submission to WACC | NINE ELEMENTS OF DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP 13 May 2017. Nine elements of digital citizenship. Posted at 17:48h in Media Development. by wacc_kn. 1 Comment. Digital citizenship can be defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behaviour with regard to technology use. 1. Digital Access: full electronic participation in society. Technology users need to be aware that not everyone has WACC | TACKLING HATE SPEECH ONLINE AND OFFLINE Tackling hate speech online and offline. There is nothing new about hate speech. What has changed is the mode of delivery. In Nazi Germany, it was state-controlled newspapers and radio. At the time of the genocide in Rwanda, it was a radio station run by the Hutu government. Today, it is social media, until recently largely

unregulated.

WACC | HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND THE ROLE OF MEDIA 27 Jun 2017. Human trafficking and the role of media. Human trafficking earns $9 billion to $31.6 billion globally. Photo courtesy of Fact Retriever. Organized by the Martin Luther Evangelical Lutheran Church in Toronto, a series of Table Talks has been exploring “issues that matter”. Part of ongoing activities worldwide marking

the 500th

WACC | DO SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS ENCOURAGE OR STIFLE 27 Aug 2017. Do social media platforms encourage or stifle public debate? When first created, the internet and social media were thought to be places where the Habermasian idea of the public sphere (places in which rational debate and logic would win out in order to bring about true democratic reform) would finally be realized. However, time

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that

WACC | GLOBAL MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT (GMMP)GLOBAL MEDIA MONITORING PROJECTGLOBAL PROJECT 2020GLOBAL MEDIA AGENCYGLOBAL MEDIA BOXGLOBAL MEDIA CINCINNATIGLOBAL MEDIA COMPANY The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), WACC’s flagship activity, is the largest and longest-running research on gender i n the world’s news media. Every five years since 1995, GMMP research has taken the pulse of selected indicators of gender in the news media, including women’s presence in relation to men, gender bias and stereotypes in news stories and other content. WACC | A SUMMARY OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is attained earlier under a state’s own domestic

legislation.

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superficial.

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The INTERNET is a public good. ARTICLE 19 delivered the following statement at the 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on 14 June 2017. One year ago, the UN Human Rights Council reaffirmed that “the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online.”. States are falling far short of the commitments

contained

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15 Oct 2014 India. 15 Oct 2014. India. Posted at 11:51h in Uncategorized. by wacc_kn. WACC | COMMUNICATION FOR ALLABOUT USOUR WORKREGIONAL NETWORKSRESOURCESNEWSSUBSCRIBECOMMUNICATORS FOR CHRISTWACC FORMULAHOW TO USE WACCCOMMUNICATION ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIAT… April 19, 2021. Trust is a two-way street. The theme of WACC’s annual report for 2020 is “Truthful Voices Matter”. What appears to be self-evident reflects a growing perception that public interest media need to rebuild trust in their news content and opinions: by demonstrating impartiality, balance, and transparency. WACC | ABOUT USSEE MORE ON WACCGLOBAL.ORGAT WACC CALCULATORAT WACC

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that

WACC | GLOBAL MEDIA MONITORING PROJECT (GMMP)GLOBAL MEDIA MONITORING PROJECTGLOBAL PROJECT 2020GLOBAL MEDIA AGENCYGLOBAL MEDIA BOXGLOBAL MEDIA CINCINNATIGLOBAL MEDIA COMPANY The Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP), WACC’s flagship activity, is the largest and longest-running research on gender i n the world’s news media. Every five years since 1995, GMMP research has taken the pulse of selected indicators of gender in the news media, including women’s presence in relation to men, gender bias and stereotypes in news stories and other content. WACC | A SUMMARY OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a human rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children. The Convention defines a child as any human being under the age of eighteen, unless the age of majority is attained earlier under a state’s own domestic

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superficial.

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GOOD

The INTERNET is a public good. ARTICLE 19 delivered the following statement at the 35th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on 14 June 2017. One year ago, the UN Human Rights Council reaffirmed that “the same rights that people have offline must also be protected online.”. States are falling far short of the commitments

contained

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WACC ISSUES CALL FOR PROJECTS The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), a non-governmental organization that build...

May 21, 2021

2021 YEARBOOK FEATURES WACC ARTICLE ON DIGITAL (IN)JUSTICE The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated digital transformation around the world and offered opportunit...

May 20, 2021

INTERNATIONAL CHURCH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS URGE COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT TO STOP SPIRAL OF VIOLENCE The World Council of Churches, ACT Alliance, Lutheran World Federation, World Communion of Reformed ...

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COMMENT BLOG: A REMARK, A CRITIQUE, AN OPINION PUBLIC SERVICE JOURNALISM AT ITS VERY BEST Reporters Without Borders has underlined growing concerns about a steady decline of press freedom in several European Union member states, including Greece, Malta, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia. In “‘Worrying picture’: Journalists in Europe face increasing risk, press freedom group warns” (The Guardian, 14

April...

May 17, 2021

IN THE BATTLE OF GIANTS, WHO TO ROOT FOR? The tech headlines in the past week have marked the growing data privacy battle between Apple and Facebook. The latest update to iPads and iPhones includes an App Tracking Transparency feature which will force app developers to ask users permission to collect their data.

This...

May 3, 2021

GLOBAL TAX REFORMS AND COMMUNICATION RIGHTS Do current shifts in economic thinking represent an opportunity for communication rights?   On April 5th, United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen issued a call for a global corporate tax rate, a major shift from the neoliberal consensus that has governed the

global...

April 19, 2021

TRUST IS A TWO-WAY STREET The theme of WACC’s annual report for 2020 is “Truthful Voices Matter”. What appears to be self-evident reflects a growing perception that public interest media need to rebuild trust in their news content and opinions: by demonstrating impartiality, balance, and transparency. Why is trust eroding,...

April 5, 2021

DIGITAL JUSTICE, STILL WAITING IN THE WINGS Everyone agrees that social media are failing to distinguish between truth and lies. That’s partly because the line is easily blurred, but also because social media are corporate entities running on profit. Few people agree on how to tackle the problem of fake news

or...

March 22, 2021

#IWD 2021: ACHIEVING AN EQUAL FUTURE IN A COVID-19 WORLD March, the month set aside to honour women’s contributions to American history is today commemorated worldwide as “Women’s history month”. Achieving an equal future in a Covid-19 world is the theme of International Women’s Day March 8. If there’s anything that a quarter century of media...

March 8, 2021

UNMOORED FROM THE TRUTH: HOLDING SOCIAL MEDIA TO ACCOUNT The Washington Post (2 February 2021) reported, “Former president Donald Trump lost the 2020 election largely due to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a post-election autopsy completed by Trump campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio. The 27-page document shows that voters in 10 key...

February 22, 2021

TIME TO REGAIN PUBLIC TRUST IN THE MEDIA American citizens are not alone in realising that press freedom is under attack. Russians, Poles, Hungarians, Brazilians and Filipinos – to name just a few – are also deeply concerned. They can all learn from PEN America which has put forward An Agenda for the...

February 8, 2021

ARGENTINA: MAKING ACCESS TO COMMUNICATION MORE AFFORDABLE Affordability a major hurdle in ensuring equitable access Today, access to the internet and mobile phones is critical for people everywhere. Still, 40% of the world’s population has no access to the internet, with countries such as India (50%), Ethiopia (81%), and Brazil (29%) having...

January 24, 2021

SILENCING TRUMP, PRESERVING FREE SPEECH? Following the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, the social media platforms Facebook and Twitter, followed by other online platforms, suspended and then banned President Donald Trump’s accounts due, as Twitter put it, “due to the risk of further incitement of

violence.”

January 18, 2021

NEW YEAR, NEW DIGITAL RESPONSIBILITIES Last year – and even as recently as January 6, 2021 – saw anti-democratic tendencies and misinformation magnified by social media in several countries, contributing to near breakdowns in the rule of law. It is time for stringent regulation of social media companies and online...

January 11, 2021

REMEMBERING THE PAST TO REIMAGINE THE FUTURE Cloud storage and hard drives are today’s scrapbooks, records, and memories. In his book delete (2009), Viktor Mayer-Schönberger explored “The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age”.

December 21, 2020

EMPOWERING WOMEN BY TACKLING ONLINE HARASSMENT AND ABUSE Section 230 of the U.S. Communications Decency Act (CDA) of 1996 says, “No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.”

December 14, 2020

SPEAKING UP FOR DECENCY AND DIALOGUE Stars on the digital Walk of Infamy are being awarded to world leaders. Former US President Donald Trump, current Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, and current Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro have each received one. They have been admonished by Twitter and Facebook for posts that violate...

December 7, 2020

FACIAL RECOGNITION USE AND ABUSE Public safety and national security are two advantages of facial recognition technology. Law enforcement agencies use the technology to identify known criminals and to find missing children or seniors. Airports are increasingly adding facial recognition technology to security checkpoints. Unsurprisingly, the U.S. Department of

Homeland...

November 30, 2020

BIOSURVEILLANCE CAN THREATEN HUMAN RIGHTS Using smartphones to track and trace during the Covid-19 epidemic creates a smokescreen for wider surveillance measures that may infringe people’s right to privacy. Human rights activists are concerned that such data can be used to discriminate against migrants, refugees, and on racial grounds.

November 23, 2020

TIME TO DETRUMPIFY THE MEDIA The antics of the outgoing US president have raised profound questions about the role of mass and social media in society today. How do public interest media – the kind that publish information and points of view on important issues that affect policies, lives, and...

November 16, 2020

16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM AND THE NEWS MEDIA IN 2020 This month marks the start of the annual 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence campaign running from November 25 to Human Rights Day December 10. Unlike previous years, lockdowns and curfews intended to arrest the spread of Covid-19 have led to a free-fall

into...

November 9, 2020

DEMOCRACY IS FREEDOM OF THE PRESS People the world over are willing – some are even praying for – a free and fair election in the USA on November 3. In ordinary times, for that to happen the media must also be free and fair. But these have not been ordinary...

November 2, 2020

OUR COMMON DIGITAL FUTURE In his 2011 book, The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding From You, Eli Pariser wrote, “the rise of pervasive, embedded filtering is changing the way we experience the internet and ultimately the

world.”

October 26, 2020

INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM IS A FORM OF ACTIVISM October 19, 2020 — Covid-19, migrants, and the climate crisis apart, public interest media is today’s hot topic. In the USA, Hungary, and the Philippines – to cite just three countries – some politicians have labelled media outlets critical of their policies and actions “fake media” or...

October 19, 2020

IN BRINGING ABOUT GENDER JUSTICE, MEN HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY Women all over the world are celebrating the sixth instalment in 25 years of the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP). What is it? A series of extensive gender and media monitoring studies conducted every five years since 1995 by WACC Global, an international NGO

that...

October 12, 2020

COMMUNICATION AS A BUILDING BLOCK OF A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD Since the emergence of the communication rights movements in the 1980s, activists have advanced a vision of the right to communicate as a highly political enterprise. The main idea at the heart of the movement has always been that democratizing media and communication is

a...

October 5, 2020

INVESTING IN JOURNALISM THAT SERVES THE PUBLIC INTEREST Public interest journalism addresses the needs of citizens in a democratic community. Journalism that serves the public interest acknowledges that citizens are able to comprehend the policies and decisions that affect them. It assumes they are capable of applying their experience and values to arguments...

September 28, 2020

INSTAGRAM – THE OPIUM OF THE PEOPLE Once used mainly by teens and young millennials, Instagram continues to grow as one of the most popular social media platforms. As of June 2018, Instagram had reached one billion monthly active users. More than 500 million use the platform daily.

September 21, 2020

CHALLENGING VOTER MANIPULATION IN THE US ELECTIONS Free Press and four allies have filed a lawsuit (27 August 2020) challenging an order against social media companies. The US District Court, Northern District of California, will hear a complaint against President Trump’s “Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship”, which targets online platforms with...

September 14, 2020

DEMOCRACY DEMANDS DIVERSITY IN THE NEWS How can news organizations practice diversity and how can newsmakers contribute to overcoming division and exclusion? A digital panel session discussed these questions as part of German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle’s Global Media Forum 2020. It focused on the need for news organizations to promote...

September 7, 2020

STAYING SILENT ABOUT HONG KONG IS NOT AN OPTION Media freedom is the freedom to protest. “Hong Kong has long been respected as a powerful global economic hub and lively political and democratic space, supported by a proud and strong independent media. Yet the imposition of the new national security law… has undermined

fundamental...

August 31, 2020

NEW MEDIA LAWS OBSTRUCT THE RIGHT TO COMMUNICATE A new law in Tanzania tightens controls on cooperation between local and international media outlets. Under new regulations announced by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority, which came into force on 10 August 2020, local media must now seek government permission to broadcast foreign content. They...

August 24, 2020

TIME FOR FACEBOOK TO FACE THE MUSIC There are laws about what can be seen or said in public. So why don’t they apply to social media? In principle they do. The problem is enforcing them. In part it’s a problem of scale.

August 17, 2020

TACKLING HATE SPEECH ONLINE AND OFFLINE There is nothing new about hate speech. What has changed is the mode of delivery. In Nazi Germany, it was state-controlled newspapers and radio. At the time of the genocide in Rwanda, it was a radio station run by the Hutu government. Today, it is...

August 10, 2020

VAW: A PLAGUE WITHIN THE PANDEMIC BUT NOT HEADLINE NEWS Last year the South African president elevated the epidemic of violence against women to national crisis level following pressure from activists, promising to put in place a public national register of offenders, a review of cold cases and harsher penalties for

perpetrators.

August 3, 2020

NEWS MEDIA, DISCRIMINATION, AND BIAS No apologies for quoting at length from “The Media Isn’t Ready to Cover Climate Apartheid” by Michelle García (The Nation, 17 June 2020). While praising the public service ethic of many media outlets, whose coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic has been exemplary, she notes

an...

July 27, 2020

ENABLING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN HUMANITARIAN RESPONSES In times of disaster, the need to engage with affected communities to ensure useful, timely and accurate information is mutually shared is increasingly recognised as essential.

July 20, 2020

SPEAKING UP FOR FREE SPEECH A group of 153 academics, writers, and social activists published a letter in Harper’s Magazine (7 July 2020) expressing concern that “a new set of moral attitudes and political commitments” are tending “to weaken norms of open debate and toleration of differences in favor of...

July 13, 2020

THE ENEMY ON YOUR WRIST Tags: surveillance, wearables, monitoring tools, privacy Electronic tagging has always been controversial. Today it is being touted in the name of health security.

July 6, 2020

TOPPLING STATUES ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLECTIVE REFLECTION Protests against racism unleashed by the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, at the hands of police in Minneapolis spread all over the United States, Canada, and parts of Europe in May and June of

this year.

June 29, 2020

PROTECTING JOURNALISTS IS A BALANCING ACT BETWEEN DICTUMS AND

DICTATORS

The Philippines is facing another crackdown on media freedoms. On June 15, 2020, a court in the capital Manila, convicted former CNN journalist Maria Ressa and former Rappler writer Reynaldo Santos Jr. of cyber libel for publishing an article that implicated a prominent

businessman who...

June 22, 2020

TIME TO STAND UP FOR JOURNALISM AND JOURNALISTS – AGAIN! Democracy stands or falls by its guarantee of freedom of expression and opinion and an independent press. Two tragic events have thrown that statement into sharp relief: the global coronavirus pandemic and the murder of George Floyd in the USA.

June 15, 2020

UPGRADING DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE TO SERVE ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE Ownership of mobile phones, especially smartphones, is spreading rapidly across the globe. Yet, there are still many people in emerging economies who do not own a mobile phone, or who share one with others. According to the Pew Research Center, in 2019 mobile divides were...

June 8, 2020

ADVOCATING FREEDOM FROM FEAR At a time when the world is rightly focused on the coronavirus pandemic and its long-term consequences, under-reported news includes how far down the road we are (or not) toward the abolition of nuclear weapons. The report “Enough is Enough: Global Nuclear Weapons

Spending in...

June 1, 2020

JOURNALISTS ARE KEY WORKERS IN A CHAOTIC WORLD It’s a familiar story. Toe the government line – any government – and survive. Criticize the government, or its cronies, or policies that benefit the few rather than the majority, and risk censure or worse. Investigative journalism examines questions of public interest: crime and corruption,...

May 25, 2020

MIGRANT VOICES IN THE TIME OF COVID-19 With the onset of the current pandemic, things are bound to get a lot more challenging for many migrants and refugees, as well as for the societies that host them. The number of forcibly displaced people worldwide was already the highest it had been in decades even...

May 18, 2020

A PANDEMIC OF MISTRUST The World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), suggests that the coming decade will be decisive for the future of journalism. The 2020 edition of the Index, which evaluates the situation for journalists in 180 countries and territories, identifies five converging crises: geopolitical...

May 11, 2020

NO SURVEILLANCE WITHOUT SAFEGUARDING PRIVACY! A key issue arising from responses to the Covid-19 pandemic is surveillance. Once governments have established ways of tracking and monitoring individuals in the name of national health security, they may become very difficult to undo.

May 4, 2020

EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES, EXTRAORDINARY PROTECTIONS More than 100 civil society groups have urged governments not to use the global coronavirus pandemic as cover for future pervasive electronic snooping but to make sure data is erased once the health

crisis is over.

April 27, 2020

TO DENY INFORMATION IS TO DENY HUMAN RIGHTS Even faced with COVID-19, despotic regimes will stop at nothing. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has expressed its concern at some Middle Eastern governments taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to increase state censorship and to clamp down on the dissemination of news and information.

April 20, 2020

ZOOM ZOOMS TO RECTIFY DIGITAL RIGHTS BREACH Civil liberties are most fragile during times of crisis. As conflict the world over has shown, digital communications infrastructures can easily be used to censor, to silence, to monitor, and ultimately to sanction. In China, WeChat and Weibo are extremely popular. China introduced new laws...

April 13, 2020

BACKSLIDING FOR PROFIT Trade relations must not be allowed to threaten hard-won universal rights. The United Kingdom appears to be trying to wriggle out of applying the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to its post-Brexit existence as a non-member of the European Union (EU).

April 6, 2020

DIGITAL PRIVACY AND THE NEED TO KNOW Collecting personal data for the best of reasons – such as tackling the coronavirus pandemic – has triggered a wave of misgivings. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (www.eff.org) has responded to growing concerns with a statement (10 March 2020) urging “a balance between collective good and...

March 30, 2020

WHEN MAINSTREAM MEDIA GET IT RIGHT Interesting to see the media’s largely positive role in helping to combat the coronavirus crisis. According to Forbes Magazine (March 16), the World Health Organization (WHO) is becoming the planet’s most important social media influencer.

March 23, 2020

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING: IT’S POLITICAL Attacks on the independence of the BBC are multiplying. The principle of public service broadcasting – or, in these days of digital convergence, public service media – ought to be sacrosanct. The question then becomes one of the need for unbiased oversight and

financial autonomy.

March 16, 2020

PUSHING THE LIMITS OF MEDIA FREEDOM IN THE INTEREST OF DEMOCRATIC

PROTEST

A report from Lebanon’s Maharat Foundation examines the role of freedom of expression and media during the 2019 uprising. Maharat’s aim is to create societal and political conditions that enhance freedom of expression and access to information both online and offline. It equips a progressive...

March 9, 2020

INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL TAXATION: IT’S LONG OVERDUE “Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.” Pulitzer Prize winning American author Herman Wouk may have written that, but it certainly seems to be true of some of the major tech companies whose profits include those from dubious digital surveillance techniques.

March 2, 2020

CIVIL SOCIETY HAS A CHANCE TO REGAIN THE HIGH GROUND Surveillance and loss of privacy are watchwords in the digital transformation of societies worldwide. Who is watching us and for what purposes? Who is infringing private spaces and closing down public spaces? When it comes to communication infrastructures and technologies, accessibility and affordability are no...

February 24, 2020

GIVING MIGRANTS A VOICE – AND OTHERS A HISTORY LESSON National Public Radio (NPR) in the United States is demonstrating the importance both of giving a voice to migrants in media, and of ensuring the independence of the public broadcasting platform. As reported by another public broadcaster, BBC (“The immigrants telling stories history missed” 10...

February 17, 2020

MEASURES TO TACKLE DISINFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA IN EUROPE Recently, the European parliament voted in favour of stronger EU measures aimed at countering “highly dangerous” Russian disinformation and at upgrading the EU’s anti-propaganda unit.

October 28, 2019

‘IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO KEEP CHILDREN SAFE BOTH ONLINE AND

OFFLINE’

Children now represent one third of all Internet users. This number is expected to increase once developing countries – where most of the world’s children live –become digitized. This is both exciting and worrisome. Exciting because it has been established that connectivity opens doors to new educational experiences, skills, and other benefits. Worrisome because of what we know and experience about the Internet’s darker side.

October 21, 2019

MEDIA REFORM IS ALIVE AND KICKING! In September 2019, in a victory for the principles underlying media democracy, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit rebuked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by overturning the agency’s latest attempts to eliminate long-standing limits on local-media

ownership.

October 21, 2019

PROTEST IN THE DIGITAL REALM Digital technology is a growing force in today’s world. Since advocacy groups during the Vietnam War became incensed by televised images of suffering and torture, information and communication technology has changed the way we interact with the world around us.

October 14, 2019

MEDIA INDEPENDENCE: A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION It’s surprising that the issue of “fake news” took so long to raise its head. Deliberate misinformation and bias have been around for as long as journalism itself – more than 400 years by some accounts. The yellow press (a term coined in the 1890s...

October 7, 2019

HOW THE 5G WIRELESS DIVIDEND CAN HELP CONNECT THOSE LEFT BEHIND Private, public, and civil society actors should work together to encourage more sustainable financing of universal access efforts Access to communication and information tools and platforms, including digital platforms, is essential to enable us all to exercise our human rights. In today’s world, fully exercising...

September 30, 2019

HOW THE 5G WIRELESS DIVIDEND CAN HELP CONNECT THOSE LEFT BEHIND Private, public, and civil society actors should work together to encourage more sustainable financing of universal access efforts

September 30, 2019

POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE AGE OF TWITTER Photo: London UK. 24th July 2019. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, delivers a speech outside 10 Downing Street. Credit: Michael Tubi/Shutterstock On 19 September, Veteran BBC journalist John Humphreys hosted his last “Today” radio programme after 32 years. Known for his aggressive interviewing on a...

September 23, 2019

POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE AGE OF TWITTER On 19 September, Veteran BBC journalist John Humphreys hosted his last “Today” radio programme after 32 years. Known for his aggressive interviewing on a morning news programme that for decades has often set the tone and issues for the day’s news in Britain, he used his last programme to criticise current politicians for avoiding scrutiny

by the media.

September 23, 2019

WHEN FACT-CHECKING ISN’T ABOUT ‘RIGHT’ OR ‘WRONG’ The rise of “fake news” charges and deliberate disinformation have  led to an important counter effort: fact-checking. News agencies, civil society organisations, and concerned individuals have taken on the fight for “truth” – assessing political claims and struggling to prevent misinformation guiding our decisions and...

September 16, 2019

WHEN FACT-CHECKING ISN’T ABOUT ‘RIGHT’ OR ‘WRONG’ The rise of “fake news” charges and deliberate disinformation have  led to an important counter effort: fact-checking. News agencies, civil society organisations, and concerned individuals have taken on the fight for “truth” – assessing political claims and struggling to prevent misinformation guiding our decisions and

behaviour.

September 16, 2019

CHILDREN’S COMMUNICATION RIGHTS NEED BETTER PROTECTION Google should have known better! An Associated Press piece in The Guardian newspaper (“YouTube fined $170m for collecting children’s personal data”, 4 September 2019) notes a serious violation of children’s right to privacy: “Google’s video site YouTube has been fined $170m to settle allegations it collected

children’s...

September 9, 2019

CHILDREN’S COMMUNICATION RIGHTS NEED BETTER PROTECTION Google should have known better! An Associated Press piece in _The Guardian_ newspaper (“YouTube fined $170m for collecting children's personal data”, 4 September 2019) notes a serious violation of children’s right to privacy:

September 9, 2019

CLIMATE CHANGE LITERACY AND COMMUNITY MEDIA Not everyone is familiar with climate change. A new survey released by Afrobarometer paints a bleak picture of how agriculture conditions are worsening due to higher temperatures, delayed rainfall, and crop failure. Crucially, among some people, it also identifies little or no knowledge about climate...

September 2, 2019

CLIMATE CHANGE LITERACY AND COMMUNITY MEDIA Not everyone is familiar with climate change. A new survey released by Afrobarometer paints a bleak picture of how agriculture conditions are worsening due to higher temperatures, delayed rainfall, and crop failure. Crucially, among some people, it also identifies little or no knowledge about climate change itself.

September 2, 2019

PRIVACY ON THE FRONTIER OF LAWLESSNESS Privacy was something that used to be taken for granted. Ordinarily, the private life of an individual was not open to scrutiny, while public life was the concern of law and order and decency. In communication terms, privacy meant that only the addressee could

open...

August 26, 2019

PRIVACY ON THE FRONTIER OF LAWLESSNESS Privacy was something that used to be taken for granted. Ordinarily, the private life of an individual was not open to scrutiny, while public life was the concern of law and order and decency. In communication terms, privacy meant that only the addressee could open letters or telegrams and telephone operators would not listen in to conversations. Unauthorised disclosure could be

sanctioned.

August 26, 2019

BAN BOOKS, BAN PEOPLE “For the past twenty years, the main issue restricting ublic debate in terms of Turkish laws has been the prosecution and imprisonment of journalists, writers and intellectuals on the grounds that they contribute to violence and terrorism.” This quote comes from a report by English...

August 19, 2019

FROM MANUFACTURING CONSENT TO MANUFACTURING CONSENSUS An influential book on communications in the 1980s was _Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of Mass Communication_, by Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky. It proposed a “propaganda model” as a way of understanding how the mass media system intersected with the U.S. economy, political system, and mobilising support for the special interests dominating state and corporate activity.

August 12, 2019

IT’S VITAL TO BE ABLE TO “READ” SOCIAL MEDIA In an era when misinformation and “fake news” abound on social media, it is important to understand where people get their news.

August 6, 2019

BIG DATA’S BIG BROTHER: REAL-TIME DATA PROCESSING Walk around any city and your face will be caught on camera and might even be added to a facial-recognition database. That data can now be processed in real-time. Regulations about how it can be used are minimal and generally weak.

July 29, 2019

“DEMOCRACY, AS WE KNOW IT, IS ABOUT TO DIE…” There was a mantra among communities and businesses when foreign goods and huge chain stores started crowding out small, local operations. “Buy local” was the cry.

July 22, 2019

CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS Philip Alston, UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, writes that the impacts of global heating are likely to undermine not only basic rights to life, water, food, and housing for hundreds of millions of people, but also democracy and the rule of

law.

July 15, 2019

SHORT-SIGHTED POLICIES FOR SHORT-TERM GAIN Accessibility and affordability are watchwords of the communication rights movement. Yet when it comes to digital access, governments have still not got their act together.

July 8, 2019

A VOLUNTARY WAY OF HOLDING SOCIAL MEDIA TO ACCOUNT Article 19 – the international freedom of expression organization – has proposed creating Social Media Councils (SMCs) as a way of moderating content on social media based on a “multi-stakeholder accountability mechanism”.

July 1, 2019

UNFRIENDLY-FIRE: MEDIA FREEDOM UNDER THREAT “Elected leaders in many democracies, who should be press freedom’s staunchest defenders, have made explicit attempts to silence critical media voices and strengthen outlets that serve up favorable coverage. The trend is linked to a global decline in democracy itself: The erosion of press freedom is both a symptom of and a contributor to the breakdown of other democratic institutions and principles, a fact that makes it especially alarming.”

June 24, 2019

INTERNET GOVERNANCE SHOULD WORK TOWARDS MECHANISMS TO REINVIGORATE INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM A free and independent media sector is one of the cornerstones of what it means for a country to be a liberal democracy. The emergence of the Internet was initially received with much optimism as there was an expectation that it would help democratize media systems, allowing “citizens to report news, expose wrongdoing, express opinions, mobilize protest, monitor elections, scrutinize government, deepen participation, and expand the horizons of freedom."

June 17, 2019

TRUE PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA TO THE RESCUE Every ten years or so the BBC comes in for criticism for being too partial or too impartial.

June 10, 2019

WORLD WIDE WEB OR WEBS OF INTRIGUE? In its 2019 report, the Internet Society asks whether the Internet economy is consolidating and, if it is, what the implications might

be.

June 3, 2019

SEEING AND HEARING PEOPLE WHO MATTER It is more and more evident that communication and information issues are intrinsically connected to questions of sustainable development

and human dignity.

May 27, 2019

SUPPORT FOR LOCAL MEDIA Subscribers to _The Guardian_ in the UK recently received a message of appreciation from the Editor-in-Chief, Katherine Viner. She announced that after a three-year “turnaround” strategy the newspaper had hit its goal of breaking even – making a small profit that has been ploughed back into supporting their journalism.

May 20, 2019

DIGITAL VULNERABILITY AND GLOBAL JUSTICE As with every new technological innovation, there are pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages, benefits and risks.

May 13, 2019

STAND UP FOR PRESS FREEDOM WORLDWIDE! It’s a more clandestine and dangerous world when journalists can be threatened with violence, detention, and death for doing their job.

April 29, 2019

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN AN AGE OF ANXIETY The UK Foreign Secretary has appointed international human rights lawyer Amal Clooney to act as a special envoy on media freedom. She will also chair a high-level panel of legal experts on the issue.

April 23, 2019

INSTALIKE VS. INSTAHATE In the “good old days” of traditional media, there were gatekeepers whose task was to apply professional and ethical standards to content. In addition, government and public entities established print and broadcast regulations that were independently monitored to

ensure compliance.

April 15, 2019

WHY ARE INDIGENOUS AND MINORITY LANGUAGES IMPORTANT IN TODAY’S

WORLD?

The United Nations has declared 2019 as the International Year of Indigenous Languages in order to raise awareness about the importance of linguistic diversity in relation to sustainable development, culture, knowledge, and collective memory. People’s ability to communicate in their own language is one of the cornerstones of communication rights.

April 8, 2019

CAN MIGRANTS MAKE THEMSELVES HEARD IN THE AGE OF NATIONAL POPULISM? Rates of forced migration are the highest they have been in decades. In 2016, approximately 40 million people became internally displaced persons (IDPs) and 22.5 million became refugees, the highest figures on record. These are staggering numbers.

April 1, 2019

MEDIA REFORM IN THE UK Trustworthy news and opinion is the Holy Grail of journalism today. An independent report reviewing challenges facing high quality journalism in the UK has been published. The Cairncross Review: a sustainable future for journalism

(12

February 2019) recommends a new regulator to oversee the relationship between news outlets and technology giants and urges a public investigation into the dominance of Facebook and Google in the advertising marketplace.

March 25, 2019

WHAT NEXT FOR THE WEB? The 30th birthday of the World Wide Web saw its founder publish an open letter reflecting on how the web has changed our world. He  identifies what must be done to build a better web that serves

all of humanity.

March 18, 2019

FAKE NEWS AND THE HIJACKING OF PUBLIC OPINION British Members of Parliament are agitating for tougher regulations to

combat fake news.

March 11, 2019

TO SHARE OR NOT TO SHARE A friend forwarded a YouTube video reporting on an apparent practice in a Central Asian country of abducting women for marriage.

March 4, 2019

DIGITAL SURVEILLANCE: WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS? Last year Australia passed a bill weakening security on the iPhones and software people rely on in today’s digital world. This sweeping law could force tech companies to access encrypted data.

February 25, 2019

I GOT ALGORITHM

How to prevent social networks from damaging the well-being of young

people?

February 18, 2019

MIND YOUR LANGUAGE!

Masculine, feminine, or gender-neutral?

February 18, 2019

DATA PROTECTION AND GOOGOL FINES Data privacy, also called information privacy, is about what data in a computer system can be shared with third parties.

February 4, 2019

BUILDING TRUST IN A FRAGMENTED WORLD Genuine communication is all about creating relationships and building

trust.

January 28, 2019

WHAT MAKES GREAT JOURNALISM? ON FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS AND TERROR Yet another terrorist act played out in Nairobi just two weeks into

2019.

January 21, 2019

HUNGER FOR TRUTH GAMES Media wars can easily get personal. Today the name of the game is Showtime! Ratings trump sober facts and inconvenient truths. Fox News offers foxy entertainment; The _New York Post_ offers sensationalism; the gutter press epitomised by the likes of the UK’s _The Daily Mail_ and the German tabloid _Bild Zeitung_ have been known to peddle downright lies.

January 14, 2019

SHRINKING CIVIC SPACE DEMANDS ALTERNATIVE STRATEGIES At the end of 2018, an astonishing statistic was published by CIVICUS Monitor, a research collaborative effort that rates and tracks respect for fundamental freedoms in 196 countries.

January 7, 2019

WHAT PRICE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION? Freedom of information, including the right to access information held by public bodies, is crucial to democracy, good governance, and good

citizenship.

December 10, 2018

TIME FOR A COMMUNICATION REVOLUTION FROM BELOW! Sobering words for those who still believe that information and communication technologies (ICTs) are the panacea for the world’s ills. In “Developing Countries Losing Out To Digital Giants” (IPS News, 17 October 2018), Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury write:

December 3, 2018

NEW MEXICAN GOVERNMENT SHOULD PRIORITIZE THE PROTECTION OF

JOURNALISTS

Mexico is among the most dangerous countries in the world to be a journalist. Over 70 journalists were killed during the past decade; 8 have been killed in 2018 alone. Many more have been threatened or assaulted in different forms. Worst of all, impunity is rampant.

November 26, 2018

WHATSAPP CALLS TIME ON WHATSAPP Social media are accused of bringing about the demise of traditional journalism. They are used to tar news stories with the brush of “fake news” as loud-mouthed politicians eagerly point the finger at what they deem to be critical or unfavourable coverage.

November 19, 2018

INTEGRITY IN NEWS COVERAGE The world’s leading newspapers are struggling to maintain their place as voices of conscience in society when via social media everyone is free to express alternative views and opinions.

November 12, 2018

WHEN MEDIA, POLITICS AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE COLLIDE How media report on sexual violence when political interests are at play is a litmus test for how serious they are about professional

ethics.

November 5, 2018

‘FAKE NEWS’ IS UNDERMINING BRAZILIAN RIGHTS During Brazil’s military dictatorship (1964-85), the people’s ability to exercise some of their most fundamental human rights was severely curtailed. In addition to engaging in torture, extrajudicial killings, and repression against opposition groups, the successive military governments that governed Brazil during this period relentlessly restricted freedom of expression, access to public information, and controlled the majority of media outlets.

October 29, 2018

BEWARE PROPAGANDA FROM THE WIRELESS INDUSTRY There has always been a suspicion that radio waves do more harm than good. With the arrival of the Internet of Things – wireless computing devices embedded in such everyday objects as fridges, washing machines and coffee makers – the scenario easily slips into

one of doomsday.

October 22, 2018

MEDIA BREAD AND CIRCUSES On 7 September 2018, former President Obama delivered a pointed critique of the Trump presidency. Speaking to students at the University of Illinois, he urged political awareness and action,

saying:

October 15, 2018

GENOCIDE IN THE NEWS: ON MEDIA ELITISM AND RACISM Why do some genocides make the news and others hardly? Let me rephrase: Why do international news media give grossly disproportionate attention to different yet similarly grave ‘deliberate and systematic destructions of a racial, political, or cultural group’ (Miriam-Webster definition)?

October 8, 2018

WHEN DID YOU LAST TAKE A BREAK FROM SOCIAL MEDIA? According to a 2018 research report from the Pew Research Centre on trends in social media use in the United States, 74% of Facebook users in that country visited the platform at least once a day, and 51% did so several times a day.

October 1, 2018

PROTECTING PRIVACY IN A WORLD OF DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS “New technologies will enable high levels of social control at a reasonable cost. Governments will be able to selectively censor topics and behaviors to allow information for economically productive activities to flow freely, while curbing political discussions that might damage the regime.China’s so-called Great Firewall provides an early demonstration of this kind of selective censorship.”

September 24, 2018

LATEST NEWS AND COMMENT * U of T student is WACC’s new summer intern * Asia’s representation of women in the news still below global

average

* Promoting ‘hope speech,’ one post at a time

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