An Invitation to Consider a Progressive and Decolonial Civil Society Agenda for WSIS+20

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18 Nov 2024 An Invitation to Consider a Progressive and Decolonial Civil Society Agenda for WSIS+20 Posted at 13:26h in Media Development 2024/4 by Saskia Rowley Clemencia Rodriguez (Colombia/USA), Seán Ó Siochrú (Ireland), Parminder Jeet Singh (India) The fictional portrait below of Nelly and her family living in a media and digital world is based on research conducted by the… Read more »

The Global Digital Compact – an “add and stir gender” déjà vu?

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18 Nov 2024 The Global Digital Compact – an “add and stir gender” déjà vu? Posted at 13:25h in Media Development 2024/4 by Saskia Rowley Anita Gurumurthy and Nandini Chami The Global Digital Compact upholds “gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and their full, equal and meaningful participation” as a core principle for digital cooperation [para… Read more »

Victims as heroes or villains: Double standards in covering two contemporary conflicts

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18 Nov 2024 Victims as heroes or villains: Double standards in covering two contemporary conflicts Posted at 13:25h in Media Development 2024/4 by Saskia Rowley Daya Thussu As the world marks the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel and its bloody aftermath, it is worth reflecting on the way this ongoing conflict has been covered by the US-dominated… Read more »

Standing up to tyranny, protecting press freedom

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11 Nov 2024 Standing up to tyranny, protecting press freedom The disastrous outcome of the US presidential election – for global peace, and within the USA for women’s rights, immigration, the environment, gun laws and LGBTQ+ rights – is also disastrous for press freedom. Misinformation and disinformation will become even more overt and officially sanctioned. Writing in The Guardian, US… Read more »

WACC urges ACT Alliance members to be attentive to issues of communicative justice

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06 Nov 2024 WACC urges ACT Alliance members to be attentive to issues of communicative justice WACC has urged ACT Alliance members to give greater attention to communicative justice as a key dimension of sustainable development and humanitarian response, highlighting in particular the need for more inclusive and democratic media ecosystems. A member of the global coalition of 152 faith-based… Read more »

Confessions of an AI Sceptic

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28 Oct 2024 Confessions of an AI Sceptic When it comes to generative artificial intelligence, I am a sceptic. Is it just another Big Tech tool for collecting our personal data? Will it just magnify misinformation in a volatile political climate? Will it perpetuate racist, sexist and cultural stereotypes? Will it seem “smarter” only because we will cease to research,… Read more »

WACC partners to highlight key role of local voices at UN global biodiversity summit

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21 Oct 2024 WACC partners to highlight key role of local voices at UN global biodiversity summit WACC partners from Latin America are set to demonstrate the essential place of local voices exercising communication rights for climate justice as the United Nations Biodiversity Conference  – COP 16 opens today in Cali, Colombia. Every two years the UN event gathers governments… Read more »

Holding video streaming services to account

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14 Oct 2024 Holding video streaming services to account Posted at 06:00h in Comment by Saskia Rowley In 2001, Jack G. Shaheen published Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People. In an analysis of over 900 films with Arab and Muslim characters from 1896 to 2000, he showed how moviemakers represented Arabs as heartless, uncivilized, religious fanatics akin to… Read more »

WACC partner forum to give communication rights response to UN Global Digital Compact

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Some 25 of WACC’s grassroots partners in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East will explore the communication rights implications of the newly adopted United Nations Global Digital Compact and develop a joint plan of action for advocacy when they meet on 22–25 October in Kathmandu, Nepal. The participants at WACC’s project partner forum “Communication Rights: Building Blocks for Social Justice… Read more »

Discover the people behind the data in new GMMP blog series

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“Meet the Coordinators,” a new blog series launching today on WACC’s Who Makes The News website gives a look at the people, organizations, and contexts behind the data as the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) moves towards its 7th edition. The GMMP, the largest and longest longitudinal study on gender in the world’s media, marks its 30th anniversary in 2025…. Read more »