Monthly Archives: May 2011
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ICA 2011 [Make research move policy]: conference notes
Yesterday, I presented at the International Communication Association (ICA) conference organized by the American University’s Center for Social Media in consultation with organizers of the annual Re-Visionary Interpretations of the Public Enterprise (RIPE) conference, the Mapping Digital Media (MDM) … Read more
Africa’s media landscape 20 years after Windhoek
Guest post by Guy Berger, Rhodes University, South Africa
It’s the 20th anniversary year of the Windhoek Declaration on press freedom, the event that gave rise to World Press Freedom Day. According to UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova, speaking in Washington on … Read more
Resources on Media and Diversity
The Media Diversity Institute (MDI) has developed a database of general resources on media and diversity here. They’ve also created a links section here.
Internet and Freedom of Expression: a Latin American view
Guest post by Eduardo Bertoni
New technologies, particularly the Internet, are essential to the exercise of freedom of expression today. Internet users are growing in Latin America. Even though North America still has the higher number of users, countries in South … Read more
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