From NWICO to WSIS : 30 years of communication geopolitics : actors and flows, structures and divides /: 30 years of communication geopolitics : actors and flows, structures and divides. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Divina Frau-Meigs [and others].
• Other Names: Frau-Meigs, Divina
• Contents: Cover; IFC; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; PART I: On the Agenda: NWICO; Introduction; Correlations between NWICO and Information Society: Reflections of a NWICO actor; The history of NWICO and its lessons; NWICO: Reuters' Gerald Long versus UNESCO's Seán MacBride; IPS, an alternative source of news: From NWICO to civil society; New scenarios for the Right to Communicate in Latin America; Past witnesses' present comments; PART II: Shifting Sands; Introduction; The Right to Communicate -- A continuing victim of historic links to NWICO and UNESCO? 'Going Digital': A historical perspective on early international cooperation in informaticsICTs, discourse and knowledge societies: Implications for policy and practice; Past witnesses' present comments; PART III: Changing the agenda: WSIS and the future; Introduction; Towards Knowledge Societies in UNESCO and beyond; The notion of access to information and knowledge: Challenges and divides, sectors and limits; The international news agencies (and their TV/Multimedia Sites): The defence of their traditional lead in international news production. The least imperfect form of global governance yet? Civil society and multi-stakeholder governance of communicationCivil society and the amplification of media governance, during WSIS and beyond; Past witnesses' present comments; PART IV: Postface; From New International Information Order to New Information Market Order; Biographies; Abstracts; Webography; List of Abbreviations and Acronyms; Back Cover.
• Publisher Details: Bristol, UK Chicago, USA : Intellect
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 302.2; Communication, International; Geopolitics; Communication, International; Communication; Nonprofit organizations; Social media; Communication, International; Geopolitics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1841507474; 9781841507477
• Related ISBNs: 9781841506753; 1841506753; 9781841505862; 1841505862
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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