Communication Rights and Social Justice

Historical Accounts of Transnational Mobilizations
Herausgegeben:Padovani, C.; Calabrese, A.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Placing struggles for communication rights within the broader context of human rights struggles in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, this broad-based collection offers a rich range of illustrations of national, regional and global struggles to define communication rights as essential to human needs and happiness.

Produktdetails

• Global Transformations in Media and Communication Research - A Palgrave and IAMCR Series
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-37829-3
• 2014
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 146mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 587g
• ISBN-13: 9781137378293
• ISBN-10: 1137378298
• Artikelnr.: 40496422

Autorenporträt

Sally Burch, Agencia Latinoamericana de Información -ALAI, Ecuador Andrew Calabrese, University of Colorado, USA Paula Chakravartty , New York University, USA Donatella della Ratta, Harvard University, USA Margaret Gallagher, researcher and writer Seeta Pena Ganghdaran, New America Foundation's Open Technology Institute, USA Cees Hamelink, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Dorothy Kidd, University of San Francisco, California Aysha Mawani, McGill University, Canada Stefania Milan, Tilburg University, Netherlands Lorenzo Mosca, University of Roma Tre, Italy Claudia Padovani, University of Padova, Italy Marc Raboy, McGill University, Canada Roberto Savio, Inter Press Service Savatore Scifo, Maltepe University, Turkey Annabelle Sreberny, SOAS, University of London, UK Ingela Svedin, Swedish delegate at the OECD/DAC Pradip Thomas, University of Queensland, Australia Augusto Valeriani, University of Bologna, Italy

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures List of Tables Notes on Contributors Foreword; Marjan de Bruin Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction: Communication Rights and Social Justice: Historical Accounts of Transnational Mobilizations; Claudia Padovani and Andrew Calabrese PART I: COMMUNICATION STRUGGLES IN A GLOBALIZING CONTEXT 1. Communication Rights and the History of Ideas; Cees Hamelink 2. Communication Rights and Media Justice between Political and Discursive Opportunities: A Historical Perspective; Stefania Milan and Claudia Padovani 3. Living the New International Information Order; Roberto Savio 4. Continuities and Change in the Nexus of Communication and Development; Ingela Svedin 5. Are States still Important? Reflections on the Nexus between National and Global Media and Communication Policy; Marc Raboy and Ayesha Mawani PART II: MOBILIZING COMMUNICATIONS: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES AND PRACTICES 6. The Democratization of Communication: Latin American Perspectives and Initiatives; Sally Burch 7. Beyond the Dominant Paradigm of Communication Rights? Observations from South Asia; Pradip Thomas 8. Establishing a 'Rights Regime' in Iran: Thinking Communications, Politics and Gender Together; Annabelle Sreberny 9. Communication Rights as a Networking Reality: Community Radio in Europe; Salvatore Scifo 10. Media Reform and Communication Rights in the United States; Andrew Calabrese PART III: ONGOING RESISTANCE, NEW FRAMES AND CHANGING NARRATIVES 11. Media Justice and Communication Rights; Seeta Peña Gangadharan 12. Bringing Communication Back In: Social Movements and Media; Lorenzo Mosca 13. Reframing Communication Rights: Why Gender Matters; Margaret Gallagher 14. Practising Communication Rights: Cases from South Korea and Honduras; Dorothy Kidd 15. Communication Rights and Neoliberal Development: Techno-Politics in India; Paula Chakravartty 16. Remixing the Spring! Connective Leadership and Read-Write Practices in the 2011 Arab Uprisings; Donatella della Ratta and AugustoValeriani Afterword; Andrew Calabrese and Claudia Padovani Bibliography Index

Rezensionen

'This book makes a significant and original contribution to an important and emerging research area. It is unique, broad and full of useful empirical evidence and first hand reflection. It delivers all of this in a highly readable, engaging form that will appeal to various levels of students and to non academic audiences.' - Jeremy Shtern, Ryerson University, Canada