From NWICO to WSIS: 30 Years of Communication Geopolitics
Actors and Flows, Structures and Divides
Distributed for Intellect Ltd
240 pages
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7 x 9
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© 2012
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Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
Part I: On the Agenda: NWICO
Introduction
Correlations between NWICO and Information Society: Reflections of a NWICO actor
Mustapha Masmoudi
The history of NWICO and its lessons
Kaarle Nordenstreng
NWICO: Reuters’ Gerald Long versus UNESCO’s Seán MacBride
Michael Palmer
IPS, an alternative source of news: From NWICO to civil society
Patricio Tupper
New scenarios for the Right to Communicate in Latin America
Gustavo Gonzalez Rodriguez
Past witnesses’ present comments
Hifzi Topuz
Part II: Shifting Sands
Introduction
The Right to Communicate—A continuing victim of historic links to NWICO and UNESCO?
Alan McKenna
‘Going Digital’: A historical perspective on early international cooperation in informatics
Julia Pohle
ICTs, discourse and knowledge societies: Implications for policy and practice
Robin Mansell
Past witnesses’ present comments
Alain Modoux
Part III: Changing the agenda: WSIS and the future
Introduction
Towards Knowledge Societies in UNESCO and beyond
J. P. Singh
The notion of access to information and knowledge: Challenges and divides, sectors and limits
Jérémie Nicey
The international news agencies (and their TV/multimedia sites): The defence of their traditional lead in international news production
Camille Laville and Michael Palmer
The least imperfect form of global governance yet? Civil society and multi-stakeholder governance of communication
Jeremy Shtern, Normand Landry and Marc Raboy
Civil society and the amplification of media governance, during WSIS and beyond
Divina Frau-Meigs
Past witnesses’ present comments
Bertrand de La Chapelle
Part IV: Postface
From New International Information Order to New Information Market Order
Robert Savio
Biographies
Abstracts
Webography
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Part I: On the Agenda: NWICO
Introduction
Correlations between NWICO and Information Society: Reflections of a NWICO actor
Mustapha Masmoudi
The history of NWICO and its lessons
Kaarle Nordenstreng
NWICO: Reuters’ Gerald Long versus UNESCO’s Seán MacBride
Michael Palmer
IPS, an alternative source of news: From NWICO to civil society
Patricio Tupper
New scenarios for the Right to Communicate in Latin America
Gustavo Gonzalez Rodriguez
Past witnesses’ present comments
Hifzi Topuz
Part II: Shifting Sands
Introduction
The Right to Communicate—A continuing victim of historic links to NWICO and UNESCO?
Alan McKenna
‘Going Digital’: A historical perspective on early international cooperation in informatics
Julia Pohle
ICTs, discourse and knowledge societies: Implications for policy and practice
Robin Mansell
Past witnesses’ present comments
Alain Modoux
Part III: Changing the agenda: WSIS and the future
Introduction
Towards Knowledge Societies in UNESCO and beyond
J. P. Singh
The notion of access to information and knowledge: Challenges and divides, sectors and limits
Jérémie Nicey
The international news agencies (and their TV/multimedia sites): The defence of their traditional lead in international news production
Camille Laville and Michael Palmer
The least imperfect form of global governance yet? Civil society and multi-stakeholder governance of communication
Jeremy Shtern, Normand Landry and Marc Raboy
Civil society and the amplification of media governance, during WSIS and beyond
Divina Frau-Meigs
Past witnesses’ present comments
Bertrand de La Chapelle
Part IV: Postface
From New International Information Order to New Information Market Order
Robert Savio
Biographies
Abstracts
Webography
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Review Quotes
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