Addressing Communication and information poverty in the context of the sustainable development goals (SDGS)

Authors

  • Lorenzo Vargas
  • Philip Lee

Keywords:

Communication, Development, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Social change, Comunicación, Desarrollo, Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), Cambio social, Comunicação, Desenvolvimento, Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS), Mudança socia

Abstract

Abstract:Drawing on learnings from WACC consultations with 92 organizations and academic institutions working on communication-related issues, this document examines the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda from a communication rights perspective.Resumen:Basándose en los aprendizajes de consultas de la WACC con 92 organizaciones de la sociedad civil e instituciones académicas que trabajan en cuestiones relacionadas con la comunicación, este documento examina la Agenda 2030 de las Naciones Unidas desde una perspectiva de los derechos a la comunicación. Resumo: Com base nas aprendizagens das consultas da WACC com 92 organizações da sociedade civil e instituições acadêmicas trabalhando em questões relacionadas à comunicação, este documento examina a Agenda 2030 das Nações Unidas sob a perspectiva do direito à comunicação. 

Author Biographies

Lorenzo Vargas

Communication for development specialist and researcher on citizens’ media; WACC’s Communication for Social Change programme Coordinator. MA in Communication from McGill University, Canada. Publications: Producing citizenship in contexts of conflict: citizenship practices among youth participating in Save the Children’s media production programs in Colombia (2014), and Indigenous community media and reconciliation in Canada (2015).

Philip Lee

WACC General Secretary and Editor of its journal Media Development. Doctor of Divinity (Honoris Causa) by the Academy of Ecumenical Indian Theology and Church Administration in Chennai, India. His publications include: The Democratization of Communication(ed., 1995); Many Voices, One Vision: The Right to Communicate in Practice(ed., 2004); and Public Memory, Public Media, and the Politics of Justice(ed. with P. N. Thomas, 2012).

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Published

2018-12-05

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 1-2 (2018): Media, Post-coloniality, Race, Diasporas and Gender

Section

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