Diocese of Melbourne calls for recognition of genocides
[Melbourne Anglican] The Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, Australia, has joined calls for the 1915–1923 Armenian, Assyrian and Greek genocides to be recognized by the Victoria government. More than 3 million Armenian, […]
Panama bishop leads COP29 side event on non-economic impacts of climate change
[World Council of Churches] The Rt. Rev. Julio Murray, bishop of the Anglican Church in Panama, was one of several faith leaders who led a side event at COP29 that […]
Media Development 2024/4 Online Magazine and PDFs
Media Development 2024-4 A Global Vision of Digital Justice International, regional, and national organisations worked hard to secure a place for civil society’s expectations in both the UN’s Pact for the Future and its Global Digital Compact. Such is the complexity that WACC commissioned a...
MD 2024/4 Editorial
At the beginning of 2024, Media Development took the theme Towards Democratic Governance of Digital Society. Its editorial claimed that a digital era that is genuinely democratic depends on “Societies in which everyone can freely create, access, utilise, share and disseminate information and knowledge, so...
An Invitation to Consider a Progressive and Decolonial Civil Society Agenda for WSIS+20
Clemencia Rodriguez (Colombia/USA), Seán Ó Siochrú (Ireland), Parminder Jeet Singh (India) The fictional portrait below of Nelly and her family living in a media and digital world is based on research conducted by the authors as well as secondary sources. The reality of the struggle...
The Global Digital Compact – an “add and stir gender” déjà vu?
Anita Gurumurthy and Nandini Chami The Global Digital Compact upholds “gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls and their full, equal and meaningful participation” as a core principle for digital cooperation [para 8(d)]. The extraordinary complexity of our times, which the digital...
Victims as heroes or villains: Double standards in covering two contemporary conflicts
Daya Thussu As the world marks the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel and its bloody aftermath, it is worth reflecting on the way this ongoing conflict has been covered by the US-dominated international media and compare it with media attitudes towards another...
Unearned prestige: How The Economist covers the war in Ukraine
Robert Hackett, with Farrukh Chishtie “Pretend you are God.” – Editor’s advice on how to write like The Economist.1 In a confusing and turbulent world, many readers, presumably seeking comprehensive and reasonably objective international news, turn to The Economist (TE). It’s a venerable self-described newspaper,...
Why Al Jazeera’s news coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza has gained global credibility
Kiran Hassan The Council of Europe defines the role of media in conflict situations and wars as critical to providing the public with accurate and timely information. It suggests that the supply of trustworthy news and images contributes to the protection of civilians and conflict...
On the Screen (MD2024/4)
Venice (Italy) 2024 The 13th INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue has gone to Quiet Life directed by Alexandros Avranas (France, Germany, Sweden, Greece, Estonia, Finland). Motivation: “Quiet Life” is not always quiet at all. A family is seeking asylum, which is unfortunately denied. The...