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Communication rights are a barometer of the degree of transparency and fairness in a democracy. India, the world's largest democracy, has found itself at the center of this debate. This book, through five case studies in India, explores communication rights movements here. It encompasses pivotal areas of movements, such as, Right to Information, Free and Open Source Software, Women and Media, and Community Radio and Citizen Journalism.
The complexity of specific agendas in India, such as, rights of women, citizen activism and role of media is analyzed while placing the subject in a broader theoretical context.
The author makes a strong case of the right of people to be able to access information. He also explores processes through which ordinary citizens are able to develop spaces for self-expression; a concept synonymous with media democratization in this century. The author highlights the need to ‘localize’ communication rights struggles in those places facing real communication deficits daily.
A Philosophy of Communication Rights
A Philosophy of Communication Rights
At any given time, communities and individuals throughout the world face communication deficits of one sort or another. These deficits are diverse and include the ways in which the copyright industries have enclosed information and knowledge, the electronic surveillance of populations, data mining including the mining of genetic information, restrictions to the freedom of expression, the power of media monopolies to restrict media diversity, the banning or as is more often the case, neglect of minority languages among very many other deficits. In May 1999, the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) and the People's Communication Charter (PCC) held a public hearing at the Hague on the topic ‘the death of language’ (linguicide). An eminent jury ...
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