Human Rights and their Role in Global Media and Communication Discourses

The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 95-112

  Jørgensen, Rikke Frank ^a  

^a Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR)   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Addressing communication policy Civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights; Article 19, of United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) controversy surrounding "right to communicate"; Broader focus, reflecting UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS); CoE, one of regional organizations in terms of human rights and communication policy; Human rights and communication policy a business perspective; Human rights and communication policy a civil society perspective; Human rights and communication policy institutional perspective; Human rights and their role in global media And communication discourses; Impact of human rights on global communication policy and visibility; Institutionalization of international human rights standards normative shifts in world politics, since World War II

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885999489     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444395433.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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