Free Flow Doctrine in Global Media Policy

The Handbook of Global Media and Communication Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 79-94

  Nordenstreng, Kaarle ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Balanced United Nations Declarations subject or beneficiary of human rights; Constitutional mission of UNESCO text drafted in idealistic spirit, end of World War II; Contemporary notions of freedom of information after the WSIS, "global media debate"; Contextualizing "Free Flow of Information" programmes in UNESCO's constitution, by word and image; Free flow doctrine in global media policy; Freedom of thought, of expression and of media Vital elements in lives of individuals; Notion of freedom of information understood in contemporary international community; Notion of freedom of information, and WSIS balance framework for all deliberations; Statement, highlighting strategic importance idea of freedom in global media policy; Understanding what happened at UNESCO recalling history of anti imperialist drive of the 1970s

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886019007     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444395433.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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