Revisiting the UNESCO debate on a New World Information and Communication Order: Has the NWICO been achieved by other means?

Buchanan, Carrie

doi:10.1016/j.tele.2014.05.007

“…Recent research focused on news media development in countries in conflict is situated in nearly five decades of scholarly and other work that initially criticized exported Western norms for news media and the strategy of one-way information flow from industrialized nations to countries considered on the periphery (Buchanan, 2015;Pickard, 2007;Schiller, [1971Schiller, [ ] 1992Schiller, 1976). During the 1970s and the following decade, a major debate lingered with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).…”

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The enigma of news media development with multi-pronged ‘capture’: The Afghanistan case

Relly

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Zanger

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2016

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This qualitative study of influences on a purposive sample of Afghan journalists was carried out in the year after the US military mission was declared over. After more than a hundred million dollars of Western government funding had been invested in development of liberal democratic journalism, the study found the paradox of news media ‘capture’. We conceptualize this phenomenon further into political, bureaucratic, foreign-donor, and violent-actor capture. The study concludes that in countries with heavy foreign intervention, where imported journalism values are layered upon previous and continued institutional arrangements and where violence and instability continue unabated, news media work is prone to ‘capture’ by a variety of actors outside media organizations. We suggest that future research could refine a typology with six distinct forms of capture – economic, political, cultural, legal, bureaucratic, and societal.

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“…The current literature demonstrates an ongoing and fluid debate regarding the GNF with emphasis on the 'free flow of information doctrine' and 'new world information and communication order' with research that has been conducted across multiple and varied fields such as communications, political science and international relations (Schiller, 1969;Masmoudi,1979;Many Voices, MacBride, 1980;Buchanan, 2015). Research in the field demonstrated and described differentiated news coverage of countries and regions of the world which culminated in the UNESCO debates of the 1970s.…”

Section: The Global News Flow and The New World Information And Commu...mentioning

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Portrayals of the Tigray War in Western News Media; the Framing of Ethnic Conflict in the Globe and Mail and New York Times During 2020-2021

Esayas

2024

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This research paper offers an examination of Western print news media coverage of the ethnic-based regional conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. The aim of this study is to survey the coverage of the onset of war and the representation of the relevant political actors. It begins with a historical contextualization of ethnic federalism in the nation. I examine how specific ethnic groups are portrayed in Western print news media coverage and if news media are reporting on the role of digital activists. I identify that the reporting of the onset of the crisis in Tigray relies strongly on attribution of responsibility and conflict frames. News media routinely focus on specific political actors rather than deeper ethnic tensions which shaped the country’s political system and the current conflict in Tigray. I also establish that North American news media do not adequately report the role of digital activism within Ethiopia and in the diaspora. Key words: Ethiopia; news media; digital activism; ethnic federalism; ethnic conflict; Tigray

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“…The current literature demonstrates an ongoing and fluid debate regarding the GNF with emphasis on the 'free flow of information doctrine' and 'new world information and communication order' with research that has been conducted across multiple and varied fields such as communications, political science and international relations (Schiller, 1969;Masmoudi,1979;Many Voices, MacBride, 1980;Buchanan, 2015). Research in the field demonstrated and described differentiated news coverage of countries and regions of the world which culminated in the UNESCO debates of the 1970s.…”

Section: The Global News Flow and The New World Information And Commu...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Portrayals of the Tigray War in Western News Media; the Framing of Ethnic Conflict in the Globe and Mail and New York Times During 2020-2021

Esayas

2024

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This research paper offers an examination of Western print news media coverage of the ethnic-based regional conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. The aim of this study is to survey the coverage of the onset of war and the representation of the relevant political actors. It begins with a historical contextualization of ethnic federalism in the nation. I examine how specific ethnic groups are portrayed in Western print news media coverage and if news media are reporting on the role of digital activists. I identify that the reporting of the onset of the crisis in Tigray relies strongly on attribution of responsibility and conflict frames. News media routinely focus on specific political actors rather than deeper ethnic tensions which shaped the country’s political system and the current conflict in Tigray. I also establish that North American news media do not adequately report the role of digital activism within Ethiopia and in the diaspora. Key words: Ethiopia; news media; digital activism; ethnic federalism; ethnic conflict; Tigray

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Revisiting the UNESCO debate on a New World Information and Communication Order: Has the NWICO been achieved by other means?

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The enigma of news media development with multi-pronged ‘capture’: The Afghanistan case

The enigma of news media development with multi-pronged ‘capture’: The Afghanistan case

Portrayals of the Tigray War in Western News Media; the Framing of Ethnic Conflict in the Globe and Mail and New York Times During 2020-2021

Portrayals of the Tigray War in Western News Media; the Framing of Ethnic Conflict in the Globe and Mail and New York Times During 2020-2021

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