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This chapter contextualizes the contributions by IAMCR members to the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) efforts to renew the debate on a New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO), by drawing attention to inequalities in North–South information flows, cultural biases of technology, lack of communication infrastructure in low-income countries, and the need to foster communication rights and a right to communicate.
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Marc Raboy personal archives.
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IAMCR Newsletter 9(2), April–May 2000, p. 24. All IAMCR Newsletters referred to in this chapter can be accessed at https://iamcr.org/node/10511. Accessed 15 June 2022.
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IAMCR Newsletter 11(1), November 2000, p. 34.
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Frank Morgan, “UNESCO-IAMCR Round Table.” IAMCR Newsletter 13(1), May–June 2002, p. 23.
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IAMCR Newsletter 12(2), November 2001, p. 35.
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Marc Raboy personal archives.
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IAMCR Newsletter 13(2), November 2002, p. 28.
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Marc Raboy, “IAMCR to invest in World Summit on the Information Society.” IAMCR Newsletter 13(2), November 2002, p. 13, 16.
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Marc Raboy, “IAMCR to invest in World Summit on the Information Society.” IAMCR Newsletter 13(2), November 2002, p. 13, 16.
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Marc Raboy personal archives.
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Marc Raboy personal archives.
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…and there were many others.
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Frank Morgan, “A Year of ‘Alarums and Excursions.’” IAMCR Newsletter 14(1), December 2003, p. 3.
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IAMCR Newsletter 14(2), July 2004, p. 34–42.
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See also WSIS (2005) Civil Society Statement: “Much more could have been achieved”.
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Draft minutes, IAMCR General Assembly, Porto Alegre, July 30, 2004, item 11. IAMCR minutes are available at https://iamcr.org/node/10512. Accessed 15 June 2022.
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Marc Raboy and Divina Frau-Meigs, “Busy time ahead for IAMCR task force on WSIS.” IAMCR Newsletter 14(3), October 2004, p. 10.
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Some, such as IAMCR past-President Cees Hamelink, declined to attend Phase 2 of the summit for this reason.
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For the full text of the Charter, see IAMCR, “Communication Research in the Information Age: Launching the International Researchers’ Charter.” WSIS Parallel Event, November 16, 2005, published in IAMCR (2005) International Researchers’ Charter for Knowledge Societies. An IAMCR contribution to the WSIS. IAMCR Newsletter, 15(2), p. 18.
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Robin Mansell to IAMCR WSIS Task Force, e-mail, 8 December 2005.
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Robin Mansell to International Council, e-mail, 29 April 2006.
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Robin Mansell to International Council, e-mail, 29 April 2006.
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Marc Raboy, “WSIS is over, long live WSIS?” IAMCR Newsletter 16(1), April 2006, p. 9, 21.
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Raboy, M. (2023). IAMCR and the World Summit on the Information Society. In: Becker, J., Mansell, R. (eds) Reflections on the International Association for Media and Communication Research. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16383-8_16
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