Table Of ContentCommunication Rights and Social Justice
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SeriesEditors:Marjan de Bruin,theUniversityoftheWestIndies,JamaicaandClaudia
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Summary:“CommunicationRightsandSocialJusticeoffershistoricalperspectiveson
strugglestousetheinstrumentsofstateandpoliticalparticipation–power,
inter-governmentaltreatiesanddeclarations,andvariousforms
ofpoliticaladvocacyandprotestpolitics–toarticulatetheconceptof
communicationasafundamentalright.Thecontributionsmakeupan
intergenerationalandmulti-vocaldialogue.Differentgenerationsof
scholars,activistsandpractitioners,whohavebeenengagedwith
mobilizationsatdifferenttimes,presenttheirviews;someadoptamore
academicstyle,othersreflectautobiographicallyonpersonalexperiences.
Thecollectionacknowledgesthepluralgeo-culturalrootsthat
composewhathaveeventuallybecomeanetworkoftransnational
mobilizationdynamicsthatareincreasinglyglobal,digitally
mediated,multi-stakeholderandfacedbynewandforthcomingchallenges.
Itmakesanoriginalandwelcomecontributiontounderstandinga
vital!historythatwillonlygrowinworldwide
importance”—Providedbypublisher.
1. Communicationinsocialaction–History. 2. Communicationinpolitics–History.
3. Socialchange–History. I. Padovani,Claudia,editorofcompilation.
II. Calabrese,Andrew,1956–editorofcompilation.
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Contents
ListofFiguresandTables vii
Foreword viii
Acknowledgments ix
NotesonContributors x
ListofAbbreviations xv
Introduction 1
ClaudiaPadovaniandAndrewCalabrese
Part I CommunicationStrugglesin
aGlobalizingContext
1 CommunicationRightsandtheHistoryofIdeas 17
CeesJ.Hamelink
2 CommunicationRightsandMediaJusticebetweenPolitical
andDiscursiveOpportunities:AnHistoricalPerspective 29
StefaniaMilanandClaudiaPadovani
3 LivingtheNewInternationalInformationOrder 55
RobertoSavio
4 ContinuitiesandChangeintheNexusofCommunication
andDevelopment 74
IngelaSvedin
5 AreStatesStillImportant?ReflectionsontheNexusbetween
NationalandGlobalMediaandCommunicationPolicy 94
MarcRaboyandAyshaMawani
Part II MobilizingCommunications:Regional
PerspectivesandPractices
6 TheDemocratizationofCommunication:LatinAmerican
PerspectivesandInitiatives 115
SallyBurch
7 BeyondtheDominantParadigmofCommunicationRights?
ObservationsfromSouthAsia 135
PradipN.Thomas
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8 Establishinga‘RightsRegime’inIran:Thinking
Communications,PoliticsandGenderTogether 152
AnnabelleSreberny
9 CommunicationRightsasaNetworkingReality:Community
RadioinEurope 164
SalvatoreScifo
10 MediaReformandCommunicationRightsintheUSA 180
AndrewCalabrese
Part III OngoingResistance,NewFramesand
ChangingNarratives
11 MediaJusticeandCommunicationRights 203
SeetaPeñaGangadharan
12 BringingCommunicationBackIn:SocialMovementsand
Media 219
LorenzoMosca
13 ReframingCommunicationRights:WhyGenderMatters 234
MargaretGallagher
14 PractisingCommunicationRights:CasesfromSouthKorea
andHonduras 249
DorothyKidd
15 CommunicationRightsandNeoliberalDevelopment:
TechnopoliticsinIndia 269
PaulaChakravartty
16 RemixingtheSpring!ConnectiveLeadershipandRead-Write
Practicesinthe2011ArabUprisings 288
DonatellaDellaRattaandAugustoValeriani
Afterword 305
AndrewCalabreseandClaudiaPadovani
Bibliography 308
Index 345
Figures and Tables
Figures
2.1 Overviewoftheproposedanalyticalframework 37
4.1 Multidimensionalhistoricaloverview.Timelinewithvisual
interpretationoftechnoeconomic(left)andsociocultural
(right)themesinpolicydiscoursesoncommunication.
Developmentperspectivesarevisualizedasellipsesand
expandovertimethrougharrows.Geopoliticaleventsand
venuesarefoundincorrespondingcolumns 81
Tables
9.1 SimilaritiesbetweencommunityradioandNSMs(basedon
Day,2008,pp.115–116) 172
12.1 ‘QuadrupleA’typology(author’selaborationofRucht,2004) 227
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Foreword
This exciting publication, edited by Claudia Padovani and Andrew
Calabrese, is the first in the new Palgrave/IAMCR book series ‘Global
TransformationsinMediaandCommunicationResearch’anddemonstrates
clearlyhowthisseriesintendstomakeadifference.
The contract between the International Association for Media and Com-
municationResearch(IAMCR)andPalgrave,signedinearly2014,spellsout
the intention to establish an innovative book series that ‘contributes to
exploring,in creativeandtrans-disciplinarymanners,thechallengesposed
by fast-evolving communication developments in a connected world.’ The
seriesaims‘tocollectstate-of-the-art,rigorousandinnovativescholarlyper-
spectivesonspecificaspectsofcommunicationtransformations’andhopes
to tap into the knowledge collectively produced within the IAMCR. In all
of this, the series will make use of the IAMCR’s unique feature of being a
truly international association that is known for a shared commitment to
respectingdifferenceandexcellence.
Theeditorsofthisvolumehavemanagedtorealizetheseambitiousinten-
tions. They brought together a range of important scholarly perspectives
on mobilizations for social change and human rights in which media,
communication,informationandcultureplayessentialroles.
This volume’s historical analyses create a background and context for
problematizing and interpreting contemporary mobilizations from a range
of perspectives. Its chapters reflect a rich variety of experience, positions,
styles and methodological approaches; they refer to the struggles for social
transformations in and through the media from various geographical loca-
tionsandscientifictraditions.
AcknowledgingtheIAMCRPublicationCommittee’scontributionincon-
ceptualizing this new series, I can say that we are proud of this inaugural
volume, which sets the tone for what we expect will be an exciting experi-
enceformediaandcommunicationscholars,andfortheIAMCRcommunity
inparticular.
MarjandeBruin,
co-editorofthePalgrave/IAMCRbookseries,
GlobalTransformationsinMediaand
CommunicationResearch
viii
Acknowledgments
We are grateful to many people for their cooperation and assistance in the
workthatwentintoproducingthisbook,includingtheeditorsatPalgrave,
FelicityPlesterandChrisPenfold,fortheirkindhelpandpatience.Weappre-
ciate the many hours of assistance that Christina Lefevre-Gonzalez, Giulia
RaffaelloandFabriziaSettembrinoprovidedincopy-editingandformatting
thecitationsinthebook.Wearealsogratefultoouruniversitiesforprovid-
inguswithsupport,financialandotherwise,toconductourresearchandto
sustainthisprojectthroughtocompletion.
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