News and Research articles on Communication rights

Volume 8, Issue 1

Communication and internet policy: a critical rights-based history and future

Aphra Kerr, Maynooth University
Francesca Musiani, National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Julia Pohle, Berlin Social Science Center (WZB)
PUBLISHED ON: 31 Mar 2019 DOI: 10.14763/2019.1.1395

This issue brings together a selection of articles presented in the Communication Policy and Technology section of the IAMCR conference in 2018.

KEYWORDS: IAMCR, User rights, State policy, Communication rights, UNESCO
Volume 8, Issue 1

Operationalising communication rights: the case of a “digital welfare state”

Marko Ala-Fossi, Tampere University
Anette Alén-Savikko, University of Helsinki
Jockum Hildén, University of Helsinki
Minna Aslama Horowitz, University of Helsinki
Johanna Jääsaari, University of Helsinki
Kari Karppinen, University of Helsinki
Katja Lehtisaari, University of Helsinki
Hannu Nieminen, University of Helsinki
PUBLISHED ON: 31 Mar 2019 DOI: 10.14763/2019.1.1389

Operationalisation of communication rights in the context of Finland highlights major challenges that digitalisation poses to democracy.

KEYWORDS: Communication rights, Access, Availability, Dialogical rights