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UNESCO shares its work with global communications scholars
Five separate events showcased UNESCO activities at the annual conference of the International Association for Mass Communication Research (IAMCR) held in Hyderabad, India, 16-19 July.
Expert panels accompanied the launch of the e-publication 鈥溾, and the regional launch of the .
Speakers included the researchers Carolyn Byerly, Ammu Joseph, Aim茅e Vega Montiel, Claudia Padovani, Daya Thussu, Herman Wasserman and Julie Reid, amongst others.
An additional special event was devoted to IAMCR鈥檚 contribution to the UNESCO-initiated .
Guy Berger, Director for Freedom of Expression and Media Development at UNESCO, also led a session encouraging participation by the academic community in the . A panel of experts provided initial comments to specific questions in the list of 30 questions which the study seeks to answer.
They included reknown researchers such as Robin Mansell, Carlos Affonsa de Souza, Sunil Abrahim, Stefania Milan and Anita Gurumurthy.
Berger also contributed to another session on the ecology of Internet governance, explaining UNESCO鈥檚 draft concept of which has informed the Internet-issues study.
has consultative status with UNESCO.
