The Internet as a global good

Unesco’s attempt to negotiate an international framework for universal access to cyberspace

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12898786
AutoresJulia Pohle (0000-0002-9442-4626, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Volume80
Fascículo4
Páginas354-368
Data de publicação2018-02-19
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Communication Gazette (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1748-0485 • E-ISSN: 1748-0493
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1748048518757140
OpenAlexW2791777034
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas16

The article analyzes one of the earliest intergovernmental initiatives regarding Internet constitutionalism. Based on an analytical framework that combines argumentative discourse analysis with elements from actor–network theory, it assesses the actors and discourses involved in the preparation of an international recommendation on universal access to the Internet, adopted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 2003. During the contentious negotiations, UNESCO had to find a balance between the divergent positions of its member states and to account for the different levels of technological development amongst them. By retracing the performative and discursive struggles that UNESCO had to face to reach consensus, the article contributes to the general understanding of ideas and practices behind Internet policy making in international settings

Argumentative · Cyberspace · Epistemology · Media studies · Negotiation · Performative utterance · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · The Internet · Computer Science · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · E-Government and Public Services · Law · Social Media and Politics

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