The Utility of a Global Forum
Unesco's Significance for Communication, Culture and ICTs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5904669 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom O''Regan, Tom O’regan (0000-0001-9086-9380, corresponding author), Tom O'Regan |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 111 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 63-80 |
| Publication date | 2004-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media International Australia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1329-878X • E-ISSN: 2200-467X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1329878x0411100108 |
| OpenAlex | W1524763465 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
This paper contrasts the role of UNESCO as a global forum, one with a particular remit for dialogue and tolerance, with the more limited attention given to it by local actors. UNESCO forums, declarations and principles are argued to be significant for their capacity to be diffused as common sense in communications and cultural policy-making. This capacity to create shared norms has made UNESCO both important and contentious, with its New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO) deliberations in the late 1970s and early 1980s leading the United States and the United Kingdom to withdraw from the organisation. The article considers how UNESCO has shaped its policy interventions in the wake of NWICO, and more latterly the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (2001) in both the cultural and creative industries and in information and communication technology (ICT
Business · Cultural policy · Declaration · ICTS · Information and Communications Technology · Media studies · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Globalization and Cultural Identity · Law · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |