From Communication to Democratic Norms

Reflections on the Normative Dimensions of International Communication Policy

Bibliographic Data

ID9848006
AuthorsDwayne Winseck (0000-0002-8122-9223, corresponding author), Marlene Cuthbert
Year1997
Volume59
Issue1
Pages1-20
Publication date1997-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGazette (Leiden Netherlands (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0016-5492 • E-ISSN: 1460-3594
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0016549297059001002
OpenAlexW2131761690
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited13

The North American Free Trade Agreement (1992) and the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs (1993) fundamentally affect UNESCO and International Telecommunications Union attempts to promote global communications equity. Essentially, NAFTA and GATT shield communication policies from citizens, and shift international communication policy out of UNESCO and the ITU. In so doing, these agreements institute a transnational politics of `limited democracy'. In contrast, we offer theories of pragmatic and communicative democracy as a means to think about democratic communication in the context of international communication policy and a range of new communication technologies and services

Context (archaeology · Democracy · Economics · Equity (law · Geography · International trade · Political science · Politics · European Union Policy and Governance · Global Financial Crisis and Policies · Law · Political Systems and Governance

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