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UNESCO and Information Policy: an historical perspective
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Abstract This chapter provides a short history of UNESCO's activities relating to information policy. It focuses on the political dynamics and debates surrounding the creation of UNESCO's two intergovernmental programmes explicitly dedicated to information: the General Information Programme (PGI), created in... view more
This chapter provides a short history of UNESCO's activities relating to information policy. It focuses on the political dynamics and debates surrounding the creation of UNESCO's two intergovernmental programmes explicitly dedicated to information: the General Information Programme (PGI), created in 1977, and the Information For All Programme (IFAP), which replaced the former in 2001. Both creation processes took place against the backdrop of highly politicized debates about information being a public resource or a commodity and the question of bridging the gap between industrialized and developing countries. The research is based on the analysis of archival records, interviews, policy texts and secondary literature, and seeks to situate UNESCO's efforts related to the formulation of national and international information policies in the institutional as well as the political contexts. It thus contributes to a better understanding of past and present policy debates about the value of information and global inequalities.... view less
Keywords
information policy; information society; UNESCO
Classification
Media Politics, Information Politics, Media Law
Free Keywords
Information For All; UNISIST; information economy
Collection Title
Research Handbook on Information Policy
Editor
Duff, Alistair S.
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
City
Cheltenham
Page/Pages
p. 96-112
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/10419/261286
ISBN
978-1-78990-358-4
Status
Preprint; reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications