Communication and Human Rights (Paperback)

Cees J. Hamelink

ISBN 10: 074564984X / ISBN 13: 9780745649849

Published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Oxford, 2023

About this Item

Paperback. Human rights and communication are deeply connected: human rights need communication to expose violations and to offer platforms for dialogue, while communication needs human rights to provide standards for free speech and confidentiality. Together, they confront the reality of todays social and international order in which justice and understanding often seem unattainable.In this book, Cees J. Hamelink guides the reader through the historical evolution of communication and human rights. In this original framework, he discusses topics such as the right to communicate and freedom of expression, as well as major challenges posed by the environmental crisis and digital technologies. With authority, he passionately argues that communicative justice is the ultimate goal of applying the international human rights regime to different forms of communication. This goal can only be achieved if we manage to move from the prevailing thin liberal conception of human rights to a thick cosmopolitan conception of them.Written by one of the worlds leading scholars in this area, this wide-ranging book will be of interest to students of media and communication, human rights scholars, as well as practitioners, activists and anyone interested in applying the notion of justice to the basis of human existence: communication. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Communication and Human Rights (Paperback)
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, Oxford
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 074564984X
• ISBN 13: 9780745649849
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Human rights and communication are deeply connected: human rights need communication to expose violations and to offer platforms for dialogue, while communication needs human rights to provide standards for free speech and confidentiality. Together, they confront the reality of today’s social and international order in which justice and understanding often seem unattainable.

In this book, Cees J. Hamelink guides the reader through the historical evolution of communication and human rights. In this original framework, he discusses topics such as the right to communicate and freedom of expression, as well as major challenges posed by the environmental crisis and digital technologies. With authority, he passionately argues that ‘communicative justice’ is the ultimate goal of applying the international human rights regime to different forms of communication. This goal can only be achieved if we manage to move from the prevailing ‘thin’ liberal conception of human rights to a ‘thick’ cosmopolitan conception of them.

Written by one of the world’s leading scholars in this area, this wide-ranging book will be of interest to students of media and communication, human rights scholars, as well as practitioners, activists and anyone interested in applying the notion of justice to the basis of human existence: communication.

About the Author

Cees J. Hamelink is Athena Professor of Human Rights and Global Health at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, and Emeritus Professor of Global Communication at the University of Amsterdam.