Human Rights and Democratization of the Media
This article analyzes the relationship between the freedom of the press, conceived and practiced by the big media, and the human right to an independent and truthful information, as understood and proposed by some international treaties, agreement, conventions and declarations concerning freedom of...
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Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Revista Latinoamericana de Derechos Humanos |
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| Online Access: | http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/derechoshumanos/article/view/10289 |
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| author | Abner Barrera Rivas |
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| description | This article analyzes the relationship between the freedom of the press, conceived and practiced by the big media, and the human right to an independent and truthful information, as understood and proposed by some international treaties, agreement, conventions and declarations concerning freedom of opinion and freedom of expression as human rights. For this reason are taken into account the controversies aroused by media and some progressive governments in South America in the past fifteen years. The article presents and analyzes arguments advanced with respect to human rights that civil society demands when receiving the information, and the rights big media’s owners hold. Given that private media companies’ priority is profit, the information becomes, then, just another consumer product. It is concluded that this situation is a real problem for the education and configuration of a democratic society, and the proposal is to democratize media to protect the human rights of all. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-50682765995b48ffb2831ae7093856802022-12-22T00:16:34ZspaUniversidad Nacional, Costa RicaRevista Latinoamericana de Derechos Humanos1659-43042215-42212018-03-0128210.15359/rldh.28-2.39701Human Rights and Democratization of the MediaAbner Barrera RivasThis article analyzes the relationship between the freedom of the press, conceived and practiced by the big media, and the human right to an independent and truthful information, as understood and proposed by some international treaties, agreement, conventions and declarations concerning freedom of opinion and freedom of expression as human rights. For this reason are taken into account the controversies aroused by media and some progressive governments in South America in the past fifteen years. The article presents and analyzes arguments advanced with respect to human rights that civil society demands when receiving the information, and the rights big media’s owners hold. Given that private media companies’ priority is profit, the information becomes, then, just another consumer product. It is concluded that this situation is a real problem for the education and configuration of a democratic society, and the proposal is to democratize media to protect the human rights of all.http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/derechoshumanos/article/view/10289Derechos humanoslibertad de prensamedios de comunicacióndemocraciamercancíalucro |
| spellingShingle | Abner Barrera Rivas Human Rights and Democratization of the Media Revista Latinoamericana de Derechos Humanos Derechos humanos libertad de prensa medios de comunicación democracia mercancía lucro |
| title | Human Rights and Democratization of the Media |
| title_full | Human Rights and Democratization of the Media |
| title_fullStr | Human Rights and Democratization of the Media |
| title_full_unstemmed | Human Rights and Democratization of the Media |
| title_short | Human Rights and Democratization of the Media |
| title_sort | human rights and democratization of the media |
| topic | Derechos humanos libertad de prensa medios de comunicación democracia mercancía lucro |
| url | http://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/derechoshumanos/article/view/10289 |
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