Communication rigths and civic participation: a deliberative approach to media governance

MARÍA SOLEDAD SEGURA

Conferencia; IAMCR 2019 Pre-conference Research, evidence and democratic governance of the media sector; 2019

I propose to discuss these two key questions: Whatdoes democratically govern the media sector mean? Whichis or should be the role of research and knowledge producers in thisprocess?p { margin-left: 0.75cm; text-indent: -0.63cm; margin-bottom: 0.25cm; direction: ltr; color: #000000; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background: transparent }p.western { font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; so-language: es-AR }p.cjk { font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt }p.ctl { font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; so-language: arIfcommunication policies define the rules of the game of the mediasystem in a country, ifin this media system are played today a large part of thepossibilities of intervention in the public debate about the type ofsociety in which we want to live, itis crucial to guarantee that most social actors, especially thosewith less political and economic power, can participate in asubstantial way in the definition of these policies. Otherwise:"Where there is no explicit policy fruit of socialparticipation (...), implicit policies have emerged through theintervention of groups, sectors or agents with interests other thanthe collective interest." (Graziano). Inthis process, scholars and civic experts and practitioners have alot of job to do.p { margin-left: 0.75cm; text-indent: -0.63cm; margin-bottom: 0.25cm; direction: ltr; color: #000000; line-height: 115%; text-align: justify; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background: transparent }p.western { font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; so-language: es-AR }p.cjk { font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt }p.ctl { font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 11pt; so-language: ar-SA }