Human Rights and Democratization of the Media

 

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Autor: Barrera Rivas, Abner
Format: artículo original
Estat:Versión publicada
Data de publicació:2018
Descripció: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.
Pais:Portal de Revistas UNA
Institution:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Idioma:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:www.revistas.una.ac.cr:article/10289
Accés en línia:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/derechoshumanos/article/view/10289
Paraula clau:Derechos humanos
libertad de prensa
medios de comunicación
democracia
mercancía
lucro
Human rights
freedom of the press
media
democracy
merchandise
profit
direitos humanos
liberdade de imprensa
meios de comunicação
mercadorias