Supporting Research The Communication and Information Sector (CI) supports research studies on communication and information issues of relevance to the Sector’s mandate. This action is designed primarily to contribute to the advancement of knowledge, norms and standards, awareness and better understanding of emerging issues in the information society.
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The Communication and Information Sector (CI) supports research studies on communication and information issues of relevance to the Sector’s mandate. This action is designed primarily to contribute to the advancement of knowledge, norms and standards, awareness and better understanding of emerging issues in the information society.
The Communication and Information Sector has enhanced its support for research activities and links with the international community of researchers and scholars working in the Sector’s areas of mandate. The Sector’s support aims at contributing to UNESCO’s functions as a laboratory of ideas, standards and norms on issues pertinent to the Organization’s fields of competence. The research action also aims at providing the empirical basis for appropriate framework and approaches in formulating, implementing, assessing and evaluating operational activities which respond to the communication and information needs of Member States. The Sector supports research studies and enquiry addressing communication and information issues such as:
Press freedom, media independence and pluralism
Media, terrorism, peace and democracy
Social, cultural and political impact of ICTs
Cultural and linguistic diversity in the media and information networks
Media and social participation
Community multi-media centres and multi-purpose telecentres
ICTs, distance and media education
Public service broadcasting and production of local content
Communication and information policies
Access to ICTs and knowledge
The CI Sector carries out its research action in partnership with international and regional bodies and networks of communication and information researchers and scholars as well as research institutions.
