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MacBride
Report
MacBride?
 The MacBride Commission
named for its president Sean
MacBride, former President of
Ireland.
 Official Chair for UNESCO's
International Commission for the
Study of Communication
Problems.
“Many
Voices
One
World”
 Known as the MacBride report
 Published by UNESCO in 1980
 Written by ICSCP.
 82 suggestions named ‘ManyVoices, One World’,
 72 suggestions were passed unanimously
 10 were opposed by several countries
 Aim: To analyze communication problems in
modern societies, particularly relating to
mass media and news, and to suggest a new
communication order to solve these
problems to further peace and human
development.
“Many
Voices
One
World”
 Offers a brilliant analysis of the
history and evolution of
communications
 Focus on media concentration
and media domination by
western media
 Includes a remarkable insight into
the emergence of peer-to-peer
and grassroots communications.
 Evoked a storm of criticism from
western media
 Was a catalyst in the decision of
the U.S. and U.K. to leave
UNESCO
ICSCP
International
Commissionforthe
Studyof
Communication
Problems
 Formed as per the decision of the 1976
General Conference of UNESCO.
 16-member commission
 Met 8 times at the UNESCO
headquarters in Paris for facilitating
discussion among its members.
 Organised 4 round table discussions in
Sweden,Yugoslavia, India and Mexico
 Comprised experts representing world's
diverse ideological, political, economic
and geographical zones.
History
NWICO
NewWorld
Information
&
Communication
Order
 Political proposal concerning media and
communication issues emerging from
international debates in the late 1970s.
 The term originated in discussions
within the Non‐Aligned Movement
(NAM), following the proposal for a
“new international economic order.”
NAM
NonAligned
Movement
 International organization dedicated to representing
the interests and aspirations of developing countries.
 Emerged in the context of the wave of decolonization
that followed World War II
 It had 25 members; today, NAM comprises of 120
countries and 17 observers
 India is founding member of NAM
 During ColdWar, countries of the developing world
should abstain from allying with the United
States and the U.S.S.R. and should instead join
together in support of national self-determination
against all forms of colonialism and imperialism.
History
NWICO
NewWorld
Information
&
Communication
Order
 Beginning in the 1960s, US was trying to
maintain the “free flow of information” as a
core principle in international
communications-Governing Global
communications
 'Oneway free flow’- imbalances and
inequalities.
 Eg: At the time ofWorldWar II, the British
network of sea cables connected Australia,
Canada, China, India, and SouthAfrica to the
imperial center and established a
communications monopoly;
 British (Reuters) and French (Haves/French
Information Office) press agencies controlled
news flows to and from their colonies.
 ThirdWorld countries encouraged by the
movement of Non- Aligned Countries
(NAM), protest against the global
leadership of the Western News Agency
( AP, AFP and REUTER)
 These agencies were perceived as
controlling up to 95% of worldwide
information flows.
 They were practicing cultural
imperialism through their control of
communication infrastructure, news
circulation, cultural products,
educational software, books, films,
equipment, and training.
History
New
International
Information
Order (NIIO)
 It was the idea that communicators, in
order to authentically contribute to
cultural and social understanding, must
first serve social and cultural
development.
 New International Information Order
(NIIO) appeared during the 1970;s as a
result of what they are perceived as their
disadvantages situation in the field of
information and communication.
 NWICO grew out of the New
International Economic Order of 1974.
 From 1976-1978, the NewWorld
Information and Communication Order
was generally called the shorter New
World Information Order or the New
International Information Order.
 The start of this discussion is the New
World Information and Communication
Order (NWICO) as associated with the
United Nations Education, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
starting from the early 1970s.
History
NWICO
NewWorld
Information
&
Communication
Order
History
NWICO
NewWorld
Information
&
Communication
Order
 So NWICO became the expression of the
aspirations of many countries to democratize
the international communication system
and rebalance information flows worldwide.
 UNESCO played a major role in fostering the
debate especially through the work of an
independent commission chaired by Irish
diplomat Sean MacBride
 This was known as MacBride
Commission, they came out with a
report in 1980
“ManyVoices, One World”.
Some of the main concerns of NWICO were:
 Broadcast mass media was dominated by few developed countries
America, England and France mainly.
 One-sided flow of information from developed countries to
poorer countries. Very little news flowed the other way, and often
news about developing countries was distorted or rejected by
media houses. Thus these countries were not represented in the
media broadcasts.
 These poor populations saw mostly American channels and were
influenced by it. Their culture was not reflected in the media thus
there were culture shocks, disparities and trends in developing
countries started aping the ‘west’.
 Most of the radio frequency almost 90% of the band was taken
by the US! It was mainly used for military purposes.
 The developed countries were quickly sending satellites in
space, and taking up the few positions in space where it is
cheap and easy to keep satellites. In a few years when
developing countries would need to send satellites these places
would be filled up making it even more difficult for them to bridge
the gap.
 Many of these satellites sent up had military, commercial and
analytic abilities which allowed the developed nation to figure
out natural resources of poorer countries
MacBride commission report
 The members of the commission were media
dignitaries of several countries and experts in
various operational streams of the media.
 This commission was created under the
support of the UNESCO
 Report considers the complaints of the NAM
nations about the defect in the system of
international news transfer.
 It tried to analyse the problems related to the
world communication
 It tried to define the issues that formed the
bases of conflict between the eastern and
western nation in the field of transnational
communication
 The report is not a consensus but only a text.
Recommendation by MacBride Commission
I. New world information and communication order could be
based, among other considerations, on:
• Elimination of the imbalances and inequalities in flow of information in
present situation.
• Removal of the internal and external obstacles to a free flow and wider and
better balanced dissemination of information and ideas.
• Plurality of sources and channels of information.
• Freedom of the press and information.
• Freedom of journalists and all professionals in the communication media, a
freedom inseparable from responsibility process.
• The capacity of developing countries to achieve improvement of their own
situations, by improving their infrastructures and by making their
information and communication media suitable to their needs and
aspirations;
• Respect for each people's cultural identity and for the right of each nation to
inform the world public about its interests, its aspirations and its social and
cultural values.
• Respect for the right of all peoples to participate in international exchanges
of information on the basis of equality, justice and mutual benefit.
• Respect for the right of the public, of ethnic and social groups and of
individuals to have access to information sources and to participate actively
in the communication
II. This new world information and communication order should be
based on the fundamental principles of international law, as laid
down in the Charter of the United Nations.
III. Diverse solutions to information and communication problems
are required because social, political, cultural and economic
problems differ from one country to another and, within a given
country, from one group to another
 The MacBride Commission's recommendations
and the resolution given above are of nonnative
chapter only; nothing in these is binding on the
member countries.
 In brief, the establishment of the NWICO
depended upon five major factors:
(a) The will of the developed and developing
countries to bring about changes in all areas of
communication within their respective regions;
(b) Cooperation between the developed and
developing nations for removing all obstacles to a
two-way and balanced flow of news and
information among nations;
(c) Sharing of communication resources,
including technologies, for countering
monopoly of the international news flow
by a few;
(d) Cooperation among the developing
countries to correct imbalances with their
own regions by increasing horizontal flows
and
(e) Cooperation between the media, for
mobilization of resources to strengthen
communication infrastructure.
Conclusion
 The MacBride Report was written in a much
different global context than we witness today
 The MacBride Report, and the call for a “new
world information and communication order”
created a huge political reaction
 As a result of the MacBride report, UNESCO
launched the “International Programme for
the Development of Communication” (IPDC)
 MacBride Commission wanted to stop media
monopoly. They tried to build a world where
information flow will be two way not one way.

 MacBride Commission had a noble
intention to make world communication
system better and more participatory
 In that time MacBride Commission Report
created a movement all over the world,
though the movement didn’t succeed, it
has enormous historical value.

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MacBride commission-one voice many nations-NWICO

  • 2. MacBride?  The MacBride Commission named for its president Sean MacBride, former President of Ireland.  Official Chair for UNESCO's International Commission for the Study of Communication Problems.
  • 3. “Many Voices One World”  Known as the MacBride report  Published by UNESCO in 1980  Written by ICSCP.  82 suggestions named ‘ManyVoices, One World’,  72 suggestions were passed unanimously  10 were opposed by several countries  Aim: To analyze communication problems in modern societies, particularly relating to mass media and news, and to suggest a new communication order to solve these problems to further peace and human development.
  • 4. “Many Voices One World”  Offers a brilliant analysis of the history and evolution of communications  Focus on media concentration and media domination by western media  Includes a remarkable insight into the emergence of peer-to-peer and grassroots communications.  Evoked a storm of criticism from western media  Was a catalyst in the decision of the U.S. and U.K. to leave UNESCO
  • 5. ICSCP International Commissionforthe Studyof Communication Problems  Formed as per the decision of the 1976 General Conference of UNESCO.  16-member commission  Met 8 times at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris for facilitating discussion among its members.  Organised 4 round table discussions in Sweden,Yugoslavia, India and Mexico  Comprised experts representing world's diverse ideological, political, economic and geographical zones.
  • 6. History NWICO NewWorld Information & Communication Order  Political proposal concerning media and communication issues emerging from international debates in the late 1970s.  The term originated in discussions within the Non‐Aligned Movement (NAM), following the proposal for a “new international economic order.”
  • 7. NAM NonAligned Movement  International organization dedicated to representing the interests and aspirations of developing countries.  Emerged in the context of the wave of decolonization that followed World War II  It had 25 members; today, NAM comprises of 120 countries and 17 observers  India is founding member of NAM  During ColdWar, countries of the developing world should abstain from allying with the United States and the U.S.S.R. and should instead join together in support of national self-determination against all forms of colonialism and imperialism.
  • 8. History NWICO NewWorld Information & Communication Order  Beginning in the 1960s, US was trying to maintain the “free flow of information” as a core principle in international communications-Governing Global communications  'Oneway free flow’- imbalances and inequalities.  Eg: At the time ofWorldWar II, the British network of sea cables connected Australia, Canada, China, India, and SouthAfrica to the imperial center and established a communications monopoly;  British (Reuters) and French (Haves/French Information Office) press agencies controlled news flows to and from their colonies.
  • 9.  ThirdWorld countries encouraged by the movement of Non- Aligned Countries (NAM), protest against the global leadership of the Western News Agency ( AP, AFP and REUTER)  These agencies were perceived as controlling up to 95% of worldwide information flows.  They were practicing cultural imperialism through their control of communication infrastructure, news circulation, cultural products, educational software, books, films, equipment, and training. History
  • 10. New International Information Order (NIIO)  It was the idea that communicators, in order to authentically contribute to cultural and social understanding, must first serve social and cultural development.  New International Information Order (NIIO) appeared during the 1970;s as a result of what they are perceived as their disadvantages situation in the field of information and communication.
  • 11.  NWICO grew out of the New International Economic Order of 1974.  From 1976-1978, the NewWorld Information and Communication Order was generally called the shorter New World Information Order or the New International Information Order.  The start of this discussion is the New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO) as associated with the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) starting from the early 1970s. History NWICO NewWorld Information & Communication Order
  • 12. History NWICO NewWorld Information & Communication Order  So NWICO became the expression of the aspirations of many countries to democratize the international communication system and rebalance information flows worldwide.  UNESCO played a major role in fostering the debate especially through the work of an independent commission chaired by Irish diplomat Sean MacBride  This was known as MacBride Commission, they came out with a report in 1980 “ManyVoices, One World”.
  • 13. Some of the main concerns of NWICO were:  Broadcast mass media was dominated by few developed countries America, England and France mainly.  One-sided flow of information from developed countries to poorer countries. Very little news flowed the other way, and often news about developing countries was distorted or rejected by media houses. Thus these countries were not represented in the media broadcasts.  These poor populations saw mostly American channels and were influenced by it. Their culture was not reflected in the media thus there were culture shocks, disparities and trends in developing countries started aping the ‘west’.
  • 14.  Most of the radio frequency almost 90% of the band was taken by the US! It was mainly used for military purposes.  The developed countries were quickly sending satellites in space, and taking up the few positions in space where it is cheap and easy to keep satellites. In a few years when developing countries would need to send satellites these places would be filled up making it even more difficult for them to bridge the gap.  Many of these satellites sent up had military, commercial and analytic abilities which allowed the developed nation to figure out natural resources of poorer countries
  • 15. MacBride commission report  The members of the commission were media dignitaries of several countries and experts in various operational streams of the media.  This commission was created under the support of the UNESCO  Report considers the complaints of the NAM nations about the defect in the system of international news transfer.  It tried to analyse the problems related to the world communication  It tried to define the issues that formed the bases of conflict between the eastern and western nation in the field of transnational communication  The report is not a consensus but only a text.
  • 16. Recommendation by MacBride Commission I. New world information and communication order could be based, among other considerations, on: • Elimination of the imbalances and inequalities in flow of information in present situation. • Removal of the internal and external obstacles to a free flow and wider and better balanced dissemination of information and ideas. • Plurality of sources and channels of information. • Freedom of the press and information. • Freedom of journalists and all professionals in the communication media, a freedom inseparable from responsibility process.
  • 17. • The capacity of developing countries to achieve improvement of their own situations, by improving their infrastructures and by making their information and communication media suitable to their needs and aspirations; • Respect for each people's cultural identity and for the right of each nation to inform the world public about its interests, its aspirations and its social and cultural values. • Respect for the right of all peoples to participate in international exchanges of information on the basis of equality, justice and mutual benefit. • Respect for the right of the public, of ethnic and social groups and of individuals to have access to information sources and to participate actively in the communication
  • 18. II. This new world information and communication order should be based on the fundamental principles of international law, as laid down in the Charter of the United Nations. III. Diverse solutions to information and communication problems are required because social, political, cultural and economic problems differ from one country to another and, within a given country, from one group to another
  • 19.  The MacBride Commission's recommendations and the resolution given above are of nonnative chapter only; nothing in these is binding on the member countries.  In brief, the establishment of the NWICO depended upon five major factors: (a) The will of the developed and developing countries to bring about changes in all areas of communication within their respective regions; (b) Cooperation between the developed and developing nations for removing all obstacles to a two-way and balanced flow of news and information among nations;
  • 20. (c) Sharing of communication resources, including technologies, for countering monopoly of the international news flow by a few; (d) Cooperation among the developing countries to correct imbalances with their own regions by increasing horizontal flows and (e) Cooperation between the media, for mobilization of resources to strengthen communication infrastructure.
  • 21. Conclusion  The MacBride Report was written in a much different global context than we witness today  The MacBride Report, and the call for a “new world information and communication order” created a huge political reaction  As a result of the MacBride report, UNESCO launched the “International Programme for the Development of Communication” (IPDC)  MacBride Commission wanted to stop media monopoly. They tried to build a world where information flow will be two way not one way.
  • 22.   MacBride Commission had a noble intention to make world communication system better and more participatory  In that time MacBride Commission Report created a movement all over the world, though the movement didn’t succeed, it has enormous historical value.