On the 28th and 29th of May 2009 the Council of Europe (CoE) Ministers responsible for Media and New Communications Services met to discuss ‘A New Notion of Media’: http://www.ministerialconference.is/
The purpose of this meeting was to set the media policy agenda for the Council of Europe in the light of the changing face of media. The meeting resulted in a Political Declaration and Resolutions (including Action Plan).
While the full text is important in the broader political context, the key points to note in respect of virtual worlds are:
- Re-assertion of the importance of Human Rights
- Use of Regulation, Self-regulation and Co-regulation models
- Improving Media literacy
- Formation of a European IGF (Internet Governance Forum)
These should also be understood in the light of CoE’s current work on Guidelines for Internet Service and Online Games providers.
| tVPN Comment: While the CoE’s efforts in maintaining the link between new technology and human rights are to be supported. This meeting seemed to see New Media as Old Media Online. This is likely to present challenges to all parties as the convergent nature of virtual worlds challenge many of the assumptions of old media and regulatory focus. Ren Reynolds |
In addition to this final communiqué the following Background Reports and Submissions will be of interested to Virtual Policy readers:
Background Reports
- Karol Jakubowicz, A New Notion of Media?
- Council of Europe Secretariat, Public service media governance: looking to the future
Submissions
- France: Global media in the digital age
- Germany: A net for kids
- Germany: Trust in the media
- Greece: Teaching the new alphabet of mass media
- Turkey: Alliance of Civilisations and Media and New Communication Services – English (PDF)
- European Co-ordination Forum for the Council of Europe Disability Action Plan 2006-2015: Trust in present and future media
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External Links
- Council of Europe
- Political declaration and resolutions of the first CoE Confernece of Ministers responsibel for Media and New media Services
- Council of Europe: Guidelines Protecting Human Rights on the Internet
- Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
- EuroISPA (European Internet Services Providers Association).
- ISFE (the Interactive Software Federation of Europe)
- Human rights & the ‘online game provider (TerraNova Blog post on the construction of ‘actors’ in the CoE online games Guidelines)
- Human Rights Guidelines for Online Games Providers
- Human Rights Guidelines for Internet Service Providers
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