Advancing Media Rights and Access
Overview
The goal of this work is to promote universal access, open systems and diversity in the media.
The Challenge
How media systems and technologies are governed is critical to ensuring that all people have the opportunity to tell their stories, acquire knowledge and actively participate in society. Today's high-speed Internet technology present unprecedented opportunities for people to learn, communicate and act as informed citizens.
Without fair media policies to protect the needs of the public, millions of people will remain underrepresented and excluded from important opportunities to connect, contribute and achieve.
What We're Doing
We support fair media policies that advance competition, openness, innovation and universal access to high speed internet for everyone. Our grantees are working to ensure that all people—especially the poor and marginalized—have both the means and the rights to participate in a diverse media system. Our strategies promote the right of communities to shape media policies that best represent, support, connect and advance the needs of their citizens.
Learn more about how our strategies and approaches shape our grant making.
From the Newsroom
- Luis Ubiñas Underscores the Importance of Digital Inclusion Every issue that drives social justice work depends on ‘getting digital technology right’
- Communications Infrastructure for the Common Good Susan Crawford advocates for an accessible, affordable Internet
- Ford Foundation President Welcomes Wired for Change Attendees Ubiñas: “We believe digital technology is the single most important tool for making our work more effective”
- ‘New Ethics for a New World’ Leading up to our Wired for Change conference, renowned blogger Alistair Croll writes about the impact of the Big Data movement
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What We're Following
- Hillary Clinton on Internet Rights and Wrongs U.S. Secretary of State presentation to George Washington University on Feb. 15, 2011
- A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality Tim Berners-Lee's technology feature for Scientific American Magazine
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