Howard University Professor Carolyn M. Byerly's research, to be published in the forthcoming Howard Journal of Communication, February 2011, has found that only 6% of radio and television stations are owned by women, in television the number is less than 5%. For more information, see the Feminist Peace Network website.
Over at techPresident, be sure to check out Nancy Scola's take on Wikipedia's tenth anniversary: 'Bold But Verifiable,' Wikipedia Turns Ten.
"The Media Research Hub is part of the SSRC's Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Public Sphere program, which works to ensure that debates about media and communications technologies are shaped by high-quality research and a rich understanding of the public interest.
The program is premised on the belief that good public policy and an inclusive democracy flourish in a rich knowledge environment, supported by broad-based research capacities and access to data. To this end program focuses on building a stronger culture of collaboration between scholars, advocates, practitioners, and policymakers in the field. It works to make the field 'better' at producing research and bringing it effectively to bear."
Ron Deibert is Associate Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies and the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto. The Citizen Lab is an interdisciplinary research and development hothouse working at the intersection of the Internet, global security, and human rights. He is a co-founder and a principal investigator of the OpenNet Initiative and Information Warfare Monitor projects.
The Global Centre for Pluralism is an initiative of His Highness the Aga Khan in partnership with the Government of Canada. The Centre will be located at 330 Sussex Drive in Ottawa, Canada. Dedicated to the creation of successful societies, the Centre is founded on the premise that tolerance, openness and understanding towards the cultures, social structures, values and faiths of other peoples are essential to the very survival of an interdependent world. Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development. It is vital to our existence. ‘'In sum, what we must seek and share is what I have called "a cosmopolitan ethic," a readiness to accept the complexity of human society. It is an ethic which balances rights and duties. It is an ethic for all peoples. ‘'
