Our working definition of media encompasses the persons and organisations involved in communication with the public via print journalism, radio and television broadcasting, and video and film production. A wide range of specialists is involved in this communication. However, our concern in the present initiative is particularly with in-service journalists, cartoonists, photographers, editors, producers, managers, publishers, and owners. Governance Governance refers to the process whereby elements in society wield power and authority, and influence and enact policies and decisions concerning public life, and economic and social development. Governance involves interaction between these formal institutions and their spokesmen, and civil society.
Governance has no automatic normative connotation.
However, typical criteria for assessing governance in a particular context might include the degree of legitimacy, representativeness, popular accountability and efficiency with which public affairs are conducted. The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for educational and cultural relations. Registered in England as a Charity.