Human Rights for Communicators
Publisher: Hampton Press
Published: April 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781572735682
Subjects: Communication Studies; Human rights; International human rights law; Politics / Current Events; Education; Sociology; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; General; Communication; Political aspects
Description: "This is a book about the significance of international human rights for professional communicators. It provides an overview of the key human rights standards that are essential to the work of students, practitioners, and regulators in the field of communication. Following an analysis of the origins and developments in international human rights, the standards of free speech, human rights guidelines of media performance, and cultural human rights are addressed." "The book also contains a survey of the most important human rights instruments and original texts of key human rights agreements."--BOOK JACKET.