Letter of Solidarity with the defenders of communication democracy in Brazil
As communicators and citizens of diverse countries of the world, committed to the struggle for the right to communicate and to the current democratic communication standards, we are witnessing a situation of institutional overthrow that has just (…)Launch of WFFM publication : Free media : issues, challenges and proposals
Coordinated by people from three countries (Brazil, Canada, France), this issue addresses the challenges common to free media around the world. The contributions are gathered in two parts: the first analyzes the issues of media and free (…)CALL FOR ACTIVITIES
The World Forum of Free Media (WFFM) will be present in the World Social Forum (www.wsf2018.org) in Salvador (Bahia, Brazil) from March 13 to 17, 2018. The WFFM was born in 2009 as part of the World Social Forums thanks to the coming together of (…)Support the World’s Right to Meet! Denounce the Visa Denials!
70% of Visa Applications by Global South Delegates to the World Social Forum were Denied by Canadian Embassies. This is Unacceptable!! If one is denied, we all are denied. Please sign the online petition: mayfirst.org/visa If you are in (…)Visa Refusal. Note of the WFFM
Visa Refusal: A Hindrance To Freedom of Expression The World Social Forum (WSF) begins in Montreal with a serious problem. A large number of guests from the Global South have either had their Canadian visa rejected or whitheld. Today, we (…)Opening night of the 5th edition of the World Forum on Free Media
"The political role of Free media in the world" was the title given to the opening night of the 5th edition of the World Forum on Free Media that was held last Aug. 7th at L'Auditoire. The Forum will keep going until Aug. 9th at the University (…)First day of the World Forum of Free Media
Panel 1 : Decolonizing media and technology Communications / Communautaires : Décolonisation des médias et de la technologie — Moderator/ Modératrice: Professor Becky – Infrastructures as modes of post-colonial cultural production Les (…)Final program of the 5th WFFM and abstracts
Please find here the final program of the 5th WFFM. We invite you to register your participation. Summary program and full description of activities (August 4th version).Call for participation - 5th WFFM
Deadline: 1 June 2016 The next edition of the World Forum of Free Media (WFFM) will take place in Montreal from August 7 to 14 within the framework of the World Social Forum (WSF). The first two days will be dedicated to the WFFM while the (…)Seminar in Montreal : "Conservative media and the Brazilian coup d’état"
Rita Freire, president of the advisory board of the Brazilian Public Communication Corporation (EBC), Member of the International Council of the World Social Forum Tuesday, April 26th 2016 : 5pm to 6h30pmRetour ligne automatique McGill (…)World Charter of Free Media
We, communicators and activists committed to multiple emancipatory communication practices across different regions of the world, freely assembled in March 2015 in Tunis, on the occasion of the 4th World Forum on Free Media, organized as part of (…)Programmation WFFM
From March 22nd to 28th The 4th edition of the World Forum of Free Media (WFFM) will take place from March 22nd to 28th. This new edition begins two days before the World Social Forum and continues for the duration of it. The World Forum of (…)Call for participation
Tunisia will host the 4th edition of the World Forum of Free Media (WFFM) from March 22nd to 28th, 2015 at the site of the El Manar University in Tunis. The World Forum of Free Media was born as part of the World Social Forum through meetings (…)
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25 April 2018
Letter of Solidarity with the defenders of communication democracy in Brazil
As communicators and citizens of diverse countries of the world, committed to the struggle for the right to communicate and to the current democratic communication standards, we are witnessing a situation of institutional overthrow that has just (…)
14 March 2018
Launch of WFFM publication : Free media : issues, challenges and proposals
Coordinated by people from three countries (Brazil, Canada, France), this issue addresses the challenges common to free media around the world. The contributions are gathered in two parts: the first analyzes the issues of media and free (…)
12 March 2018
Media Activism as Movement? Collective Identity Formation in the World Forum of Free Media
By Hilde C. Stephansen. Originally published in Media and Communication, 2017, Volume 5, n° 3, pages 59–66. DOI: 10.17645/mac.v5i3.1034. https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/1034 Abstract More than simply tools (…)
21 February 2018