Gendering Global Media Policy: Critical Perspectives on ‘Digital Agendas (themed issue of Journal of Information Policy)

This thematic collection is the result of a panel discussion in the context of the International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR, Global Media Policy Working Group) conference held in Montreal, July 2015. The panel, and the present issues of the Journal of Information Policy, are conceived as a scholarly contribution to the Gamag, the WSIS+10 and post-2015 international agenda, and to ongoing discussions and strategies around digital policies, from the regional to the national and local levels. Beside assessing the progress made in relation to the Beijing PfA Section J and of the WSIS Plan of Action after decades, the present issue introduces gender-aware perspectives on current trends in communication governance with an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approach. In doing so, the collection also contributes to the development of more articulated, critical and evidence-based analytical and methodological frameworks for further investigating gender-sensitive policy developments in relation to media and information technologies. Expert authors from diverse geo-cultural contexts, from academia as well as the advocacy sector, address open issues related to ‘digital agendas’: a label to indicate framework strategies, and related narratives, for the development and implementation of digital policies being adopted in most regional and national contexts.