Seminar on Media and Information Literacy

(MIL) in the Digital Era

Current Trends and Challenges in the

time of Media Convergence

Mr. Wisit Atipayakoon

International Telecommunication Union
Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

Introduction

UNESCO

WB

WHO

UNWTO

ILO

FAO

UPU

IFAD

ICAO

WMO

UNIDO

WIPO

IMO

IAEA

WFP

IMF

193 (Member
States)
567

(Sector Members)
159 (Associate
Members)
60 (Academia
Members)

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ITU-R:

Radio
Regulations WRC

ITU-T:

WTSA
ITU-D:


ITU

ITU:
(2015-2018)
Mr. Houlin
Zhao
ITU

Mr. Brahima
Sanou
ITU -D

Mr. Malcolm
Johnson
ITU

Mr. Francois
Rancy
ITU -R

Mr. Chaesub
Lee
ITU -T


ITU Headquarter: Geneva, Switzerland
Europe Regional Office
Geneva, Switzerland

CIS Area Office

Moscow, Russia

Americas
Regional Office

Asia-Pacific

Brasilia, Brazil

Regional Office

Area Offices

Tegucigalpa,
Honduras.
Santiago, Chile.
Bridgetown,
Barbados

Bangkok, Thailand

Africa
Regional Office
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Area Offices

Yaound, Cameroon
Harare, Zimbabwe
Dakar, Senegal

Regional Director
Mr. Ioane Koroivuki

Arab

Area Office

Jakarta, Indonesia

Regional
Office

Cairo, Egypt

38 (Member
States)

134

(Sector and
Associate Members)
Locked
17Land
Locked

Land
Developing
Countries
Developing
Countries
(Academia
Members)
Low-Income
States
The
Low-Income
States
The Rest
Rest

Least
Least Developed
Developed
(5)
(5)
Countries
(10)
Countries (12)
(12)
(10) Korea
D.P.R.
Afghanis
Kiribati Fiji
PNG
India
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Maldives
Samoa Indonesia
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Mongolia
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Islands
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Bhutan
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Philippines
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Nauru
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Tonga
Vietnam
Small Islands
Islands Developing
Developing
Lao, PDR Small
States
States (12)
(12)
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Myanma
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(10)
(10)
Australia
Brunei
China/Hong
Kong
Iran
Japan
Malaysia
New
Zealan
d
7
R.O. Korea
Singapore
Thailand

Emergency
Telecommunicati
ons
Digital Broadcasting

Digital
Broadcasting

e-Health / mHealth
Climate
Change
Digital
Broadcasting

Digital
Inclusion

e-Education

Broadba
nd
Cybersecurity

e-Agriculture

Spectrum
Management

e-Government

Compliance and
Interoperability

C&I

Smart Sustainable
Cities

Convergence

 (Internet Value Chain)

Sectors in which IoT can play an enabling role for development

Whos got the power?

Media
in the Global
Context

C1.

The role of public governance authorities and all stakeholders in the promotion of ICTs for
development
C2.
Information and communication infrastructure
C3.
Access to information and knowledge
C4.
Capacity building
C5.
Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs
C6.
Enabling environment
C7.
ICT Applications: E-government, E-business: E-learning; E-health; E-employment; E-environment;
E-agriculture; E-science
C8.
Cultural diversity and identity, linguistic diversity and local content
C9. Media
C10. Ethical dimensions of the Information Society
C11. International and regional cooperation

WSIS SDG Matrix

Empirically free, plural
and independent media
contribute to sustainable
development in terms of
supporting national
development monitoring
and priority-setting.
Converged Media across
all traditional and digital
platforms have a potential
to provide universal and
inclusive access to
information including by
women and girls.
Expanded media
landscape built on ICTs
and Internet are central to
inclusive politics and
governance and support
realization and
improvement of all human
rights.

WSIS (Action Line C9) SDG Matrix

SDG 5 : Achieve Gender Equality and Empower All Women and Girls
Relevant Target:
5.b : Enhance the use of enabling technology, in particular information and
communications technology, to promote the empowerment of women
SDG 9 : Build Resilient Infrastructure, Promote Inclusive and Sustainable
Industrialization and Foster Innovation
Relevant Target:
9.c : Significantly increase access to information and communications technology
and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least
developed countries by 2020
SDG 12 : Ensure Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns
Relevant Target:
12.8 : By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and
awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature
SDG 16 : Promote Peaceful and Inclusive Societies for Sustainable
Development, Provide Access to Justice for All and Build Effective,
Accountable and Inclusive Institutions at All Levels
Relevant Target:
16.10 : Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental
freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements.

Challenges

Action Line C9. Media

1) The overarching global trend with respect to freedom of expression and media
development in the past years is that of disruption brought on by technological
convergence and the development of the Internet and mobile technologies. These
meant a spreading of media platforms and also an augmented freedom of
expression. Challenges include, however, problems of media concentration
and media convergence, also leading to new threats to freedom of
expression and to privacy, including the protection of journalistic sources
and processes. Threats include unprecedented data-mining, filtering and
surveillance capabilities, enabled through digitized media, while
exclusions related to the digital divide become more multifaceted.
2) The safety of journalists has attracted more attention at the global level, but

Recommendations
The nature of media will continue to change rapidly, with the development of more
online alternatives to traditional media and continued expansion in opportunities for
expression, including citizen journalism. New opportunities for media freedom are
likely to be met by new types of violation of that freedom, including blocking and
filtering of online content and the inappropriate use of surveillance and data mining
techniques. New initiatives should be taken as following:
Consider Internet a core issue which has profoundly impacted medias scope,
reach and richness, as well as its breadth of direct stakeholders and its
sustainability. An expanded role of media and new media based on Internet /mobile
and digital platforms as promoted by WSIS Action Line C9, is more valuable than
ever, in fostering transparent and good governance and contributing to rights-based
and sustainable development goals of the post-2015 agenda.
Develop consolidated ICTs-media policy frameworks based on multistakeholder strategies (between governments, private sector and civil society
organizations) in the areas of Freedom of expression, safety of journalists and
bloggers as well as media development.
Address the balance between online freedom and other rights such as
privacy, as well as the increased complexity of defending freedom of expression,
the safety of journalists, and the advancement of media development in the digital
era.
Defending public service media practice and developing community media (both
on and offline) need to be further explored.
Continue the ongoing multi-stakeholder consultative and participatory process for
updating post-2015 strategy and formulating a coordinated strategy with
stakeholders including UN agencies on the implementation of Action Line C9 media

 social media

Preventive
Media Literacy
Industry SelfRegulation

Administrati
ve
Notices
Advisories
Abuse Reporting

Responsive
Effective
enforcement
Policy Review /
Review of related
legislations

Media Literacy : publications, consumer awareness programmes, web

presence, new media research collaboration, policy and regulatory
communication, bridging digital divide through USP.
Industry Self Regulation : promotion of self-regulation through the
Communications & Multimedia Content Forum of Malaysia (CMCF),
develop and implement content code, involvement of civil society in
regulation of content, complaints channel.

Get Malaysian Business Online

(GMBO) Announced during Budget
2013. Grants totalling RM50
million will be disbursed to
incentivise small, local
businesses to have a web
presence.
A qualified applicant will be
granted RM1,000 from the
grant.
To qualify for the grant, you
must meet all the following
requirements:
Malaysian citizen between
18-65 years old
A registered business or
company
A registered domain name
and active website.
A local bank account
registered under your
business or company name
Less than 10 full-time
employees and less than
http://www.getmybusinessonline.com.m
RM200,000 annual
y
revenue.

u-Pustaka
The u-Pustaka Portal
provides u-Pustaka
Members with efficient,
integrated, seamless,
anytime, anywhere"
access to content and
services in two languages
viz Bahasa Melayu and
English.
The portal fosters an
engaging lifelong learning
experience for all uPustaka members and Online Members through the
provision of web
publishing, collaboration,
content management and
inter-lending services
http://www.u-library.gov.my/portal/web/guest/home
components.
https://www.facebook.com/u.pustaka

SKMM Network Security Centre

(SNSC)

SKMM Network Security

Center (SNSC) serves as
the national Internet
network thermometer to
provide overall
understanding of macro
cyber threat level with
the involvement and
cooperation of both
public and private sectors
in Malaysia

The website provide

detailed information on
its initiatives i.e. Phishing
Tracking System,
MADUNET (malware and
network attack detection)
and its international
collaborations
http://snsc.skmm.gov.m
y/

Cyberspace does not exist in a legal

vacuum
What is illegal offline is also illegal
online

MIL & Digital

Societies

MIL: Proposed Conceptual Model

Challenges
Access
[broadband, universal access
and service, communitybased Internet centre]

Digital Inclusion
[accessibility, universal
design]

Policy & Regulation

Open / Big Data

Privacy and Data Protection

Intellectual Property
Protection

Cybersecurity, cyberwellness

Law enforcement

Digital forensic

Quality of service

Consumer protection

Etc.

6.

Digital Economy
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Thank you for your

attention