Manifesto of the symposium "Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age"

The manifesto identifies how digital technologies, while offering tools for inclusion, also enable disinformation, surveillance, and the monetization of users through the 'attention economy'. It calls for a transformative movement involving faith communities, civil society, and governments to ensure digital rights are an extension of human rights, specifically addressing digital divides, gender-based online violence, and the ecological impact of technology.

• Digital platforms are being leveraged to spread hate and disinformation, while the rise of technology monopolies threatens the diversity of perspectives. Communication is increasingly controlled by proprietary platforms that monetize user data and time within an 'attention economy'.
• Algorithms often perpetuate systemic power imbalances, racism, and the effects of colonization, which exacerbates existing discrimination and inequities.
• The document identifies multiple intersecting digital divides—including economic, geographic, racial, educational, class, gender, age, cultural, technological, and global—and asserts that digital justice is inseparable from climate, gender, economic, and racial justice.
• Digitalization has increased the exposure of women and girls to online hate, trolling, surveillance, and sexualized harassment, which can lead to physical violence and the silencing of women in digital spaces.
• The manifesto proposes several principles for a just digital future, including the right to privacy and data control (including deletion), the right to cultural and linguistic identity, and the right to affordable devices and the 'right to repair'.
• The document highlights ecological concerns related to digitalization, specifically the use of resources and the practice of planned obsolescence.
• The manifesto calls for increased accountability and transparency for corporations that shape public and political discourse and advocates for the use of non-personal collected data for the common good.

APA

World Association for Christian Communication (2021). Manifesto of the symposium "Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age". https://waccglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Korean.pdf

Chicago

World Association for Christian Communication. Manifesto of the symposium "Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age". 2021. https://waccglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Korean.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=World Association for Christian Communication |title=Manifesto of the symposium "Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age" |date=21 September 2021 |url=https://waccglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Korean.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{worldassociationforchristiancommunication2021manifesto, author = {{World Association for Christian Communication}}, title = {{Manifesto of the symposium "Communication for Social Justice in a Digital Age"}}, publisher = {World Association for Christian Communication}, year = {2021}, month = sep, url = {https://waccglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Korean.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }