Media and Urban Governance: The Quest for Sustainable Cities and Communities

Title

Media and Urban Governance: The Quest for Sustainable Cities and Communities

Creator

Abraham A.; Khatra K.

Description

Connectivity becomes the hallmark of network society facilitated by digital technologies. Cities are fundamentally well-connected, fast-growing, communicative, and global in outlook. Cities are also known for media concentration, as the structures and people there extensively create and exchange messages - social, political, economic, and cultural. The urban communication landscape is very complex, and therefore, a robust media and communication infrastructure is required to form, reform, and transform urban communities from a sustainable development perspective. Media not only perform the responsibilities of information dissemination and community building but also facilitate urban governance and public discourses on policies. The policy-making process that consists of policy inputs, policy processes, and policy outputs - is heavily influenced by the public discourses triggered by the media. Media can establish a policy issue at the center of the public sphere, set the policy agenda, and create public opinion. It inevitably leads to the mediatization of public policy. Media can effectively place SDGs at the center of the policy discourse and serve as a tool for urban governance by enhancing citizens' participation and helping to solve complex urban problems. This research paper explores various aspects of the governance-media interface in an urban landscape to create sustainable cities and communities. The Electrochemical Society

Source

ECS Transactions, Vol-107, No. 1, pp. 16639-16648.

Date

2022-01-01

Publisher

Institute of Physics

Coverage

Abraham A., School of Humanities and Social Sciences, CHRIST (Deemed to be) University, Delhi NCR, India; Khatra K., Clinton Health Access Initiative, New Delhi, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 19386737; ISBN: 978-160768539-5

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Conference paper

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1149/10701.16639ecst

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