May, 2023.- Society is currently facing political and cultural scenarios that are changing rapidly, causing the reading of reality to oscillate between hope and uncertainty.

In our country, the political, electoral and social processes seem to have given no respite since 18-O, to which is added the proliferation of disinformation campaigns, hate speech and denialism. Where the media used to be as references to try to better understand reality, today we find social networks, platforms that can amplify truthful information or be expeditious channels for false news and disinformation.

In this scenario, it is worth asking what is the role that communicators should assume in their most diverse functions, journalists from public or private institutions, in foundations or organizations of a different nature or professionals who work in outreach areas, among others, delving into what are the ways to accompany society in an open, respectful and responsible look at the phenomena that occur every day.

To address this problem, from the Millennium Institute for Research on Violence and Democracy, VioDemos, the Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data and the Center for Justice and Society Studies, convene the Communication and Human Rights Meeting, on Thursday, June 8 between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 pm in the Mide UC Auditorium on the San Joaquín Campus.

The conference will address issues such as the importance of communicating with a human rights approach, what are the challenges that this poses; why communicators should integrate respect for human rights in their content and what are the axes of responsible and respectful communication.

The Communication and Human Rights Meeting will be divided into two blocks. In the first, there will be a presentation of the Portable Communication and Human Rights Manual of the National Institute of Human Rights, by Daniela Fernández, a journalist from the Promotion, Education and Participation Unit of the same institution.

In the second block, the Dialogue “Why communicate with a human rights approach?” will be held. and in it will participate:

Ignacio López, professor at the Faculty of Communications UC. PhD in Language, Discourse and Communication, King’s College London. Master of Science (MSc) in Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science. Journalist and Master in Strategic Communication, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. His research areas are digital communication, communications ethics, discourse analysis, semiotics and written narration. He is a professor of Communications Ethics, Nonfiction Writing, and Research Seminar.

Magdalena Browne, Dean of the Faculty of Communications of the Adolfo Ibáñez University. MSc. in Media & Communication at the London School of Economics, Journalist and Sociologist at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. She has an extensive professional and academic career in the area of public opinion and communications, public policy, and organization. She was Director of the Department of Social Studies of the UC Institute of Sociology, and General Manager and Managing Partner of Tironi y Asociados.

Roberto Herrscher, Director of the Journalism of Excellence Award and the Diploma in Non-Fiction Narrative Writing at the Alberto Hurtado University. Graduate in Sociology, University of Buenos Aires. Master of Science in Journalism, Columbia University. PhD Candidate in Journalism, San Jorge University, Spain. Author of, among other books, Crónicas Bananeras.

Moderator: Camila Diaz, Director of Research and Academic Training in Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data. Political Scientist from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile and Diploma in Education, Memory and Human Rights from the University of Chile. She has been a Citizen Training teacher for high school students in a context of high social vulnerability. She was the executive coordinator of Plataforma Telar, a research project that collected the vision of the most diverse social actors, the media and social networks in Chile, within the framework of constitutional debates.

Those who wish to attend, please register at: https://bit.ly/DDHH-IMFD

COMMUNICATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS MEETING PROGRAM
10.00 Presentation “Portable Manual of Communication and Human Rights” of the National Institute of Human Rights

Daniela Fernández, journalist INDH Promotion, Education and Participation Unit

11.30 Dialogue “Why communicate with a human rights approach?”

Ignacio López, professor Faculty of Communications UC

Magdalena Browne, Dean of the Faculty of Communications of the Adolfo Ibáñez University

Roberto Herrscher, Director of the Journalism of Excellence Award and the Diploma in Non-Fiction Narrative Writing at the Alberto Hurtado University

Moderator: Camila Díaz, Director of Research and Academic Training Millennium Institute Foundational Research on Data