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Speakers Discuss Merits of New Media, United Nations Information Centres, as Committee on Information Continues General Debate (UN - United Nations)

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(Source: UN - United Nations) As large segments of the world's population relied on traditional media for information on the United Nations and world affairs, delegates warned about the dangers of the digital divide, while hailing the broad reach of new media in disseminating the Organization's message, as the Committee on Information continued its general debate. The representative of Burkina Faso, noting the mainstreaming of social media in the Department of Public Information's work, said that while those new types of media had an important role, they were inaccessible to many people in developing countries due to the lack of internet access or illiteracy. As such, traditional media,...

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