Guest Editor's Note

Aliaa Dakroury, Carleton University, Canada

Invited Papers:
1	The State of the Right to Communicate Cees J. Hamelink, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Julia Hoffmann, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2	How Communication Rights Might Contribute to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals Philip Lee, World Association For Christian Communication, Canada
3	Freedom of Expression and the Social Responsibility of the Media in the Information Society Mustapha Masmoudi, University Tunis El Manar, Tunis
4	Communication Rights as Human Rights for instance in Thailand Jan Servaes, University of Massachusetts, USA Patchanee Malikhao, University of Queensland, Australia Thaniya Pinprayong, University of Queensland, Australia
5	Public Interest in Communications: Beyond Access to Needs Vanda Rideout, University of New Brunswick, Canada

Refereed Papers:
6	Bosnia’s Open Broadcast Network: A brief but illustrative foray into peace journalism practice Vladimir Bratic, Hollins University, USA Susan Dente Ross, Washington State University, USA Hyeonjin Kang-Graham, Washington State University, USA
7	Gaming, Terrorism and the Right to Communicate Anandam Kavoori, University of Georgia, USA
8	The Exile of Dissidence: Restrictions on the Right to Communicate in Democracies Gregg A. Payne, Chapman University, USA

Commentary Papers:
9	Constructing A Right To Communicate: The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples William F. Birdsall, Canada
10	The Intersections of Women Centered Media: Funding and the Struggle for Our Human Rights Ariel Dougherty, Media Equity Collaborative, USA
11	The Public Right to Know: Government – Press Relations in South Korea and the Debate about Press Rooms Jukka Jouhki, University of Jyväskylä, Finland Il-hyun Baek, Seoul National University, South Korea