The Conference also recommended a number of strategies to encourage citizens to use the opportunities created by new and emerging information and communication technologies to participate more effectively in governance and for the media to use these technologies more in their day-to-day reporting.

UNESCO: Education

However, we cannot deny the fact that the freedom to harness the power of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and especially those of new media played a significant role, even while often being in conjunction with satellite television.

UNESCO: World Press Freedom Day 2013