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This section provides useful links to resources available online, making use of the internet as a media tool for the general public, and focusing on both media-related and development issues.
The Role of the Media as Watch-dogs, Agenda-setters
and Gatekeepers in Arab States
(Governance)
In this 19-page paper on contrasting the media as the "mouthpiece of tradition”, with the possibilities of its role as a watch-dog, agenda-setter, and gate-keeper in Arab States, Lawrence Pintak writes about: the political pressures resulting in self-censorship among journalists and their acquiescence on local issues; his survey of their perception of their role; the possible role of media in incremental change; and implications and future research. The document is part of the publication of papers for a conference on “The Role of the News Media in the Governance Reform Agenda", which was co-sponsored by the World Bank Communication for Governance and Accountability Program (CommGAP) and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Boston, United States (US).
Source
The Communication Initiative Network website
Selected Conferences on Media Development
(Governance)
Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD) – Athens World Conference, 7-10 December 2008
Regional Forum for Media Development for the Middle East/North Africa (MENA)
Link to conference recommendations and press releases
Panos London, part of the greater Panos network provides an online resource for journalists and other media professionals who are interested in addressing the impact of climate change by providing valuable information to the public.
The guide was prepared as part of the UN Climate Change Conference in Poznan, Poland in December 2008. The Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) - set up by Panos, Internews and the International Institute for Environment and Development - is bringing 40 journalists from 33 developing countries to the negotiations. As part of the Climate Change Guide, video links and articles feature journalists who are attending the conference talking about the difficulties of reporting on complex environmental issues.
Source
The Communication Initiative Network website
Panos London monthly newsletter, November 27 2008.
ICT meets Education - The Open Courseware Movement
(Education)
Open Courseware (OCW)
Open Content hosting is experiment project provides open and free access to content to some of the most popular articles, books and courseware from quality sources. Some content is provided free because their copyright for these books has expired in the United States. Some are provided as a choice of the authors to benefit the wider community read more
Open Courseware Consortium (OCC) (Education)
An OpenCourseWare is a free and open digital publication of high quality educational materials, organized as courses. The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a collaboration of more than 200 higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model. The mission of the OpenCourseWare Consortium is to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware. read more
'Mission Possible': A Gender and Media Advocacy Toolkit
(Gender)
An initiative of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC), this toolkit seeks to de-mystify 'gender and media' advocacy. Its 11 modules are designed to illustrate, through concrete steps, case studies, pointers, and information, that we can all take action to change negative gender representation and stereotypical portrayals in and through the media. It is intended primarily for WACC's constituencies and partner organisations engaged in some form of media activism, as well as those organizations and individuals who participated in the Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) in February 2005 (for details, click here). The toolkit is also geared toward groups and media organisations (such as media councils, editors' forums, journalists' unions, and media women's associations) working (or wishing to begin working) with the media on gender and media issues.
The modular version of the toolkit is designed to be flexible so that both trainers and trainees can select and use different modules depending on the needs of each advocacy group. The toolkit's 11 modules cover both conceptual issues on gender and media advocacy and practical steps, tools, and strategies that may be useful in gender and media advocacy. Modules 1- 4 build an understanding of what gender and media advocacy is and what the key issues are. These modules: look at why the media should be a focus of gender and feminist activism; discuss the various audiences key to achieve change; and highlight the key issues for gender and media advocacy using the findings of the GMMP2005. Modules 5 -10 provide the "how-to" in building gender and media advocacy campaigns. These modules outline the steps to developing campaigns and give tips and insights on how to engage with and work with the media. Module 11 is a glossary of key terms used in the first 10 modules, and a summary of the key pointers and issues covered there. Information boxes, case studies, and discussion points are provided within the various modules. WACC suggests that users contextualize the activity discussion points to suit each local media environment.
Specifically, the modules are as follows:
Module 1: A new agenda for 'Who makes the news': Why focus on the media?
Module 2: Why should gender be an issue for the media? What is 'gender and media' advocacy?
Module 3: Who are the target audiences for 'gender and media' advocacy?
Module 4: Applying the results of GMMP 2005 to 'gender and media' advocacy
Module 5: How to gather evidence to support advocacy
Module 6: How to develop an advocacy campaign
Module 7: How to create the right message for the right audience
Module 8: How to transform the media through policy
Module 9: How to get the issue on the media's agenda
Module 10: How to monitor and evaluate advocacy work
Module 11: Definitions and pointers in gender and media advocacy
Click here to access separate portions of the module form (PDF format), or to open or save the entirety in MS Word format.
Source
- The Communication Initiative Network website
- Posting to the Women's United Nations Report Network (WUNRN) listserv on July 22 2008; and email from Sarah Macharia to The Communication Initiative on January 5 2009.
- Publisher: World Association for Christian Communication (WACC)
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