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Community Media Network
Date
1/4/2005-30/9/2008
Contact
George Petrou
Country
Greece
Development Partnership
DIMITRA ITD
Demand
Ethnic minority groups have congregated in the major cities experiencing various forms of social exclusion. Often experience unfair confrontation from the Media and sometimes the wording or the commentary that is used is essentially racist and stereotyped. The minorities and immigrants groups are under represented in Media Industry and they lack familiarization with new technologies to seek media professions and acquire adequate Media channels for information and entertainment among their communities.
Solution
Giving Communities a Voice works Media on three levels by the operation of 2 Community Media Centers (CMC): - as a working place, creating preconditions for the development, organisation and operation of multicultural media (community media) with the active participation of excluded ethnic & immigrant groups, developing their professional expertise and preparing for the mainstream Media Industry - to promote and develop new ideas, cultures through the production and transmission of multicultural programmes - a way of forming/influencing public opinion and fighting negative stereotypes and different forms of discrimination. The intention of each of the multilingual/multicultural radio production teams is to offer information and a voice to the communities reaching out to society
Products
Legislative Framework of CMC- EU Comparative Study Research of public opinion attitudes of CMC Tool kit including: Business plan for CMC, Training material - Operation of CMC,Relevant Legal Statute advisory Selected Radio Productions & Digital Stories Database & CD ROM for diversity & media
Results
Immediate: Empowerment/inclusion 24 pers. trained - 10 employed in 2 CMC 2 radio stations broadcasting daily (more than 4000h of broadcasting) 500 volunteers/visitors (till July 2008) involved and trained (snow- ball effect in communities) Long term: Sensitization Journalists' network promoting Diversity in the media Promotion of successful pilot cases of CM. establishment 22 schools visited CM- sensitization campaign and Media Literature Fighting Negative Stereotypes Policy briefs