Journalists propose to increase media contents for vulnerable groups
14-01-2011 (Quito)
Seminar in Quito
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The Latin-American Information Agency (ALAI), with the support of UNESCO’s Quito Office, hosted the international seminar, Towards the Construction of a Democratic Agenda in Communication, in Quito (Ecuador) from 13 to 15 December 2010.
The seminar took place within the framework of the regional IPDC project, Strengthening Media as a Platform for Democratic Discourse through Training and Application of ICT Tools. The event gathered 24 media and communication networks from 14 Latin-American countries.
Participants identified the need to build a common agenda and to use ICT tools to enhance the role of marginalized social groups in the communication processes. One of the identified strategies consists in using social networks to give voice to the concerns of vulnerable social groups. In addition, participants proposed to build a common agenda that would reflect the priority concerns of disadvantaged groups.
The objective consists in the creation by the participating media of a common pool of content, covering topics that are specific to vulnerable groups; this will give wider international visibility to their media items, while providing local content to mainstream and other media.
As a follow-up to this seminar, participants will be involved in a virtual platform, where they will exchange information and new topics for the common agenda, and will gather and disseminate news items through social networks and RSS feed.
Participants identified the need to build a common agenda and to use ICT tools to enhance the role of marginalized social groups in the communication processes. One of the identified strategies consists in using social networks to give voice to the concerns of vulnerable social groups. In addition, participants proposed to build a common agenda that would reflect the priority concerns of disadvantaged groups.
The objective consists in the creation by the participating media of a common pool of content, covering topics that are specific to vulnerable groups; this will give wider international visibility to their media items, while providing local content to mainstream and other media.
As a follow-up to this seminar, participants will be involved in a virtual platform, where they will exchange information and new topics for the common agenda, and will gather and disseminate news items through social networks and RSS feed.
Related themes/countries
· Latin America/Caribbean
· Ecuador
· International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC)
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