"Public service broadcasting evolved in the small states of the English speaking Caribbean as state broadcasting. As such, state broadcasting has been forced to change to compete with private broadcasters, cable, satellite and the internet. This article assesses the paradigm shift in public service
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broadcasting within the former British colonies of the Caribbean, with particular emphasis on Jamaica, the Bahamas, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago. Then the article discusses the changes in state broadcasting in the Caribbean region in recent decades in relation to market sector, audiences and digital technology. This is followed by a discussion on the policy directions, programming and mission of newly minted public service broadcasting (PSB) in the English speaking Caribbean with questions of the future of PSB in these small states." (Abstract)
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"In 2006 the BBC World Service Trust (BBC WST), funded by the UK Department for International Development, conducted research into media in 17 countries across sub-Saharan Africa in order to identify priorities for future media development initiatives. A series of African Media Development Initiativ
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e (AMDI) reports were produced, and this Media Sector Analysis builds on the Somalia component of that work. This analysis has been produced in consultation with media stakeholders and is grounded in a review of previously published material. The report is just one component of a larger media development project being delivered by the BBC WST entitled ‘Strengthening Radio Stations in Somalia to Promote Human Rights, Peace and Governance’ - a two-year project which aims to enhance the reach, levels of audience participation and professional capacity of Somali media. The media, and specifically, radio, is seen as a key local institution well placed to promote individual human and civil rights, freedom of expression and democratic dialogue. The project is informed by a rights perspective, ensuring that actions separately and collectively empower marginalised citizens, in particular, women and young people, to engage in direct dialogue with local authorities and thus have improved access to their civil and political rights. The project comprises two other strands in addition to the Media Sector Analysis: Capacity-building in six Somali radio stations [...]; media-related training for civil society rganisations [...] this report will inform the above project strands, as well as providing a basis for the development of media policy in the Somali region." (Foreword)
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"Massenmedien erfüllen in einer funktionierenden Demokratie eine zentrale Aufgabe: Sie sollen Informationen beschaffen, bewerten, verbreiten und politische Institutionen bzw. politisch Handelnde kontrollieren und kritisieren, damit die Bürgerinnen und Bürger in der Lage sind, mündig zu entscheid
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en und zu handeln. In den vergangenen Jahrzehnten haben sich Angebot und Vielfalt der Massenmedien durch das Internet dramatisch gewandelt. Die Fülle an Informationen und die Schnelligkeit, mit der sich Nachrichten verbreiten, haben stark zugenommen. Die mediale Vielfalt stellt den Journalismus sowie die Mediennutzerinnen und -nutzer vor neue Herausforderungen. Die Redaktionen geraten zunehmend durch die Gratisangebote im Internet und den Rückgang der Zeitungsverkäufe wirtschaftlich unter Druck. Menschen, die die Medien nutzen, müssen lernen, die Informationsflut zu bewältigen, die Zuverlässigkeit und Wertigkeit von Informationen einzuschätzen. Der Reader informiert über die Medienlandschaft und ihre Wirkmechanismen." (Verlagsbeschreibung)
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