Action 255, Marzo 2004
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Gotson Pierre berichtet über “Haiti: Wanting to Change Movies”, wo die Pressefreiheit bedroht ist. Nach der großen Enttäuschung beim World Summit on the Information Society wird “Failure and Success at the WSIS” analysiert, ebenso mögliche nächste Schritte für die Zivilgesellschaft. Die Ausgabe von „Action“ enthält außerdem einen Beitrag über das “World Forum on Communication Rights”, das gleichzeitig durchgeführt wurde. Maria Teresa Aguirre berichtet über den WACC-Projektträger COMULHER in Brasilien, der den “Society for All”-Preis mit seiner TV-Kampagne “Pode ser melhor” (Es kann besser sein) und dem Pilot-Fernsehprogramm „Pode ser melhor ainda“ (Es kann sogar noch besser sein) gewonnen. In den Filmen geht es um die Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderungen. Camilo Zamora schreibt über die Geschichte der Medienpolitik mit dem Schwerpunkt auf bevorstehende Wahlen in Zentralamerika “Another Media Empresario for President? the case of El Salvador”. In dem Beitrag “Project Gutenberg” werden Links zu Online-Bibliotheksprojekten angeboten.
Gotson Pierre
Freedoms are under threat in Haiti, a country whose struggle for independence from France two hundred years ago under the slogan “Freedom, Equality, Fraternity” has become mythical.
There was deep disappointment with the formal outcome of the World Summit on the Information Society. An alliance of powerful and autocratic governments blocked action to tackle the erosion of civil and human rights in electronic space; the US watered down support for development-friendly free and open source software; and community-driven approaches got barely a mention. A decision on a Digital Solidarity Fund was pushed forward only to prevent a collapse of the Summit.
Held on 11th December 2003, the first World Forum on Communication Rights, coordinated by the CRIS Campaign, proved to be one of the most successful Civil Society events during the Summit. The aim of the Forum was to open the debate of the “Information Society” on issues that the Summit has, so far, not come close to discussing:
Maria Teresa Aguirre
The WACC-supported TV campaign ‘Pode ser melhor’ (It Can Be Better) and pilot TV programme ‘Pode ser melhor ainda’ (It Can Be Even Better) of the Brazilian NGO COMULHER on the rights of disabled people have won first prize in the professional category of the competition ‘A Society for All’, organised by the Colombian digital news agency DISNNET.
Maria Teresa Aguirre
Latin American communicators reflect on this pressing issue and elect a new Regional Executive Committee
Camilo Zamora
The history of the “media-politics” relationship isn’t alien to Central America, much less El Salvador where the media have long played an important role in local political life. The alliance of the mainstream Salvadorean media with the right-wing has characterised the last 15 years of this relationship, with the ARENA party staying in power thanks to the strength of support from the television, radio and press. The last three presidential elections have shown the ARENA candidate ten times more than the opposition, not only in advertisements, but in interviews, profiles and news coverage.
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