Expanding Media Law and Policy Education: Confronting Power, Defining Freedom, Awakening Participation

Ugland, Erik

doi:10.1080/10811680.2019.1586407

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“…Accordingly, a first media reform activity is to know the media and to formulate a critique of their content or structures. Several authors (Freedman 2019;Lentz 2016;Ugland 2019) describe media (policy) literacy as a prerequisite for any attempt at media reform and call for its promotion in schools and universities. A second media reform activity is to establish alternative or community media.…”

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Civic advocacy for public service media? The case of Switzerland and its current rise in media policy activism

Schweizer

2020

Interactions: Studies in Communication &Amp; Culture

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Civic advocacy for public service media (PSM) is rather rare. Switzerland, however, where civic associations play a vital role in politics and the economy, and where media policy activism is currently on the rise, offers ideal conditions for such advocacy. Combining document analysis and expert interviews with leading activists, this article investigates the aims, strategies and networks of seven associations dedicated to media policy activism. It also examines the connection between No Billag, a 2018 national referendum on abolishing the public broadcasting license fee, and the formation of new associations. Findings show that these associations are gatherings of media professionals and that PSM is not their main concern.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%