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15 May 2019 ‘Missing SDG’ is theme of latest Media Development journal
The 1/2019 issue of Media Development goes in search of the missing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) that “underpins all the other SDGs.”...
28 Feb 2019 On the screen (MD2019/1)
The Ecumenical Jury at the 23rd SCHLINGEL international film festival for children and young audiences in Chemnitz (1-7 October 2018) awarded its Prize to The Breadwinner directed by Nora Twomey (Ireland, Canada, Luxembourg, 2017).
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28 Feb 2019 Media and conflict in Cameroon today
Cameroon is on the verge of a separation. Two sets of people; the French and the English – speaking can no longer dialogue. The ugly head of division violently arose in 2016 plunging Cameroon into civil strife. At the nexus of this melee is the...
28 Feb 2019 The struggle for community radio in the Philippines
The challenges facing community radio remain similar all over the Asia-Pacific region. That much was evident, during the 4th AMARC Asia-Pacific Regional Conference of Community Radios held 16-19 November in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. With the theme “Community Radio for Resilient Communities”, the conference gathered over 200...
28 Feb 2019 Fake news, truth and trust
America is addicted to fake news. What “appears” to be a new phenomenon and social concern influenced by the pervasiveness of social media, is actually deeply engrained in the American psyche and political, media, social and religious landscape since the founding of the country.
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28 Feb 2019 Fake news: A threat to digital inclusion?
Communication among peoples of a nation is critical to understanding how people think, how they exchange their ideas, how they understand issues, and how they articulate their perspectives. But that’s not the end of the story....
28 Feb 2019 ¿Radio para los sin voz o radio para los sin voz pública?
El movimiento de lo que hoy llamaríamos Radios Comunitarias inicia su acción en Latinoamérica en los tiempos en que el sector popular comienza a adquirir presencia pública. Fines de los 60, principios de los ’70, fue una época que en diversos países se comenzaron a...
28 Feb 2019 Churches taking positions in the digital age
In the German church setting of today, two main positions regarding the challenges of the Digital Age can be found: either a rather defensive rejection or a more enthusiastic welcome. What might be the elements of an adequate and theologically rooted approach upcoming transformations in...
28 Feb 2019 Homo sapiens or homo algorithmus?
The digital revolution is one of the mega-themes of our times – if not the one mega-theme. It certainly stands for the most fundamental cultural revolution I have experienced in my own life-time....
28 Feb 2019 Social media intoxication – time for a detox?
Could connecting the next three billion people to the Internet contribute a global decline in mental health? Another argument for a rights-based approach to connectivity....
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