TBungwe la National Conference for Media Reform (NCMR) la 2008, lothandizidwa ndi gulu losintha ma media lopanda phindu la Free Press, lidachitika mu
Woyambitsa nawo Free Press Robert McChesney, akulankhula pa "Demokarase Tsopano!" pa tsiku loyamba la Msonkhanowo, adakumbutsa omvera kuti pali "vuto lalikulu" muzofalitsa zathu "ndipo anthu a ku America amamvetsa kuti izi sizovomerezeka." Ngakhale kuti izi zakhala zowona kwa zaka makumi ambiri (kapena kupitirira), McChesney anafotokoza kuti "gulu lokonzanso zofalitsa nkhani [laphulika] m'zaka zisanu zapitazi" chifukwa cha "zochitika ziwiri zofunika kwambiri."
"Choyamba," adatero McChesney, "ndikusintha kwaukadaulo komwe kukusinthadi kachitidwe ka bizinesi kwa mafakitale onse owulutsa. tili m'malo tsopano - titha kusintha malamulo ndi malamulo kuti makina athu ofalitsa nkhani azikhala bwino kwambiri.Kapena, ngati sitichita kalikonse, makampani achita ntchito yabwino kuwonetsetsa kuti zikugwirizana ndi zomwe amakonda. kuwonekera mu nthawi ya digito.
"Chachiwiri, tili m'nthawi yomwe utolankhani, monga tikudziwira, uli m'malo mwaufulu. Ikusokonekera. Ndipo anthu akudziwa izi. Sizomwe zili mu utolankhani, zomwe timakamba, koma ndizomwe zimapangidwira. Ndikutanthauza kuti, chiwerengero cha atolankhani ogwira ntchito omwe amalemba nkhani m'madera onse m'dziko muno chatsika kwambiri. muli ndi utolankhani uliwonse womwe umawalemba, ndiye ngati mukukhala mtawuni, simudzadziwa zomwe zikuchitika kumeneko.
"Ili ndi vuto lalikulu ndipo anthu a ku America amamvetsetsa kuti izi sizovomerezeka. Choncho mumayika zinthu ziwirizo pamodzi ndipo anthu amati, 'Tiyenera kuchitapo kanthu.' Ndipo ndilo maziko a kayendetsedwe kameneka."
Kutsegulira kwa NCMR
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Umboni wina wa "kuphulika" kwa kayendetsedwe ka kayendetsedwe kake ndi kukula kwa NCMR yokha. Msonkhanowu wakula kuchokera pa anthu 1,700 pa NCMR yoyamba mu 2003 mpaka oposa 3,000 omwe adasonkhana chaka chino kuti apite ku misonkhano yoposa 75, kumvetsera zokamba zonse ndi zisudzo, ndikulumikizana ndi omenyera ufulu wina.
Dzina lenileni la msonkhanowo limalengeza kuti likuyesetsa "kusintha zofalitsa," koma zolimbikitsa ndi zolinga za omwe ndidalankhula nawo zinali zovuta kwambiri, ndipo nthawi zambiri zimakhala zokulirapo, kuposa momwe mawu oti "kusintha" angatanthauze, zomwe zikuwonetsa kuwonjezeka. osiyanasiyana omwe akutenga nawo mbali. Ambiri omwe ndidabwera nawo omwe ndidalankhula nawo akuwoneka kuti akuyimira magawo atatu osiyana mkati mwa gulu lalikulu. Magawo awa, omwe amawatcha kuti Media Reform, Media Democracy, ndi Media Justice - akhalapo kuyambira pa NCMR yoyamba ndipo adakumananso chaka chino, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti pakhale mikangano komanso kukhumudwa komwe kunawonetsedwa m'njira zambiri mumsonkhano wonse.
Kusintha kwa Media
Zosintha zapa media pagululi zimakonda kuyang'ana kwambiri zamalamulo ndi zowongolera zomwe zimapanga momwe ma media athu amagwirira ntchito. Mtsogoleri wamkulu wa Free Press a Josh Silver, m'mawu ake otsegulira, adalankhula za "zipambano zomwe takhala nazo" kuyambira msonkhano watha, kutsimikizira omvera kuti:
- Tidapangitsa Senate yaku United States kukana mwamphamvu kuyesa kwaposachedwa kwa FCC kuti Big Media ikule.
- Tidayimitsa a White House ndi Congress kuti athetse kusalowerera ndale ndikusandutsa intaneti kukhala chinsinsi chamakampani akuluakulu amagetsi ndi mafoni.
- Tikukakamiza Congress kuti ipereke zilolezo zatsopano zamawayilesi a FM kumizinda ndi matauni omwe amafunikira mawu odziyimira pawokha.
- Tikutsutsa kukwera mtengo kopanda chilungamo komwe kumawopseza kutseka zofalitsa zodziyimira pawokha zomwe zili moyo wa demokalase yathu.
- Tapanga gulu la anthu masauzande ambiri omwe adadzipereka kuti apange njira zoulutsira nkhani zomwe tikufunikira kwambiri
- Kwa nthawi yoyamba, takhala ndi ofuna kukhala pulezidenti akutsutsana pa intaneti komanso kuphatikiza zofalitsa nkhani
Chizindikiro china cha "m'kati mwa Beltway" pamsonkhanowo chikuwoneka mu "Action Flyer" yotsitsa kuchokera patsamba la msonkhano: "Musalole kuti mphamvu zochokera kumapeto kwa sabata ino ziwonongeke: Tengani msonkhano kunyumba kwanu. Opezekapo adalimbikitsidwa kuti: "Funani Kuyankha Pankhani ya Propaganda Pundits Scandal" kuti "Lembani Rep Yanu Kuti Mupulumutse intaneti" ndi "Lembani Zothandizira Zanu za Low Power FM" mwa "kutumiza [ku] uthenga kwa
Media Democracy
Kukonzanso kumatanthauza kuti pali mtengo wina wofunika kupulumutsa, womwe umasamala mokwanira kuti usunge, koma kuti umazindikira madera omwe ali ndi vuto ndipo mukufuna kuwakonza. Sindikumva choncho pamakampani osindikiziraโฆ "Mawu amenewo akuchokera kwa wolemba mabulogu Aaminah Hernรกndez, polemba m'nkhani yaposachedwa. Amalankhula za kufalitsa, koma anthu ambiri ku NCMR 2008 anganene zomwezo za lingaliro la "kusintha. "media yonse.
Msonkhano wa hip hop activism
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Kuganiza motere kwapangitsa ambiri mwa omwe adatenga nawo gawo pamsonkhanowu kukhala ndi malingaliro oti azichita okha, "khalani atolankhani" omwe angatchulidwe kuti demokalase yapa media. Gawo la demokalase la media lagululi lidaimiridwa m'misonkhano yosiyanasiyana, monga:
- Hop Activism: Urban Strategies ndi Media Coalitions
- M'mawu Athu: Achinyamata Akupanga Media
- Kumene Tizitengera: Atsogoleri Achinyamata Patsogolo la Media
- The Fighting Press: Ethnic Media Dzulo, Lero, ndi Mawa
- Nkhani kwa Anthu: Kodi Wailesi Yakuda Ingapereke Nkhani Zomwe Tikufuna?
Misonkhanoyi inali ndi mawu a anthu omwe akhala akupanga zofalitsa zawo kwa nthawi yayitali, akufalitsa nkhani zomwe sizimanenedwa kawirikawiri m'manyuzipepala. Komabe, ngakhale kuti ntchito yapachiyambiyi inaimiridwa pamisonkhano yochitira misonkhano ndi mโmabwalo amisonkhano, sinaimiriridwe bwino pamlingo wa plenary.
Media Justice
Lingaliro la chilungamo cha media likufotokozedwa mwachidule patsamba la Media Justice Network: "Media Justice imalankhula za kufunika kopitilira kupanga mwayi wofikira pagulu lakale lazofalitsa. Tikufuna zambiri kuposa kupeza, kuposa ufulu, kuposa kutenga Media Justice imaganizira mbiri yakale, chikhalidwe, mwayi, ndi mphamvu. Tikufuna maubwenzi atsopano ndi ofalitsa nkhani ndi masomphenya atsopano a kayendetsedwe kake, mwayi wake, ndi kapangidwe kake. idzafuna ndondomeko zatsopano, machitidwe atsopano omwe amachitira ndege zathu ndi madera athu kukhala oposa misika."
Ngakhale kuti ambiri mโgulu lofuna kusintha zoulutsira mawu angagwirizane ndi maganizo amenewa, mawu akuti kusintha kwa nkhani zoulutsira nkhani amabweretsa vuto kwa ambiri ndipo sikuti amangokhalira kukangana chinenero.
Ndi Vuto la Chinenero Chabe?
Mkangano pakati pa chilungamo cha media ndi kusintha kwa media wakhalapo kuyambira pa NCMR yoyamba mu 2003. Ngakhale aliyense yemwe ndidalankhula naye adavomereza kuti zapita patsogolo, adavomerezanso kuti pali zambiri zoti zichitike ngati tikhala ndi gulu lamphamvu komanso lophatikizana lomwe. kupitilira kusintha ma media kuti asinthe ma media.
Ndemanga pamwambo wotsegulira Lachisanu m'mawa a Adrienne Maree Brown, mkulu wa bungwe la Ruckus Society, adapereka lingaliro la mikangano yomwe idzamvedwe ndikumveka kumapeto kwa sabata. Polankhula ngati wokonza zamagulu ammudzi, adalankhula kwa osintha ma TV omwe adasonkhana kuti, "Tiyenera kulemekezana wina ndi mnzake. Kuno, m'dziko losintha ma TV, tikuyenera kulemekeza kwambiri omwe ali m'gulu lomwe likukonzekera dziko. mosemphanitsa. Izi zikutanthauza kuti simungangotipempha kuti tibwere kunkhondo yanu yolimbana ndi zofalitsa nkhani. Muyenera kubwera kudzakumana nafe komwe tili ndi kutithandiza patsogolo pakukonzekera kwathu."
Ndinalankhula ndi Malkia Cyril, mkulu wa Oakland-based Center for Media Justice komanso woyambitsa nawo Media Justice Network, ndikumufunsa za ubale womwe ulipo pakati pa chilungamo ndi kusintha. Iye anafotokoza kuti: "Chilungamo cha Media ndi kupanga mitundu ya kusintha, ponse pazochitika za ndondomeko komanso m'bwalo lomanga dongosolo lolimba la zofalitsa, zomwe zimabweretsa kusintha kwa chikhalidwe cha mitundu, chilungamo cha zachuma, ndi chilungamo cha amuna ndi akazi. 'tikukamba za kusintha kwa kayendetsedwe kazofalitsa zomwe zimapangitsa kuti pakhale chilungamo chenicheni potsatira zotsatira za chikhalidwe cha anthu. Kusintha kwa media ndi gawo limodzi la izi. Kusintha kwa media ndikusintha kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu komwe kumabweretsa chilungamo. kusiyana kwake ndikuti kusintha kwa media ndi gawo lachilungamo. Sizotsatira zake. Chilungamo ndi zotsatira zake."
Ndinawafunsa a Brown ndi a Cyril ngati akupita patsogolo kuti atseke kusiyana, komwe kumawoneka komanso komwe kulipo - pakati pa kusintha kwa ma TV ndi njira zachilungamo za gululi. Brown adayankha, "Ndikuganiza kuti izi zikuchitika. Zitha kuchitika mwachangu. Ndili ndi chiyembekezo kuti maderawo abwera palimodzi."
Cyril adafotokozanso, nati, "Ndikukhulupirira kuti osati msonkhano uno wokha, komanso m'zaka zitatu zapitazi, pakhala kuwonjezeka kwa mgwirizano pakati pa magawo osintha atolankhani agulu lathu komanso magawo a chilungamo pa media. gulu lathu Sitili magulu osiyana, ndife osiyana ndale mu gulu limodzi, timagwirizana Media Democracy Coalition ndi Media Action Grassroots Network ndi chitsanzo chabwino pa izi. ndipo gulu lathu la utsogoleri ndi mamembala onse amapangidwa ndi oyimira madera apansi. Ndiye pali malo omwe akumangidwa kuti athandize anthu omwe ali ndi ufulu wochita zinthu mogwirizana ndi chilungamo cha grassroots."
Mapiko a Kumanja Hysteria
Pakadali pano, pa zomwe zikuwoneka ngati pulaneti lina, mapiko akumanja sanawone chilichonse mwazovuta komanso zovuta izi. Tsiku lotsatira msonkhanowo, Bill O'Reilly wa Fox News, pachiwonetsero chake "The O'Reilly Factor," adapatsa omvera ake "zomwe wamisala adatsala nazo kumapeto kwa sabata yatha." O'Reilly adati, "Chidani chomwe chidachitika pamsonkhanowu, osati Fox News, koma chilichonse
Chidziwitso chenicheni cha "fascists" omwe adakonza msonkhanowo, adatero O'Reilly, chinali chakuti, monga mamembala a "kumanzere kwakukulu," "sakufuna mawu otsutsana .... Palibe mawu otsutsana msonkhano umenewo ... chifukwa ngati mutero, mukumva mantha. " Zomwe katswiri wa Fox News a Mary Katharine Ham anawonjezera kuti okonza NCMR "amapereka zokamba za Orwellian za momwe akufuna kupititsa patsogolo kusiyanasiyana ndi zofalitsa. za izi."
Polankhula msonkhanowu utatha,
Ambiri omwe adachita nawo msonkhano adalankhula za zolepheretsa kusiyanasiyana kwa gululi, ngakhale pazifukwa zosiyana kwambiri ndi zomwe Ham ndi O'Reilly akunena. Rosa Alicia Clemente, yemwe anayambitsa mgwirizano wa REAC Hip Hop Coalition, anauza omvera pamsonkhano umodzi kuti, "Kupeza hip hop mu gulu lokonzanso zofalitsa nkhani kwakhala kovuta." Pamsonkhano wina, a Loris Ann Taylor, wamkulu wa Native Public Media, ananena ndendende mawu ofanana ndi atolankhani amitundu. Mtsogoleri wina yemwe amagwira ntchito ndi anthu omwe amapeza ndalama zochepa adanena kuti sanauzeko anthu ammudzimo za msonkhanowo chifukwa "sakanatha." Mawu ena omwe anasoweka anali antchito olinganizidwa, omwe panalibe kupezeka pamsonkhanowo - kwenikweni, liwu lakuti "ntchito" silinapezeke mu pulogalamuyo. Panalibe umboni, kapena, wa ufulu wolumala kapena kayendetsedwe ka ufulu wa anthu othawa kwawo.
Komabe, ambiri mwa amene anapezekapo anadzimva kukhala anyonga ndi olimbikitsidwa pamapeto a zonsezo. Ndinaimitsa anthu kutuluka mโgawo lotsekera Lamlungu masana kuti ndiwafunse chifukwa chimene anadzera kumsonkhanowo ndiponso ngati analandira zimene anadzera. Ngakhale pali zolimbikitsa zosiyanasiyana zopezekapo, ofunsidwa onse adanena kuti adapeza zomwe adadzera, umboni wamitundu yosiyanasiyana ya zokambirana, mawonekedwe, ndi nkhani zomwe zidayankhidwa.
Chilichonse chomwe munthu angatchule gulu lomwe likuimiridwa pa Msonkhano Wadziko Lonse wa 2008 wa Media Reform, zikuwonekeratu kuti ndi gulu. Monga momwe zimakhalira ndi gulu lililonse, pali zowawa zomwe zikukulirakulira zokhudzana ndi utsogoleri, njira, kuvomerezeka, ndi umwini. Tikukhulupirira, mikangano ndi zovuta zomwe zili mkati mwa gulu lokonzanso zofalitsa nkhani zithandizira kuti pakhale kampeni yophatikiza pamodzi komanso yoyimira anthu yomwe ili ndi mphamvu zosintha mawonekedwe athu atolankhani.