(1) Kodi mungawuze ZNet, chonde, buku lanu latsopano, Media Zathu Si Zawo? Kodi kuyesera kulankhulana ndi chiyani?
Media Zathu, Osati Zawo: Kulimbana ndi Demokalase Yotsutsana ndi Corporate Media ndi za vuto la zofalitsa nkhani ku United States ndi gulu lomwe likukulirakulira lofuna kusintha njira zoulutsira nkhani. John Nichols ndi ine timapanga mlandu kuti makina osindikizira ndi zotsatira za ndondomeko zomveka bwino za anthu, dongosololi limapanga zotsatira zowopsya za demokalase, choncho ndizofunikira kuti anthu akonzekere kusintha ndondomeko zomwe zimapanga makina osindikizira. Tikutsutsa kuti kusintha kwa media ndi gawo limodzi la magulu a demokalase yolimbana ndi neoliberalism, ndipo, pamapeto pake, zitheka ngati gawo limodzi lamagulu amenewo. Imodzi mwa mitu itatuyi ikuwonetsa momwe zokometsera zofalitsa nkhani zawonekera mwachangu padziko lonse lapansi monga gawo la ndale zotsutsana ndi neoliberal. Tikutsutsa kuti zikhoza kuchitika komanso ziyenera kuchitika ku United States.
(2) Kodi mungawuze ZNet zina zokhuza kulemba bukuli? Kodi zomwe zili mkatizi zimachokera kuti? Kodi chinapangitsa kuti bukuli likhale chiyani?
John ndi ine tinalemba bukhuli pamodzi, ndipo linali kukonzedwanso kwa bukhu lathu la 2000 Ndi Media, Zopusa! Pamene bukhu limenelo linagulitsa wosindikiza (Greg Ruggiero pa makina osindikizira a Seven Stories) anatifunsa ngati tinali kufuna kulibwerezanso. Titangoyang'ana pang'ono John ndi ine tinazindikira kuti zambiri zachitika m'zaka ziwiri zapitazi kuti kukonzanso pang'ono sikungakhale kokwanira. Chifukwa chake tidamaliza kulemba buku latsopano, lomwe ndi lalitali pang'ono. Zotsutsana zambiri za bukhuli zidachokera kuzinthu zazitali zakusintha kwa media zomwe John ndi ine tidalemba zomwe zidasindikizidwa Nation mu January 2002. Ine ndi John ndi mabwenzi apamtima kwambiri choncho timakonda kulembera limodzi mabuku chifukwa zimatipatsa mpata wocheza. Ndatolera zinthu zambiri kuchokera muzophunzitsa zanga ndi ntchito zina zofufuza zomwe titha kugwiritsa ntchito. John wachita zoyankhulana zillion mu udindo wake monga wolemba ndale Nation. Tinali ndi zambiri zoti tigwire nazo ntchito.
(3) Kodi mukuyembekezera chiyani? Media Zathu Si Zawo? Kodi mukuyembekeza kuti idzathandizira kapena kukwaniritsa chiyani pazandale? Poganizira khama ndi zikhumbo zomwe muli nazo pa bukhuli, kodi mukuwona kukhala opambana ndi chiyani? Ndi chiyani chomwe chingakusangalatseni ndi ntchito yonseyi? Kodi nโchiyani chingakuchititseni kudzifunsa ngati nโkothandiza nthawi zonse ndiponso khama lanu?
Chiyembekezo chathu ndi chakuti bukhuli lithandizira gulu lokonzanso zofalitsa nkhani, komanso ndale zopita patsogolo. Idzatsimikizira omwe akupita patsogolo za kufunikira kwa nkhaniyi ndipo ipangitsa olemba nkhani kuti aganizire mozama za ntchito yawo yandale. Bukuli linalembedwa kuti anthu ambiri aziwerenga.
Bukuli ndimaliona kale kukhala lopambana; kungolemba izo zinandikakamiza kuganizira za nkhaniyi mosamala kwambiri ndipo zimandithandiza muzolemba zanga, kuphunzitsa ndi ntchito zandale tsiku ndi tsiku. Bukuli likhala lopambana kwambiri ngati lingathandize kulumpha kuyambitsa zolimbikitsa zapa media ku United States. Kuti izi zitheke, tili ndi mawu oyamba a Ralph Nader, Barbara Ehrenreich komanso odabwitsa kwambiri ochokera kwa Noam Chomsky.
Robert W. McChesney
Munthu Wanu ku Urbana
Institute of Communications Research
University of Illinois ku Urbana-Champaign
www.robertmcchesney.com
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