BOLIVIA: Mucha sangre y poco pluralismo | Los Tiempos

November 17, 2016/ By Entorno Inteligente La información veraz y oportuna es una función obligatoria que los Estados delegan a los medios de comunicación y sus periodistas. Los medios privados cumplen sus actividades dentro las reglas del mercado. Lo político no es ajeno a sus formas y contenidos informativos. La difusión de sus noticias es…

¿Periodismo en horas bajas?

November 11, 2016/ By Juantxo López de Urralde Dicen que corren malos tiempos para el periodismo. Desde un lado les acusan de someterse a las empresas, de que compran su libertad de información con la publicidad; desde el otro los propios periodistas se defienden y también hacen autocrítica; y en medio tenemos un mercado de…

MEDIA DIVERSITY IN LUXEMBOURG

August 16, 2016/ By Martine Huberty Is the press really serving Grand Duchy residents? A recent report by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom and the University of Luxembourg highlights three risks to the diversity of the media in this country. One risk is the high concentration of media ownership and cross-media ownership.…

Zika information campaign: Improving media coverage on the virus, epidemics and crisis

August 4, 2016/ By Mexico Star The current Zika virus outbreaks have caused increasing alarm in countries across the world, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean. Recently, The World Health Organization (WHO) revealed that ‘based on research, there is scientific consensus that Zika virus is a cause of microcephaly and Guillain-Barr’ Syndrom’ -intensifying even…

Manage religious pluralism to promote peace – Rev Asante

June 25, 2016/ By Graphic Online He said, irrespective of the beneficial role religion played in the management of conflicts, particularly, violent conflicts in a nation to enhance peace and security, it could also become a source of violent conflicts and national insecurity if religious pluralism was not managed effectively. He noted that religion could…

‘Pluralism’ Better Developed in Russian Media Than in US

June 7, 2016/ By Sputniknews According to the ombudsman, this political correctness is not always maintained in Russian media. “For many years I worked in the United States, the newspapers there do write with different emphases — some are more supportive of Republicans, some support Democrats, but they write politically correct things in relation to the authorities,” Dolgov said on the sidelines of the New Era…