1 Istanbul International Independent Media Forum (3-4 Kasım 2006) BIA
Another communication is possible editor: sevilay celenk 2007
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CONTENTS • Preface • Introduction • New Global Mainstream Media Environment Limits and Challenges • Independent Media Environment and Prospects for non- Mainstream
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4 Gender and Independent Media Civic, Local and Alternative Media in Turkey
5 • Independent Media for Peace O
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The International Independent Media Forum Sevilay Celenk *
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The goals of the forum and what was achieved
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What are they saying?
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Combine Local and Global Realities Ramesh Jaura *
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22 New Global Mainstream Media Environment Limits and Challenges
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The Corruption in the Media, Pursuits for Alternatives and Media Monitoring Centers Hifzi Topuz ∗∗∗
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26 4. The concentration of media ownership 5. Pollution of news (prostitution) 6. Finance market culture 7. Pollution of advertisements ( pollution de l’espace public ) 8. The evaporation of information in showbiz
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32 Mainstream media and women: female voices in press services Angela Castellanos *
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36 What can be done in mass media? Tugrul Eryilmaz *
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38 Working from within • • • • •
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Independent Media Environment and Prospects for non-Mainstream
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A different world will only be possible through a different communications Roberto Savio *
42 The new concept of news The great “centralization” of history • • •
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44 Are we going towards a new era of enlightenment, a new Renaissance, or towards an era of cultural break-up through another path?
45 The weakness of the discussion over news and cultural-politic
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49 The foundation was laid in 1961 and the Group of 77 was created in 1964
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55 Independent Social Movement Media: Achievements and Issues John D.H. Downing * Introduction: some definitions
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57 Five observations on independent/social movement media (a) Media Reform and Movement Media .
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59 (b) Information and imagination . (c) Mobilization, internet and movement media . (d) Popularizing science and technology .
60 (e) So, lastly, to scale and time-frame . The Indymedia network, 1999-2006
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67 The world of communications today * Ignacio Ramonet
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71 Acik (Open) Radio Experience Omer Madra * Açık Radyo (Open Radio) in terms of establishment and structure ı
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73 The Listener Support Project as a "Model for Sustainable Independence" Media Independence and Open Radio:
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75 Evrensel Newspaper Mustafa Kara *
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81 Ozgur Radio Experience Songul Ozbakir *
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85 Independence is just another word for struggle –every single day Bascha Mika *
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87 It is not easy to be a pioneer! Huseyin Akyol *
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The need for an alternative curriculum in media education Esra Arsan *
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93 Communication Education in Turkey and the Problems Ozden Cankaya *
94 The Character, Features of Communication Education and Expectations • •
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96 The Problems of Communication Education Arising from Education Policies Qualification Exam at Communications Faculties Internship Issue The Communication Student’s Concern to find a Job
97 Communications Faculty Graduates and Working in the Media Sector Ahmet: Arzu: Gurkan:
98 Neslihan: Timur: Conclusion
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100 What do we understand from education as a process of liberation? ∗∗∗ Gokçe Susam∗∗∗
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101 How can communication education enable individuals to realize such a point of view?
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103 The children of "an inauspicious marriage”: Overcoming the dilemmas of communication education Selma Arslantas and Ozge Dogan *
104 Dilemma of theoretical-practical training
105 Does one need to graduate from a journalism school to become a journalist? Is a different kind of journalism possible?
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Reporting with a Focus on Women and Bianet Nadire Mater *
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Stop women’s rights violations in the media! Hulya Ugur Tanrıover * “Media is violating women’s human rights in various ways. For example: Through the use of sexist news, language and visuals:
116 2. By exposing private life/ by violating the confidentiality of private life and by limiting women’s space of freedom. 3. By being accusatory towards victims of rape or sexual crimes with sexist attitudes, by attempting to question the “morals” and “life style” of victims of rape or violence, and thus, by judging not the guilty one and the crime, but rather, the woman who was subjected to crime. By presenting crimes against women as paparazzi stories, and turning these crimes into a tool of ratings and audience in a way that would harbor erotic, pornographic voyeurism. 5. By not allocating space to women in news and commentaries and thus ignoring them in all the fields of life. 6. By not putting into use its own self-monitoring and training mechanisms when violence and discrimination against women is in question. By not taking into account women and women’s organizations that have been working in the field for years and that have a vast accumulation of information and experience, when covering issues about women, and by not asking for their opinions.
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For more “clicks”, more “circulation”, higher “ratings” ... Selen Dogan *
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120 Civic, Local and Alternative Media in Turkey
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The Relationship between Democracy and “Other Media”: A theoretical frame to describe the non–mainstream media environment in Turkey Sevda Alankus ∗∗∗
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123 The new–golden age of “alternative media”: 2000s
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125 The change in the relations of counter–publics and other media: the “media–familiarity” of New–Social movements
126 The two faces of Globalization and Counter–Publics/Media
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129 The relationship between (Radical) Democracy as a Project and Alternative Media:
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132 Radical Democracy, Agonistic Public Space and Alternative/Different Media
133 Mainstreamand Alternative Media Environment in Turkey and Democratization
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137 Why aren’t there Examples of Alternative/Radical, Independent Media or Community Media in Turkey?
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An Opportunity for Civic/Public Journalism and Local Media as the Medium Incilay Cangoz * Introduction
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146 Structural Transformations in the Media Field
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153 Local media faced with the state and market forces Coskun Efendioglu ∗∗∗
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156 Local journalists face to face with local and mainstream media: Human capital of independence. Dogan Sonmez ∗∗∗ Local reporters and independence The Information network of the local reporter The explosion at the waterfall
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157 The uprising of the Sirtkoy women Columbian women take the Sirtkoy women as example The success of the national media increases as the local circle widens
158 Local reporter is the chief of national media Risk factors Training is as important as financial support
159 Broadcasts in the mother tongue: “why did we insist so much?” Cemal Dogan *
160 What does the current Regulation bring?
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162 Broadcasting applications and what has been done against the regulation?
163 Proposals to overcome the current difficulties
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166 Local radio at the metropolis: Which locality? Democrat Radio Experience Nadiye Gurbuz * • • • • •
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171 Radio Ses Experience from Mersin Mehmet Can Toprak *
172 The Advantages of the Metropolis Raises Responsibilities: Responsible Reporting is Problematic …
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Independent Media and Peace Journalism Dov Shinar *
178 The Case for Peace Journalism
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180 The need for a clearer formulation of professional expectations • •
181 • • • Principles of a Strategy to Improve the Performance of Peace Journalism in the mainstream and in the independent media. 1. Beware of pitfalls 2. Study and disseminate research findings 3. Use relevant guiding questions, journalists as individuals journalism as organized news production
182 social dimensions of journalism 4. Encourage the development of a media peace discourse 5. Adapt media values and practices to current realities 6. Increase the news-value of peace coverage 7. Devise well-defined professional policies
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Armenian Media: Pluralism versus Objectivity Alexander Iskandaryan *
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We are stronger together! Erol Onderoglu * Politics delude rights struggles Our news is local, so why can’t our source be local?
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190 The Forum will make us question our reporting habits Why should they read us anyway... "Why should the people on the street read us?" It is very important that we came together
191 Strong messages from the Forum to the whole world
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The Name of the Conflict: Journalists in information struggle Marina Muskhelishvili *
193 Agos: Peace and Dialogue Nuran Agan ∗∗∗
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195 Deconstructing Stereotypes, Fighting for Peace Tasos Kostopulos ∗∗∗
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201 The Media Scene in Serbia Six Years after Regime Change Zlata Kures * Why are these reports so dramatic?
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