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Explore interactive media roles in minority participation at 1st MRN Conference by Dr. Tarlach McGonagle. Discuss freedom of expression, media types, and new media trends. Join the conversation on media inclusivity!
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Minorities & the media: participatory paradigms 1st MRN Conference Erasmus University Rotterdam 29 October 2010 Dr. Tarlach McGonagle Institute for Information Law (IViR) Faculty of Law University of Amsterdam Website: http://www.ivir.nl/staff/mcgonagle.html E-mail: T.McGonagle@uva.nl
a deviant definition • A specific right to participate? • A cluster of rights? • Public affairs and debate? • Role of media?
Dove-tailing of rights Freedom of expression Right to participate Media
(Traditional) (mass) media • Point-to-multipoint • Accessibility versus mediation • Distinctions along lines of geographical reach and purpose • Media types: public service, local, community, commercial, transnational
Different media types & functionality • Public service • Local • Community • Commercial • Transnational
New & newish media • Point-to-point • Increasingly immediate, interactive, international • Abundance, accessibility, amplification • Individualisation and fragmentation • Social action and communities of interest
Participatory paradigms 2.0 Source: http://www.toaster.org/museum.html
New media tides and boats • All media are new-media-to-be • Forms of media created by new actors • Media or media-like activities performed by non-media actors Source: Karol Jakubowicz, A new notion of media? (2009)
Cliffhanger! Picture courtesy of Anouschka Boswijk