[Commlist] New publication: Council of Europe on Community Media's contribution to Media Literacy for all

we are glad to inform you that the Council of Europe has published the 
background paper "Media Literacy for all. Supporting maginalised groups 
through community media". You can find the full text here: 
https://rm.coe.int/cyprus-2020-media-literacy-for-all/1680988374

The study compares five models of community media from Cyprus, Ireland, 
Luxembourg, Spain and the United Kingdom and highlights a number of 
findings which should help for gaining more recognition for the 
contribution of our sector. Generally, the promotion of media literacy 
is seen as ‘core business’ across the community media sector and each of 
the models we investigated promoted media literacy in a variety of ways. 
The importance of community media in helping the growth of an ‘informed 
citizenry’ is well recognised by the Council of Europe. However, it 
remains that community media in many European countries still lack 
formal, legal recognition, fair access to distribution platforms and 
sustainable funding. The two most common challenges to community media 
identified in this study were a lack of financial security and 
reductions in funding, lack of legal status or infrastructure or poor 
support from Government and/or the responsible authority.

The findings are the basis for a set of recommendations to member states 
to act for improving or establishing appropriate legal and economic 
environments for our sector - with a specific focus on CMs contribution 
to media literacy.

The report was prepared by Martina Chapmen, Nadia Bellardi and Helmut 
Peissl as a reference for the upcoming Council of Europe ministerial 
conference scheduled for 28./29. of May 2020 in Cyprus. This document 
will serve as a background paper for a round table session on media 
literacy activities in Community Media.

Please feel free to use the report and we would be glad if you share it 
within your networks.

All relevant informations on this upcoming conference you can find here: 
https://www.coe.int/en/web/freedom-expression/nicosia2020


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