The second forum in our Community Media series looks at the current state of community media in Australia, the challenges it faces and the place it needs to have in the mediascape. This especially relevant given the recent changes to media ownership laws as well as the coming of the digital spectrum.
Community Media is the space where a huge diversity of voices can be heard. The arena where community represents itself and has a genuine impact. For a just and democratic society, communities must control their own destiny. Community media can play an active role in this empowering of communities through engagement, interaction, exposure to new ideas and by providing a space for discussion and debates about local issues. Community media provides a space for the grassroots to speak and contribute in the increasingly economically rationalised media.
A recording of this forum can now be downloaded from here
When: 6:30 for 7pm start Tuesday 17 April Where: Stork Hotel [504 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne] Cost: $5 (free for ACDJ members) Contact:centre@democracyandjustice.org for more details
Speakers:
Peter Lane has worked in community media for 30 years. He is committed to media as a tool for community development and individual growth, and to civil access to information and communications technologies. Peter works in training, project development and management, and production, and is currently Chair of Channel 31 Melbourne.
Moderated by Terry Johal, ACDJ director and lecturer in the communications faculty at RMIT
