Global News Literacy

May 27, 2008

National Endowment for Democracy | Center for International Media Assistance

Participants in a roundtable discussion talked about the importance of media literacy in creating an informed citizenry. Topics included discerning the reliability of information, programs designed to improve consumer uses of news, and teaching media literacy. They also talked about various initiatives in developing countries, participation by .. Read More
Participants in a roundtable discussion talked about the importance of media literacy in creating an informed citizenry. Topics included discerning the reliability of information, programs designed to improve consumer uses of news, and teaching media literacy. They also talked about various initiatives in developing countries, participation by international journalists, and worldwide public education projects.

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00:00:07 Unidentified Speaker NOW A DISCUSSION ON EFFORTS TO INCREASE MEDIA AWARENESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. IT'S ABOUT AN HOUR...
00:03:28 Unidentified Speaker GREAT. HI, THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING TODAY. YOU CAN HEAR ME. OKAY. GOOD. THE REPORT THAT I WROTE...
00:11:11 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, ANN, SO WE'RE MOVING FROM THE GLOBE MORE TOWARD U.S. BASED. PAUL HAS HIS FEET IN BOTH CAMPS,...
00:12:36 Unidentified Speaker THANKS VERY MUCH, AND THANKS, ANN, FOR THAT. I WANT TO SPEND THE NEXT FEW MINUTES TO TALK A LITTLE...
00:23:06 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PAUL. AND NOW MOVING TO THE U.S., ALAN MILLER IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF APPLESEED,...
00:24:50 Unidentified Speaker THANKS VERY MUCH AND THANKS TO THE CENTER FOR HOSTING THIS EVENT. MARGURITE SAID MY FOCUS WILL BE ...
00:34:47 Unidentified Speaker BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE, LET ME ASK ONE OR TWO. FIRST OF ALL, ONE OF DEFINITION....
00:35:20 Unidentified Speaker I'LL TAKE A STAB. I SHOULD -- IMMEDIATE USE LITERACY IS -- IT'S VOWLY A HIGHLY CONTESTED TERM. ONE...
00:36:43 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT -- I THINK HE SAID IT.
00:36:46 Unidentified Speaker ALAN, ANY COMMENTS?
00:36:47 Unidentified Speaker I THINK PAUL COVERED IT WELL. I THINK HE ALSO REFLECTED WHY SOME OF US STAY STRICTLY WITH THE NEWS...
00:36:57 Unidentified Speaker ALSO, YOU IN PARTICULAR, ALAN, HAD A NUMBER OF VERY FOCUSED COMMENTS OF HOW TO DEALING WITH STUDENTS,...
00:37:24 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I WANTED TO START WITH SOMETHING THAT PAUL TOLD ME WHEN I WAS RESEARCHING THE PAPER, THAT I...
00:38:30 Unidentified Speaker I AGREE. THE ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO ADD, IN THE SAKE OF KEEPING THIS TO NEWS LITERACY AS THE TITLE...
00:40:09 Unidentified Speaker OUR FOCUS IS GOING TO BE MIDDLE AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS AND IN PART BECAUSE IT'S THE STUDENTS ARE DEVELOPING...
00:42:17 Unidentified Speaker LET'S OPEN IT UP TO THE FLOOR. ANY QUESTIONS? YES. IF YOU -- WE HAVE A MICROPHONE SO, IDENTIFY YOURSELF...
00:42:27 Unidentified Speaker THE CENTER NOR DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PANEL FOR A VERY INTERESTING PRESENTATION....
00:42:58 Unidentified Speaker GREAT QUESTIONS. WHO WANTS TO GO FIRST. ALAN?
00:43:03 Unidentified Speaker WELL, ON THE BASIC LEVEL IN TERMS OF MEDIA LITERACY, ONE OTHER ISSUE WOULD BE WHETHER YOU'RE CAPABLE...
00:44:07 Unidentified Speaker WHAT ABOUT THE DAILY SHOW?
00:44:12 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT -- THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ADD ON TO ALAN'S COMMENT IS THAT YOU FEEL CONFIDENT IN...
00:45:38 Unidentified Speaker I DO THINK WE DO IT ALL THE TIME. ALL THE POLITICAL CANDIDATES NOW COME THROUGH THOSE SHOWS. THAT'S...
00:46:11 Unidentified Speaker AGO THERE THERE WAS A PROFILE OF HIS -- ONE OF HIS TOP RESEARCH PEOPLE IN THE WASHINGTON POST A FEW...
00:46:43 Unidentified Speaker HAVE YOU SEEN VERY MUCH OF THIS OVERSEAS IN YOUR WORK, THESE STEWART TYPE OF SHOWS?
00:46:53 Unidentified Speaker I'VE NOT SEEN ANY SATIRES. THERE'S A LOT OF TALK SHOWS, A LOT OF POLITICAL SHOWS BUT IT'S NOT USUALLY...
00:47:29 Unidentified Speaker UNDER THE TABLE. I BROUGHT HOME A PRICE LIST THAT WAS PUT TOGETHER THAT SOMEBODY ACTUALLY HAD THE...
00:48:00 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S RIGHT.
00:48:07 Unidentified Speaker HIGHLY SATIRICAL PUPPET SHOW.
00:48:08 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:48:10 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THEIR SENSE OF HUMOR THERE IS AND JON STEWART IS ACTUALLY DISTRIBUTED
00:48:15 Unidentified Speaker RIGHT.
00:48:17 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND AND APPARENTLY --
00:48:23 Unidentified Speaker YOU HAD A QUESTION. JUST I.D. YOURSELF. WE DON'T NEED THE MIC IF WE HAVE TABLE MICS. SO ONLY.
00:48:32 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS PETER RANGE, I'M NO NOT YET RECOVERING JOURNALIST. I WANT TO GO TO THE INTERNATIONAL SIDE...
00:50:15 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I THINK THERE'S I GUESS A CAVEAT I CAN MAKE HERE THAT WE -- MOST OF THE STUDENTS AT SALZBURG...
00:52:48 Unidentified Speaker ANN HAD A COMMENT, I THINK?
00:52:50 Unidentified Speaker I WANTED TO SAY BACK TO THE -- ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK HAPPEN IN AMERICA WE DO GET OUR MEDIA LITERACY...
00:54:06 Unidentified Speaker ISN'T IT ALSO TRUE THAT IN MANY OF THE COUNTRIES THAT YOU'VE WORKED IN THERE ARE NO STUDENTS NEWSPAPERS...
00:54:24 Unidentified Speaker BUT WE SEE THOSE BEING DEVELOPED AND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF U.S. AND EU AND EFFORTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES...
00:55:09 Unidentified Speaker WE HAD A QUESTION OVER HERE.
00:55:11 Unidentified Speaker MY NAME IS DAVID JACKSON OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT. I WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA. WE'VE...
00:55:59 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S A HUGE -- I THINK THAT BLOGGING IS ONE OF THOSE HUGE QUESTIONS WE'RE JUST BEGINNING TO DEAL...
00:58:36 Unidentified Speaker ANSWER THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT QUESTION ABOUT THE LEAP FROG BECAUSE IN SALZBURG...
01:00:25 Unidentified Speaker YES?
01:00:27 Unidentified Speaker DAVID LOWE, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY IMP'D LIKE TO ASK THE PANEL WHO MAKES THE BEST EDUCATORS...
01:01:00 Unidentified Speaker WELL, CERTAINLY THEY -- THERE'S NO DOUBT THAT JOURNALISTS HAVE TENDED TO BLUR THE DIVISION, PARTICULARLY...
01:03:03 Unidentified Speaker THERE WERE SOME MORE QUESTIONS OUT HERE? YES.
01:03:12 Unidentified Speaker FROM COMMON GROUND NEWS SERVICE. I WAS -- USE THE MICROPHONE.
01:03:17 Unidentified Speaker I WAS WONDERING IF THE PANELISTS COULD COMMENT ON THE RECENT TREND IN THE U.S. MEDIA MARKET WITH THE...
01:03:39 Unidentified Speaker MY HUSBAND TOOK THE BUY-OUT, SO I FEEL A LITTLE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. I THINK THAT ONE OF THE THINGS...
01:06:03 Unidentified Speaker JUST TO ADD ON THE MEDIA MERGER POINT, WE OFTEN ONE OF THE FIRST CLASSES WE DISCUSS HERE IN THE STATES...
01:07:59 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING?
01:08:01 Unidentified Speaker JUST A QUESTION FIRST YOU HAD A QUESTION AND THEN? YES.
01:08:06 Unidentified Speaker I WONDER -- MY NAME IS JONATHAN, I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO ASK YOU TO FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT, PAUL,...
01:08:35 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T -- THE IMPACT OF IT IS A DIFFERENT -- WHY IT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WHERE INFORMATION COMES...
01:10:35 Unidentified Speaker JUST JUMPING IN, ANN, CAN YOU COMMENT ON WHAT YOU SEE IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION COMPANIES AND HOW...
01:10:44 Unidentified Speaker I THINK WHAT IT DOES IS MUCH OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION MEANS THAT PEOPLE -- OWNERSHIP TRENDS THAT...
01:14:39 Unidentified Speaker WELL, AND THAT'S YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET AT THE IDEAS OF HOW YOU VIEW MEDIA WITH A CIVILIC MISSION....
01:16:04 Unidentified Speaker I'D LIKE TO MAKE A POINT HERE ON THIS SCORE. NOT TO DOWN PLAY THE IMPACT OF CONSOLIDATION AND LOSS...
01:18:42 Unidentified Speaker I AGREE AND TONIGHT THING I'D ADD TO JUST TOP THAT COMMENT OFF IS MEDIA LITERACY TRIES TO HAVE THE...
01:19:14 Unidentified Speaker I AGREE COMPLETELY. THE ISSUE IS IF THERE ISN'T SUFFICIENT CONSUMER DEMAND. DOESN'T SOCIETY -- GOING...
01:19:29 Unidentified Speaker YES, YOU HAVE -- YOU MAY HAVE THE FINAL QUESTION HERE.
01:19:31 Unidentified Speaker WELL, OKAY. JUST WITH REGARD TO WHAT MR. MILLER WAS SAYING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS....
01:20:44 Unidentified Speaker AND THEN PROCEEDED TO ANNOUNCE A BIG LOSS IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
01:20:49 Unidentified Speaker AND HAVE 100 PEOPLE TAKE BUYOUTS.
01:20:50 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK IN MEDIA DEVELOPMENT DO OVERSEAS. THEY TRY...
01:21:37 Unidentified Speaker REPORT THAT ANN DID ACTUALLY TALKS ABOUT SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS FOR JOURNALISTS BESIDES MEDIA LITERACY...
01:21:48 Unidentified Speaker PART OF DRIVING IT.
01:21:49 Unidentified Speaker YOU GET THE FINAL QUESTION PATRICK.
01:21:51 Unidentified Speaker WAS JUST GOING TO FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT ON THAT. I THINK THE WALTER REID -- WALTER REED STORIES FOR...
01:22:46 Unidentified Speaker AND HOW DO WE WORK ON THEM SO THAT THERE'S ETHICS THAT GOES THROUGH ALL OF IT. THAT THERE'S GOT TO...
01:23:01 Unidentified Speaker AS WE CLOSE I'LL ASK EACH OF YOU IF YOU HAVE ANY KMINL -- FINAL COMMENT YOU WANT TO MAKE ON THIS TOPIC...
01:23:14 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE PROJECTS THAT ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE SITTING HERE AT NED....
01:24:30 Unidentified Speaker WHEN -- TO BUILD ON SOMETHING ALAN SAID EARLIER THE RESEARCH I'VE BEEN DOING IS TECHNICALLY NOW TITLED...
01:26:15 Unidentified Speaker ALAN, YOU GET THE FINAL WORD.
01:26:19 Unidentified Speaker JUST TO PICK UP ON ONE OF PAUL'S POINTS HERE. I THINK THERE'S A TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITY THAT EXISTS....
01:27:37 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND THAN THE THREE OF YOU

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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