CMNS 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ethnic Media, Alternative Media, The Vancouver Sun
20 Jan 2017
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*** term paper due beginning of lecture next week. It can provide some diversity and views from the mainstream. Typically engage in efforts to create social, political, or economic change, and often promote radical agenda. Seeks to give a voice to the concerns and aspirations of groups that are usually marginalized by mainstream media. Non-professional citizen journalists are considered equally qualified as professional journalists to report on events and tell their stories, sometime more so. Vancouver sun columnist daphne branham suggests the cbc is. We need the independent voice of public broadcasting, and not just in a counterbalance to other media. We need it to create and support in a counterbalance to other media. We need it to create and support an engaged citizenry, which is the backbone of democracy. Lack of certain voices and identities within the mainstream media. Ethnic media have some government support (karim h. karim) Encourage participation, equality, and openness in decision making.
