Communication and Cultural Identity in Asia
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Communication and Cultural Identity in Asia. Cultural identity, internationalization, and regional diversity ; Japanese popular culture and East Asian modernities ; The state of civil society in Singapore ; The media and asylum seekers in Australia ; Images of the ‘other’ in India ; Globalisation and tradition: Paradoxes in Philippine television and culture ; Media versus globalisation and localisation ; The politics of compassion: Journalism, class formation, and social change in China ; ¿Cómo construir ciudadanía responsable desde los medios? ; Think local, teach global: National identity and media education ; Religious programming in secular media ; The Windhoek Charter on Broadcasting in Africa
Rachel Viney
What place will religious programmes find in the increasingly secular and commercial broadcasting schedules of the future? The following article looks at the situation with respect to the United Kingdom and the notion that public service broadcasting must respond to ‘a social context very different from the one in which it developed’ and attempt ‘to meet the needs of a much more diverse audience than was previously the case.’.
The seminar on ‘Promoting an Independent and Pluralistic African Press’ took place in Windhoek, Namibia, 29 April to 3 May 1991. It was sponsored by the UN and UNESCO. Participants issued a declaration based on Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights calling for a press independent from governmental, political or economic control, and an end to censorship and repression of journalists. Ten years later, a second seminar has taken place exploring the possibility of applying similar concepts to radio and television. The following charter was endorsed.