268, May 2006
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In dieser Ausgabe werden die Ergebnisse des WACC-Fotowettbewerbs 2006 bekannt gegeben. Der diesjährige Wettbewerb erfolgte erstmals auf Flickr, und es gingen mehr als 600 Fotos von fast 400 Fotografinnen und Fotografen aus allen Teilen der Welt ein. Die Fotos, die mit Preisen ausgezeichnet wurden, interpretieren alle das Thema „Media and People“ und zeigen eine große Breite wichtiger Kommunikationsthemen, darunter Werbung, Behinderung und Medien, Medien in ländlichen Gebieten, Trauerfeiern, Frauen und Medien, indigene Kultur und Medien sowie Menschenrechte. In dieser Ausgabe wird außerdem die ABC-Kommunikationsstrategie im Kampf gegen AIDS in Malawi kritisch analysiert. Weitere Nachrichten kommen aus El Salvador, Afrika und Nepal.
WACC is pleased to announce that the Photographic Competition 2006, run this year for the first time on Flickr, has been judged. More than 600 images, submitted by nearly 400 photographers from all over the world, were considered by the panel of judges.
Joke van Kampen, in Blantyre Malawi, writes critically about the ABC communication strategy in Africa. She argues that the ABC approach is judgmental, out-of-touch and laughable. But it is supported by big money and has nearly coca-cola like coverage of the continent.
Tendai Chikuku
The World Association For Christian Communication - Africa Region in collaboration with the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon (PCC) held a two day seminar from the 24th to 25th of April in Limbe. Various participants from within Cameroon and other delegates from the WACC-AR Executive Committee attended the seminar, which was under the theme "HIV and AIDS in AFRICA Communication for Behavioral Change".
Sokari Ekine writes a round up of African Blogs. First Published by Pambazuka.
On 11 April 2006, Thai newspapers (both Thai and English-language) published a Joint Editorial in order to speak out against media harassment and violence in Thailand. The editorial follows:
Anju Chhetri
"To find solutions to these problems, the king has to hand over all state power to political parties that represent the Nepali people, the political parties have to be more democratic, and the Maoists have to lay down their weapons."
El Salvador has been governed by the Nationalist Republic Alliance (ARENA) for 16 years, a mandate unequalled in all of Latin America. A key element favouring the ARENA dynasty has been a mass media supportive of the right-wing party, largely through the shared interests of the business sector, media moguls and the government. The media companies with the biggest circulation in El Salvador are owned by businessmen whose capital comes from other economic activities which influence the media's content and coverage.
Rosa Miriam Elizalde
El nuevo escenario de la ofensiva "contra el terror" ya está fría y cuidadosamente delineado en la estrategia de los halcones norteamericanos
Sally Burch, ALAI
El IV Foro Ministerial Unión Europea - América Latina y el Caribe sobre la Sociedad de la Información se clausuró el 29 de abril en Lisboa, con una declaración que señala la voluntad mutua de dar continuación a la cooperación en curso entre los dos continentes en materia de tecnologías de la información y la comunicación (TIC), pero evita comprometer nuevos recursos.