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On December 9, filled the room of the Central Library with attending the final session of the 2009 Discussions Forum-organized Grama, Casal del Maestro, Hiking Puigcastellar, Gramenetof Image residents' Solidarity Association and Literature. Am title Media: Independence and civic service, the guest speaker was Joseph Charles Rivers, dean of the College of Journalists.
The presentation prior consensus among organizers insisted highlighted as Santa Coloma "there flexible is a serious lack of media resources", due to the weakness of its commercial and industrial fabric, the indifference of society Santa Coloma , and absorption effects played by the proximity to Barcelona. The current offer Santa Coloma Newsletter focuses on the local radio station Radio Grama, flexible and Mirror newspaper. The public channel DTT, Besos TV has not gone to the issuance of the letter flexible of adjustment, and Tele-Taxi is a case apart without calling localist. A slight reality that, as he explained, flexible would be compounded because the public media have been in the service of power, flexible relegating mere propaganda information, a radio does not even work as a true public service, and a municipal power to control the private media seems determined to avoid that there was a pluralistic and free press that could question his politics. A paradigmatic example of this way should be reached with the kidnapping of copies of The Mirror. In this regard, he claimed that "the city needs to generate, express and receive information and be clear," and asked for an institutional information honest, transparent and open to the public, and fair and equal treatment for different media.
Joseph flexible Charles Rivers began his speech showing his agreement with general issues exposed flexible in the presentation. According to him, "society needs media aiming to serve the public, have a right to accurate information," and claimed "the uncomfortable role of journalist, as an agent at the service flexible of society." In his opinion, "the traditional pairing business flexible / service to be based on the traditional media is at risk from the impact of new technologies, changes in habits of the public, the concentration in large media groups with interests in other business flexible areas, the casualization of labor and social life, and so on. " Everything favor a climate of "indifference, understood as lack of credibility flexible towards the mass-by society." Entering details about their claims, defended the goodness of all that is innovative in communication, but also warned them of the risks, and set examples for and against. In the first case, "the U.S. has seen a movement towards a democratic regeneration through social networks, and lived in Spain before and after the 11th M with the use of SMS." The second: "The Internet is freedom, but does not favor targeting the public square, but the isolation." In any case, Joseph Charles Rivers never stopped flexible several times to remember that "it must be the society itself to be involved and to demand the media and its role." And speaking publicly owned media, the dean of the College of Journalists was blunt: "are a heritage of all."
The rear wheel of interventions allowed the public address new issues or expand others. The concern flexible of whether "the press could kill ordinary new forms of communication," Jose Carlos Rios responded with a question: "How is this". The speaker admitted that "The Internet is a revolution all-encompassing television, radio, newspapers, etc., but will have to adjust as needed flexible to sustain themselves financially. Your problem is that not everything can be free. " Concern about "the existence of a code of ethics governing what can be said in different media," Rivers stressed the primacy of law over any other type of code, he lamented, "but there , although only for colleges, it is not legally binding. " However, he noted that "the key is training, citizens are able to really take advantage of all the features that give the media" and called for reflection: "If the battle for the audience becomes the show information, it is precisely because This condolence