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 Marching for affordable phone tariffs at theTelkom Head Offices, Tshwane 2005 The Media and ICT Programme of the Freedom of Expression Institute (FXI) aims to increase pro-diversity and popular access to media, broadcasting and telecommunications policy in South Africa. The Programme targets the public broadcaster, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), which is undergoing another round of restructuring and the broadcasting and telecommunications regulator, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa), whose independence and financial viability is still a source of contestation. The programme also takes up public broadcasting and communications regulation on a regional level, and the former on an international level within the context of existing campaigns in defence of public broadcasting. Lobbying is also conducted on media ownership and control regulations, particularly focusing on the trend in the media industry towards vertical and horizontal concentration.
Lobbying also takes place in relation to the viability and independence of the community radio section, especially in relation to the licensing process; this lobbying targets Icasa and the Media Development and Diversity Agency in the main.
The programme also campaigns for implementation of affordable Universal Service in telecommunications, ensuring that this objective is not discarded due to financial or political considerations.
The common thread that binds these various project issues is that freedom of expression can only be truly realized in a diverse media environment where people have access to the means of expression. CAMPAIGNS The Media and ICT's Programme focuses on four different campaigns:
Community Media
Media Diversity
Public Broadcasting
Communications Regulation RESEARCH The former Community Media Policy Research Unit, now embedded into the Media & ICT's Programme, conducted several groundbreaking studies on Media Policy. Click here to read the reports. PRESS & PUBLICITY Find here the latest press releases and publications on Media & ICT. For older press releases we refer you to the archives. POLICY INTERVENTIONS & SUBMISSIONS On a regular basis the Media & ICT's Programme makes submissions on policies and laws that can influence media, telecommunications and broadcasting in order to safeguard for example editorial independence, a proper roll out of land lines or affordable phone tariffs. Click here to have a look at the submissions made by the Programme. CONTACT For more information on the Media & ICT's Programme, please consult the FXI Staff Page for the contact details of our Programme Head. Readers have left 3 comments. 1. research docs unable to access
Malcolm Buys, Unregistered Hi Virginia
i tried to access the research on the ownership and control of community media and the delays in the licensing of community radio by ICASA
regards
malcolm
073 517 6336 2. access to information
samwel, Unregistered am kenyan and living in nairobi,the government cant allow as live news wats your stand on it 3. mr mashika
donald mandla, Unregistered none |
