Media Justice

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The Black Stake, and All Our Stakes in the Media Justice Movement

Submitted by cima on Thu, 2008-12-04 13:00.

Potential growth of the media justice movement into an arm of a broad and popular social movement is ... the only hope for many millions of Americans currently unable to speak with or hear their own voices, or to realize their own power.

Report: The Dark Side of Sirius Satellite Radio-- abusing workers

Submitted by cima on Thu, 2008-12-04 12:53.

Women making Sirius Satellite Radios are stripped of their rights, forced to work grueling hours for below-subsistence wages, and attacked and beaten when they ask for their legal rights.

http://www.nlcnet.org/article.php?id=607

Equitable access: what's needed to provide ICT for all

Submitted by cima on Mon, 2008-10-06 09:07.

A series of papers on how to make Information and Communication Technology accessible for all: business models, policies, strategies, technologies, networks and more.

http://www.apc.org/en/pubs/briefs/openaccess/all/equitable-access-papers-and-commentaries

Tools for transforming and ending anti-Muslim stereotypes: Change The Story

Submitted by cima on Sun, 2008-10-05 20:24.

"An on-line resource aimed at transforming harmful stereotypes about Muslims that persist in society"

http://changethestory.net/

LGBT Rights & Media Activism




Link up with activists who have been in the “eye of the storm” of communication structures that fuel homophobia and hate crimes. This page features resources and organizations that challenge prejudice, exclusion and misinformation in the media…and work for media rights that benefit minority voices in general.

Media Policy and the Next Presidency: The Time is Now

Submitted by Elsa on Tue, 2008-04-29 19:57.

Media advocates make suggestions on how to prepare for advancing a media/technology agenda in the new administration.

http://www.gfem.org/node/288

Media Justice Groups Working on Gender & Young Women's issues

Submitted by Elsa on Fri, 2008-03-28 21:09.

This section of the Media Justice Fund directory provides contact information for grassroots groups doing amazing work with women, girls and LGBT communities around the US.

http://fexmjf.mayfirst.org/taxonomy/term/7

Women And Media: A Critical Introduction (Book, 2006)

Submitted by Elsa on Fri, 2008-03-28 20:56.

From Carolyn M. Byerly and Karen Ross, this book provides historical, cultural, political and economic context for ongoing advocacy for increasing womenís voices in media.

http://www.powells.com/biblio/72-9781405116077-0

Women In Media: Facts And Figures

Submitted by Elsa on Fri, 2008-03-28 20:43.

Data, statistics and analysis on the presence of women in the media industry and they challenges women face working in the media.

http://www.centerfornewwords.org/wam/wamfacts.php

Media & Gender Justice



Looking for a gender lens on media policy? Feminist analysis of news?
Or media organizations for women & girls?