Role of media in the development process.
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Role of media in the development process.
Africa Media Leaders Forum, Yaounde, 18 November, 2010,
Guy Berger
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MDG challenges for 2015
1. Reducing extreme poverty and hunger, 2. Achieving universal primary education for all,3. Promoting gender equality & empowering women, 4. Reducing child mortality, 5. Improving maternal health, 6. Combating HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, 7. Ensuring environmental sustainability,8. Developing a global partnership for development
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Some progress…
• On track to achieve the accessible drinking- water target of 60%.
• Attendance rate in primary schools was 76% in 2008, compared with 58% in 1999.
• Rate of child mortality has decreased. • BUT: we are still off-target for education &
gender MDGs• Least progress in maternal mortality rates
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And a fundamental problem…
• Since the 1990s the proportion of people living in hunger has fallen from 34% to 30% — but absolute numbers have risen.
• There is minimal progress towards halving the proportion not getting enough food.
• Hardly any country is set to halve the level of child stunting seen in the early 1990s.
• 2 stories: some progress; not nearly enough.
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How to respond to the challenge?
1. “Development” today2. So what does media do?3. Developing the media4. Return of communications5. Summing up
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1. Development today• State failures & top-down“development
journalism”• Modernisation failures (Structural Adjustment)• i.e. development sans democracy doesn’t work• 1990s: Windhoek 1991 milestone: Rise of private
press – correctly prioritising a democratic role• And emphasis on participative development: like
ICT4D and “development communication”• So: since 1990s, no real development role seen
for mass media (excepting community media)
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2. So what does media do?
• Yes, for development, community media is NB.• But time to re-examine role of private media• Yes, your role is to make money… • Media business per se creates jobs; adverts and
info helps to make markets work• BUT you also make a democracy contribution
which per se is also good for development…• So you have an invaluable indirect impact on
development…
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Indirect help from democratic role
1. Pluralistic media improves development policy … and its implementation
2. Ethical journalism helps accountability, reduces corruption & environmental damage
3. Adds to Info Environment - essential for daily living, health, education, values etc. (Windhoek+20 Access to Info – 28 Sept 2011)
4. Your democratic role helps ensure that growth translates into development.
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3. Developing the media
• BUT to do more, we need more media.• The biggest obstacle is political control• Media freedom means media-business
freedom (& vice versa)• Then: we need capital & capacity.• But it also makes business sense to do direct
impact on development: proactive coverage• Eg. the Daily Sun – include news-you-can-use.
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Doing journalism on development
http://reportingDNA.org
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4. Return of communications
• Note: mobile is growing faster than anyone!• Social network comms is the future mass
com• Disintermediation of media monopolies, but… • Mass media can now play in the ICT4D, “devt
comms” and community participation space.• That’s a real business opportunity – and good
for democracy and development!
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• Grocott’s Mail mobi site:
• Nîche is realtime content
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There is traditional news
• It plays the old indirect role of contributing to development via democracy• But there’s also
UGC comms…
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• And, the site can also reinvent the old role of increasing transactions by realtime “specials”
• Eg. before bananas go rotten, get them shifted; create instant markets.
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And a new role: direct development service
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Let’s imagine…
• Not just the stories about the politicians• Not just the individual personal/social news• Why not add info AND comms around: – Exams: tip of the day (incl from youth!)–Daily safe-sex tip (incl from practitioners!)–Who’s hit by flu? Help us map the spread.–Who’s polluting? Report them, talk about it.–Who’s offering jobs, who wants jobs?
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5. In summary
• Development & democracy – two sides, one coin. Do both, consciously.
• Need more media, to mint more MDG coins.• To get growth, we need to get the context
right, plus capital, plus capacity. • And to exploit new social media and ICT to
really engage with development issues• = Build organic business links to development
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Take away
– Development is good for media business –Your role in development:• Indirectly, by being an info business, and by
contributing to democracy• Directly, by contributing to development with pro-
active content … & also now by comms
–And, be the change you want to seeEg. Grow gender equity, do partnerships, go
green … and get interactive!