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Group A: Media And Citizen Democracy
Policy Issue Brief: “Media and Citizen Democracy” (PDF)
by Tom Brislin & Ira Rohter
Members:
Tom Brislin
Paul Costello
Karen Ginoza
Moya Gray
Brien Hallett
Gerald Kato
Lurline McGregor
Russell Okata
Ira Rohter
James B. Wood
Shannon Wood
Facilitator: Karen Cross
Summary of Work Sessions:
Session I. Preferred Futures and Public Policy Strategies
There were several strong threads running through the preferred futures of this group that tied civic re-engagement for society to an increasing connection between media and community participation. The dreams were to increase the access and use of media by citizens through education and “new media,” technology, and innovative financing with the goal of public policy being driven by participation of objectively informed public. Some of the strategies included useable web-based and legislative tracking; creation of a Hawaii C-Span; a media tax to finance more public media; community groups inviting media editorial boards to public forums; and forging commonly agreed upon values-based news reporting. More detailed notes on participant input (PDF)
Session II. Public Policies and Recommendations/ Next Steps
The top priority public policy area was for the Public Policy Center to sponsor and convene fora between the media and the community and for the Public Policy Center to create education access to traditional news media programs. The next step recommendations were for the Public Policy Center to create the “tent” for dialogues that would bring the community together. Leadership, stakeholders, resources and opportunities need to be identified and inventoried. A core working group needs to be formed and outreach coordinators will plan media/community exchange and design educational brochures, websites, power prints, etc. to help individual community groups communicate with the media. More detailed notes on participant input (PDF)
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