Community Media

# COMMUNITY MEDIA

In small-scale tight-knit cultures, the information people need to make important decisions can be transmitted orally, person to person. In our increasingly globalized societies, much of the information we need comes via the media. When the media is controlled by profit-seeking corporations, we hear about international celebrities, distant disasters, isolated acts of violence, and the theater of left-right politics. But **we rarely get meaningful information about the place where we actually live**. Combined with the corrosive influence of advertising, mass media thus works to turn diverse cultures into bland copies of a global monoculture. For these reasons, we should do what we can to **build up and support local, place-based media**.

# Media Actions

* [ ] Start a Local News Organization. (Expand Action)

* [ ] Choose Your News Sources. (Expand Action)

* [ ] Start a Community Radio Station. (Expand Action)

* [ ] Policy action: Make access to the telecom spectrum more equitable. Equitable Telecom Access