Why is MediaChannel relevant?
The media today are experiencing extensive and rapid change. Media conglomerates are merging into increasingly mammoth entities, in some cases more powerful than governments, with significant implications for the future of democracy; a recent poll showed that 65 percent of American journalists believe that journalism is in a state of crisis. At the same time, we are experiencing a revolution that empowers independent media, worldwide communication and innovative media projects affecting everything from community development to political action. Around the world, a growing number of organizations of media professionals, scholars and critics are focusing on these issues. MediaChannel brings these diverse groups together to focus on how media impacts all of our lives.
