News headlines for “Mainstream Media”, page 57
THAILAND: Media Grapple with Questions of Credibility, Bias
- Inter Press Service
Two months into Thailand’s anti-government protests and as an army-led blockade is underway to end them, the media are struggling with challenges to their credibility and perceptions of bias in the South-east Asian country’s gravest political stalemate in years.
MEXICO: Acrobatics for At-Risk Children
- Inter Press Service
Learning to do aerial acrobatics has not only helped 13-year-old Atenas Padilla overcome her fear of heights, but also to become more tolerant and creative.
'Women in Focus' at Gender-Conscious Film Festival
- Inter Press Service
The First International Women and Film Festival for Gender Equity drew enthusiastic audiences this month in the Argentine capital, where movies from nearly 40 countries were screened.
Argentine Serials Watched in Living Rooms Around the World
- Inter Press Service
In little over a decade, Argentina has become one of the world leaders in production and export of films, mini-series, telenovelas (soap operas), entertainment programmes and commercials.
EL SALVADOR: Tribute to Late Poet Marred by Sons’ Accusations
- Inter Press Service
As the 35th anniversary of Salvadoran poet and revolutionary Roque Dalton’s death approaches, his sons allege that two of his killers are currently working for the governments of El Salvador and Mexico, respectively, and have demanded their dismissal.
Q&A: Exposing the 'Masters of the Word' in Latin America
- Inter Press Service
If control of the media was not so heavily concentrated in Latin America, the situation of inequality in the region would be more actively challenged, says Martín Becerra, an Argentine media specialist who presented his latest research study here in the Chilean capital this week.
Training Young Mapuche Filmmakers in Chile
- Inter Press Service
'I want to film the few untouched natural resources we have left and show the injustices that have been committed against our communities,' Claura Anchio, who took part in an innovative free filmmaking course for young Mapuche Indians in Chile, told IPS.
THAILAND: Digital Divide Surfaces in Polarised Politics
- Inter Press Service
Nearly eight weeks after anti-government demonstrators occupied the streets of this modern metropolis, virtually crippling two iconic areas, the rage it has generated in the media has exposed another fault line cutting across this kingdom — a digital divide.
PARAGUAY: Football - Dream for Kids, Moneyspinner for Adults
- Inter Press Service
From passion for football, to football as a profession: many parents in Paraguay are hoping this sport will provide a career for their sons, who flood into football schools with the burden of their dreams -- and their parents' demands -- to become sports idols.
INDIA: Mobile Phone-Based News System Gives Voice to Tribals
- Inter Press Service
The central Indian remote jungles of Chhattisgarh and the urban technology- savvy node of Bangalore are now linked by a mobile phone-based information system, a first in the world, called CG Net Swara.
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