People seem to be losing faith in politics. Fewer people are voting, fewer people are joining political parties and levels of trust in political institutions are declining. Citizens doubt their politicians’ motives and are cynical about whether they genuinely represent voters’ concerns.
But do people trust journalists any more than they trust politicians? The public appear increasingly sceptical about their sources of news. And worries are growing about the reliability, independence and substance of many parts of the media.
The British Council project Politics & Media has been designed to stimulate debates about the role that media and politicians can play in strengthening democratic dialogue.
The projects aim is to address growing mistrust between politicians, media and citizens and to examine the influence of political spin vs political reporting on citizens’ perceptions of politics in six participating countries (UK, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Montenegro and Croatia).
This blog will cover the project activities that include debates and events in participating countries as well as the additional articles and views. Please be free to add your comments and share your views with the rest of the Politics & Media online community.
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Politicians and media shape our present and influence the future, so I think it is a great idea to discuss this relationship online.
My questions is: Why media people are not reacting when they see that their media is being (mis)used by the politicians?
Was just pointed towards this blog and wanted to say that will be closely watching it. Will you have politicians blogging on the site as well?
Anyway, Good Luck with the project. We're trying a similar one, but perhaps more in the area of actually trying to encourage civic participartion in Armenia.
In that sense, we hope to encourage discussion and debate between citizens, NGO representatives, and political figures (if possible) in the context of the May 2007 elections.
If you know of any good election blog sites that might be worth us taking a look at, please let us know.
Onnik Krikorian
Administrator,
Center for Regional Development / Transparency International Armenia
http://blog.transparency.am
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