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Media, Politics and Solidarity
Media Seminar Series II
Organized by
Media and Communication Group of ISF  2006,
World Social Forum- India

Tuesday, 12 September, 2006
Venue: The Sarai Programme, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
29, Rajpur Road, Delhi 110054
Time: 2:00-5:00 pm

Towards an Alternative Media- The articulation on this theme can touch upon 
the diverse media and communication tools, initiatives, experiments that have 
gone into making of plural and democratic media. In the realm of old and new 
media, there are several dynamic developments towards creating peoples’ 
media.
Speaker-Seema Mustafa, Journalist

Rich Media, Poor Democracy – The basic premise of this theme can address the 
several myths about the media--in particular, that the market compels media 
firms to "give the people what they want"--that limit the ability of citizens 
to grasp the real nature and logic of the media system. If we value our 
democracy, can we organize politically to restructure the media in order to 
affirm their connection to democracy.
Speaker- Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Director, School of Convergence, Journalist 
and Film maker

Truth, Market Forces and Media- Market forces blur’s various facet of society. 
Its command the monopoly over the distribution, production of the news/ views 
on in a society. The corporate globalization and liberalization have given a 
tremendous boost to the Media and Information technologies. Does this also 
hold true for revealing the truth?
Speaker- Umesh Anand, Editor, Civil Society Publication and Journalist


Towards India Social Forum: Another “Media Culture” is possible- WSF-India and 
the proposed ISF would like to open create spaces where diverse forms of 
media, their practitioners, and those who reflect on, or critically engage 
with these practices, can come together, discuss and debate, enter into 
shared pursuits, to build on democratic, plural and independent media within 
and across open spaces, as opposed to corporatised and profit-oriented media.
Speaker- Aditya Nigam, Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing 
Societies  
Mukul Sharma, Journalist/ Writer, Director, Amnesty International – India

Moderator: Mr. Shuddhabrata Sengupta, SARAI
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