Global Media Monitoring Project

Start Date:2009-10-16  End Date: 2009-11-15

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National Level Workshop on “Global Media Monitoring Project”

 

The Student Christian Movement of India organized a National level Workshop on ‘Global Media Monitoring Project’ from 16^th to 18^th October 2009 at SCM Programme Center, Bangalore. The workshop was organized mainly to train participants on how to participate in the 4^th Global Media Monitoring Project (GMMP) day, which will happen on 10^th of November 2009. This GMMP is the largest research and advocacy initiative in the world on changing the representation of women in the world’s media. It is unique because it involves participants ranging from grassroots community organizations to university students and researchers to media practitioners and participates on a voluntary basis. This project is to analyze media and how to collect data while studying the representation of men and women in the media. 40 students and senior friends from different parts of India representing their units and colleges have participated in this workshop. The keynote address was delivered by Prof. Dr. Samuel Meshack, the Chairperson of WACC-Asia Region (World Association of Christian Communication) and the Principal of Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, Chennai. Ms. Ammu Joseph, the National Co-ordinator of GMMP introduced GMMP and the monitoring tools. This workshop has empowered and encouraged the students and senior friends to actively and effectively participate in the 4^th GMMP in their own units.

 

Ibatista Shylla,

Study Secretary Women’s Desk

 

On 10^th November 2009, the SCMers will join the rest of the world to observe the Global Media Monitoring Project by analyzing the media in our local areas