Towards Resilient Media Systems: Perspectives from Scholars and Practitioners

A co-production between IAMCR’s Media Sector Development Working Group and the Global Forum for Media Development (GFMD). 

Presentations and Speakers:

Measuring Media Development: Lessons Learned from the Implementation of Media Development Indicators
Dr. Ana Jacoby (Universidad Autónoma de Campeche) 

Exploring the Paradigm of ‘Contextualization’ in International Media Assistance
Anja Wollenberg (Media in Cooperation and Transition [MiCT]), Anke Fielder (Ludwig-Maximilians-University) and Melanie Radue (University of Passau)

Coalitions for Change: Collective Action for Stronger Media Ecosystems
David Lush (International Media Support [IMS]) and Michael Randall (Freelance Consultant)

Analyzing and Developing Media Systems Beyond Neoclassical Systems Thinking
Hanna Jemmer (Tallinn University)

Media Viability, Audiences, and Sustainability: Perspectives from West Africa 

A co-production between IAMCR’s Media Sector Development Working Group and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA).

Presentations and Speakers: 

Who Funds the Media?
Abena A. Yeboah-Banin and Theodora Dame Adjin-Tetty (University of Ghana)

Media and the Rural-Urban Divide: Implications for Advertising Revenues and Media Viability 
Abena A. Yeboah-Banin (University of Ghana)

Radio as a Two-Way Communication Tool in Conflict-And Pandemic-Affected Communi-ties in Burkina Faso
Emma Heywood (University of Sheffield) and Sacha Meuter (Fondation Hirondelle)

Discussant:  Abigail Larbi Odei ( Media and Good Governance Programme - MFWA)