Most media owners claim to 'reflect' the communities they serve.
How many people think that local or national media cater for the huge diversity of religious and ethnic backgrounds in society?
What religion do you belong to? Does you local TV channel, newspaper or radio station cater for your beliefs, and those of others in your community?
Before media claim to reflect their communities, they should first look to the rich diversity of beliefs in their areas. Then, if they can't say they are serving the different beliefs in the region in their communication to the public, they are quite simply providing a distorted vision of the community they claim to reflect.
How many people think that local or national media cater for the huge diversity of religious and ethnic backgrounds in society?
What religion do you belong to? Does you local TV channel, newspaper or radio station cater for your beliefs, and those of others in your community?
Before media claim to reflect their communities, they should first look to the rich diversity of beliefs in their areas. Then, if they can't say they are serving the different beliefs in the region in their communication to the public, they are quite simply providing a distorted vision of the community they claim to reflect.
