Following the recent rebellions in North Africa, Marco Artusi, professor of Web marketing at University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) and CEO of LEN Strategy srl, makes an interesting analysis of the influence that media social network can have in promoting development. We saw that quite often common citizens have been quicker than mass media in providing crucial information to the world outside. As consequence, considering the debate about the rapid changes in media and society in North Africa, what is the relationship between communication and development in the Arab world? Is the new communication through Social Media a “tool” to develop a new kind of participation among common people to social life?
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06 > 20 Aprile 2011 Scandicci FI DirittoAlFuturo – Mostra Interattiva Itinerante Cinema&Forum Stati Generali Diritti Umani Media Release
Comunicato Stampa 1 Bisogni, Doveri e Diritti Umani
Father Giuseppe “Bepi” Berton, an Italian Christian priest who has been living in Sierra Leone for over 40 years, is the founder of Family Homes Movement (FHM), a social Movement aiming to take care and educate children in particular need which, during the civil war, took care of about 3000 children soldiers.
In this interview he claims about the prejudices, stiffening the perception of the difference between “us” and “the others”, which are quite common even with NGOs and experts of Development, and gives his raccomandations in order to overcome them.
Read here his raccomandations, or watch the video of the interview (in Italian language)
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