Centre for Media Policy, Peace Institute

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Center za medijsko politiko, Mirovni inštitut

Mirovni inštitut, Metelkova 6, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia,

http://www.mirovni-institut.si

info@mirovni-institut.si

ProprietorPeace Institute - Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies

Part of the Peace Institute - Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies, the Centre for Media Policy focuses on the strengthening of the media community in Slovenia, the inclusion of experts in the drafting of media legislation, and the setting-up of self-regulation and accountability systems within the Slovene media. The activities of the centre include regular public discussions and publications, with an emphasis on the freedom and credibility of the media, and the practical implementation of the highest professional standards in journalism.

Fields of Work

The Centre develops training and fellowship programmes for journalists and exchange programmes for journalists and media experts, encouraging and facilitating the development of international contacts and regional and international co-operation of media companies and professional associations in Slovenia. Work areas include the analysis of media practices and policy in Slovenia, public debates and publications dealing with journalism and the media, the stimulation of self-regulation within the media, support for the professional development of journalists and media experts and international co-operation in the media field. The Centre also organises regular panel debates on current issues.

Media Watch

The Centre manages Media Watch Magazine journal, which is responsible for study and monitoring the mass media in Slovenia and publishing essays and articles on its work in the Media Watch Magazine and Media Watch bilingual book series. Media Watch Magazine is published quarterly and is also available on the website. In recent years the Media Watch book series has issued the following titles: Media for Citizens; EUrosis: A Critique of the New Eurocentrism; Media Ownership: Impact on Media Independence and Pluralism in Slovenia and Other Post-socialist European Countries; Media Representations of Homosexuality : an Analysis of the Print Media in Slovenia, 1970-2000; and Violence in the Media: the Extent and the Influence of Violence in the Media in Slovenia. The context of published journals is Slovenian but also open to international and regional research input. Most of the publications are available online as pdf format, both in Slovenian and English.

Next to Media Watch the report Intolerance Monitor Report is being published in order to analyse the emergence of intolerance in the publich discourse, not only in the media but also in everday social life.

Latest publication available online is Alternative media and the Politics of Resistance. Perspectives and Challenges. The journal consits of research articles on potentials and challenges of the contemporary alternative media. The authors include Mojca Pajnik, Hanno Hardt, Chris Atton and others. The ongoing project "Mig@net: Transnational Digital Networks, Migration and Gender" questions the participations of the migrants considering the gender differences and social exclusion.

The Centre is a member of the South East European Network for the Professionalisation of the Media.

See also

• Peace Institute - Institute for Contemporary Social and Political Studies
• Media Watch Magazine
• Peace Institute Library
• Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
• Workers' Punk University

External links

• Mig@net: Transnational Digital Networks, Migration and Gender
• South East European Network for the Professionalisation of the Media