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FYI
Sarah Evans of PRESS RELIEF has asked me to post this to Devmedia.
Please send any replies or requests for information to Sarah at
idera@web.apc.org

Don Richardson
drichard@uoguelph.ca

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Date: Thu, 6 Apr 1995 17:16 PDT
From: IDERA <idera@web.apc.org>
To: drichard@uoguelph.ca
Subject: Re: African Symposium (fwd)

Dear drichard,

I read your report on the Africa Symposium with great interest.  I am
writing to see if you or any of your contacts is interested in passing on
information or an article to "PRESS RELIEF".

PRESS RELIEF is aimed at promoting and mobilizing a critical, human-centered
analysis of media representations of international development, "developing"
countries, and peoples of the South.

PRESS RELIEF is born of a conviction that the mass media have a profound and
negative influence on Canadians' understanding of and involvement in
international development.  Media representations (like, for example, the
typical "quake, coup, crisis" coverage) work to instill a sense of apathy
around international development ("Things are such a mess over there, we
can't do anything about it..."), and also re-inforce a sense of European
superiority ("Well, Thank God WE have our act together HERE!")

One aspect of the issue we wish to cover is the mass media's role in
"developing" countries.  This includes the role of the Internet.  Along
similar lines, we are interested in getting a perspective on CNN's "global"
news from an African viewer.

I hope to hear from you,

Sarah Evans