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People with disabilities & Mass Media

The poster of the International Conference of 2006

4rth International Conference "People with disabilities and Mass Media"

The Secretariat General of Communication - Secretariat General of Information organises the 4th International Conference on People with Disabilities and Mass Media. The  4th International Conference will take place at  the premises of the Secretariat General of Communication - Secretariat General of Information, on 22-23 June and focuses  on the factors which shape the new developing environment of digital media such as social web, blogs, wikis, facebook, etc.  The Conference will also attempt to investigate the potentiality of presenting disability through advertising spots, as well as the changes this practice might bring in our perception of disability.

The 4th International Conference will conclude with the active participation of children with disabilities, because children themselves can communicate their message better than anyone through their artistic expression.
 

3rd International Festival "Emotion Pictures: Documentary and Disability" - Athens 2009

emotion-logo-09The Documentary & Disability festival is organized annualy in collaboration with the Greek Film Centre and film director Maria Hadjimichali - Papaliou (Artistic Director). The 3rd Emotion Pictures was held in the new Benaki Museum (138, Piraios str. & Andronikou) from 19 to 22 June 2009.

The festival screened more than 30 documentaries from the most distant corners of the planet, played host to filmmakers and distinguished personalities and created the conditions for an open dialogue on the diversity that brings people closer.

For more information, check: Emotion Pictures: Documentary and Disability, 3rd International Festival - Athens 2009.
 

This combined effort has become an annual event, with the aim of increasing public awareness and promoting the inclusion of disabled people, whilst further encouraging the media and film-makers, disabled or not, to take an active interest in this area and address the widest possible public.

Read more about SGC-SGI's actions (PDF, 640 KB) on issues concerning People with Disabilities and Mass Media.

You can visit the links below to read more about the previous Conferences on Mass Media and Disability as well as the previous years' Emotion Pictures:

Cover of the Guidebook published (only in Greek) on 2006

Guidebook for Journalists on Disability Issues and Mass Media

Published in Greek 

The publication of this Guidebook for journalists came as a direct response to issues raised at the 1st Conference "People with Disabilities and Mass Media". Published in November 2006 in Greek, and distributed to journalists throughout Greece, it offers assistance with disability – related terminology.



Public debate on terminology used by the Media in relation to people with disabilities

Aiming to update and reissue the “Guidebook for Journalists on Issues of Disability and the Media”, the Secretariat General of Communication - Secretariat General of Information invites all interested parties to contribute in this endeavour by submitting their proposals.