2. What is the difference between
community media & traditional
media?
Traditional media are owned by
state or corporate, driven by profit,
have their own agendas
3. Community media?
Promotes the right to communication, facilitates
freedom of speech, involves and is owned by
community, encourage creative and diverse
statements and contribute to a democratic
process & pluralistic society
4. What are community
media formats?
Community newspapers
Community radio
Notice boards
Mobile news alerts
5. Do we have community media in
Sri Lanka?
What is wrong with the existing
traditional mainstream media?
8. Approaches?
Selected a project location
Worked with village leaders/elders
Instead of sharing our knowledge we allowed them to
share their indigenous knowledge
Provided space to exchange views with officials
Spoke the same language
Entertainment & education
9. What worked and what didn’t?
Selected a project location
Worked with village leaders/elders
Instead of sharing our knowledge we allowed them to
share their indigenous knowledge
Provided space to exchange views with officials
Spoke the same language
Entertainment & education
10. Challenges we had to overcome?
Ensuring sustainability
Traditional leadership which posed
a threat