Association for media culture
| Association for media culture | |
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| founding | April 20, 1995 |
| Seat | Vienna |
| main emphasis | Independent media criticism |
| Chair | Udo Bachmair (President) |
| Website | www.medienkultur.at |
The Vereinigung für Medienkultur sees itself as an independent forum for critical media users and advocates the quality of content and style in electronic and print media as well as freedom of expression . The seat of the association is Vienna, the field of activity is Austria.
Founding history
The association was founded in 1995 by Johann Pesti. The former Ombudsman of the Republic of Austria Herbert Kohlmaier was the first president. At the end of his term in office, in 2000, he wrote about the founding idea:
“ I was fascinated by the idea from the start, namely to lend a voice to the media consumer and that's what we are all about. In doing so, I benefited from what I was able to gain in knowledge and experience in previous years. The main thing is to counter undesirable developments that are unmistakably present. In a largely commercialized media landscape, quality losses are increasingly being registered - an outpouring of dubiousness, a tendency towards tastelessness and also the unhesitating representation of violence. It has become necessary to do something together against this. "
An EU-wide network of the organization is sought. The chairman has been President Hans Högl since 2011
Goals and way of working
The motto of the Association for Media Culture is See - Judge - Act! set the following goals:
- The coverage in electronic media and print media watch
- Invite experts to give presentations
- Background and insider knowledge to build
- As a public conscience, critically assess media reports
- Inform interested parties / members / sponsors
- In letters to advise
- Provide support with media problems
- Concerns of the media culture of journalists herantragen
The Association for Media Culture is an open circle of media users , women and men, different in origin, profession, political and ideological convictions. The organization
- conducts public relations with a website, a weblog and via Twitter
- regularly invites you to lectures by media experts
- organizes regular meetings for members
- informs members of the latest news by means of a written annual report and email
- informs about and organizes letter and signature campaigns on given occasions
Projects and Actions
- ORF Public Council - candidacy and criticism
For the election of the ORF Public Council 2010, "representative institutions" and organizations from the fields of education, youth, the elderly, parents, family, sport and consumers were asked to propose people for direct voting. The Association for Media Culture nominated its president, Hans Högl, for the field of education. Six of 35 public councilors are elected through direct voting, in which all fee payers are entitled to vote. Hans Högl criticizes this election mode in a guest commentary in the daily newspaper Die Presse :
“ Parties and associations dominate the ORF bodies. The fee payers bear two thirds of the ORF budget and can elect six out of 35 public councils. It's cheeky how three million fee payers are fobbed off here .. "
Structure of the organization
Numbers and data on the organization
- Organization type: Association
- Date of establishment: April 20, 1995
- ZVR number : 211737801
President
| Surname | Term of office |
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 Herbert Kohlmaier
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1995-2000 |
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Georg Zakrajsek
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2000-2003 |
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Hans Högl
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2003-2013 |
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Udo Bachmair
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2013– |
literature
- Christiane Luftensteiner-Höllrigl: Raise your voice. In: Multimedia. No. 2, 1999, ISSN 1021-6715 , p. 3.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Herbert Kohlmaier: Farewell and a new beginning in the Association for Media Culture . In: Journal for Media Culture. 2000. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
- ↑ About us: medienkultur ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Weblog of the Association for Media Culture. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
- ↑ Objectives: media culture ( Memento of the original from May 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Weblog of the Association for Media Culture. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
- ↑ APA / Red .: Ivica Vastic wants to become an ORF audience council ( memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ). In: Die Presse , November 30, 2009.
- ^ Hans Högl: An expensive circus act . In: Die Presse , print edition January 28, 2010. Accessed June 25, 2011.
- ↑ Extract from the register of associations ( Memento of the original from January 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Central register of associations of the Federal Ministry of the Interior. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
