In brief, Media Justice is an emerging framework to transform media and cultural content, conditions, and policies in the service of social justice and human rights, from the ground up. As a vision, Media Justice seeks accurate and representative media content that holds power to account and increases equity and democratic engagement- and cultural rights that inspire sovereignty and self-determination.
The Media Justice strategy develops movement leadership and coordination across the lines of issue and geography to mobilize resources, public opinion and culture, under-represented constituencies and allies, and public policy to transform media rules, expand media rights and infrastructure, and change the official story on race, poverty, and power.
The Media Justice vision, analysis, and strategy are guided by a set of 6 core principles:
- Communication is a fundamental human right
- Communications and cultural infrastructure should be public and used to empower communities
- Media strategy and policy are core movement-building strategies
- Movement-building demands participatory communications and organizing
- Strategic stories can change the game
- Media Justice is a powerful program for change. Not just to transform media rules and rights, but to claim our stories and fra