The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages and the media
By: Tom Moring, Robert Dunbar
Contributors: Dunbar, Robert, 1960-
Series: Regional or minority languages -- no. 6
Publisher: Council of Europe Publishing
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Strasbourg [France]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9789287164315
Subjects: Language policy; Linguistic minorities; Mass media and language; European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages
Description: This publication is based on a study that was prepared for the Secretariat of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages to inform the future application of those provisions of the charter relating to the media. At the charter secretariat it was felt that it would be appropriate to make this study accessible to a wider audience, in order to assist in the application of these charter provisions. In particular, it is hoped that this publication will be useful to governments which have signed and ratified, or are considering signature and ratification, of the charter, in order to better understand some of its obligations; to public servants charged with the task of implementing such obligations; to users of regional or minority languages, and those non-governmental organizations which represent them, in assessing the choice of obligations and the challenges of implementation; and to a broader public interested in these issues, not least media outlets themselves, which play no small part in the successful implementation of charter obligations.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Focus and methodology; title: Provisions for the media in the light of the purpose of the charter; title: A contextual discussion : institutional and functional aspects of media development; title: New developments in the field of media; title: A summary and commentary of the scope of the provisions; title: An analysis of the stance taken by the Committee of Experts; title: Consistency analysis in the boxes, findings and recommendations; title: Recommendations and findings; title: A user's checklist on implementation of charter provisions on the media.