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October 11

Presentation by Indymedia Romania

“Indymedia brings together groups of media and independent journalists in order to present news in a grassroots, non-commercial manner. Indymedia is a democratic channel for the creation of a radical description of reality, rendered with accuracy but also with passion.” (indymedia.org)

The presentation discussed the potential of independent media as an alternative to the passive acceptance of a predominant “journalistic objectivity” subjected to dominant ideologies, a dynamics on which the traditional interaction of publics with mainstream commercial media is based on. The mission of Indymedia Romania was discussed, which is to create a platform for promoting social justice, freedom of expression and information, for democratization of technology and expertise, for breaking the monopoly of the media and for constructing an “alternative press”, for promoting the “do it yourself” principle, for constructing networks and for cooperating