WORLD TELEVISION DAY
Today I send this message to all Television lovers, UNO and UNESCO as well. In 1996 the UN General Assembly proclaimed 21 November as World Television Day commemorating the date on which the first World Television Forum was held in 1996, which invited all Member States to observe the Day by encouraging global exchanges of television program focusing on the issues of peace, security, economic, development and cultural exchange.
Television is only one means of information but to which the world population majority has no access. They look at the Day as a rich man's day. In 1946, the UN considered the people of the world fully informed of its aims and activities. Communications have become today's central international issues for the world economy, social and cultural development. It is today's most powerful communications media, and it could play a role in presenting issues including peace to the world.
The UNESCO celebrates to encourage global exchanges of television programs focusing on peace, security, economic, development and cultural exchange. It has become a most influential form of media. It is the arena where images, forms, styles and ideas surrounding the human existence are mobilized. It offers to its audience worldwide, of all ages, nationalities and social status. It does not require literacy and extra skills for command. Most importantly in least-developed countries it plays an effective role in disseminating information and knowledge. It serves a powerful tool for reflecting and shaping human conditions and aspirations. It highly prioritized Intergovernmental Program for the Development of Communication (IPDC). It also promotes Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) as a unique service. It promotes to participate in public debates and struggle for political issues of common interest emphasizing the crucial role of television in promoting democracy.
Marshall McLuhan predicted that television would bring us together into a “global village”. Our world is more and more a single “information society.” It is a key part of that society. It can be a tremendous force for good. It can educate great numbers of people about the
world around them. It can show us how much we have in common with our neighbours, near and far. It can shed light on the dark corners, where ignorance and hatred fester. The television industry is also in a unique position to promote mutual understanding and tolerance. It tells the stories about the powerful, the powerless, and life in the world’s richest pockets and in the developing countries that are home to the majority of the world’s population.
Freedom of the press is essential to our efforts to build an open, inclusive information society, peace and development. Press freedom and pluralism of content can develop together in the information society. Historically its technology was developed early this century. The Gulf War was the first war broadcast live. People were glued to their sets watching missiles hit Baghdad. The wedding and funeral of Princess Diana, and sporting finals, are television events which attracted audiences in their tens of millions.Television links the nations. It reflects the best of human values. Its transmissions wield political power. It affects government actions. It is a tool for democracy. The UN was convinced that information had a great democratizing power waiting to be harnessed to the global struggle for peace and development. Citizens were gaining greater access to information, and the spread of information was making accountability and transparency facts of life for any government.Children may learn Mathematics for Grades 2-5. Keep a clock or watch, newspaper, blank paper, and hand drawn graph paper. Together with your child, keep track of the time the child spends watching television as well as doing homework. Make a table listing the 7 days of a week. Keep two columns, one for television and another for homework. At the end of the week, see if together you can make a graph comparing the two different activity columns.
Make a chart showing how much time in every hour is used for commercials compared to how much time is used for the actual show. Do this for every half an hour of television you watch and make a chart showing the two amounts. Keep the minutes carefully. Children may keep time in 24 hour period: time spent sleeping, eating, playing, reading, and going to school. Measure a strip of paper of 24 inches long. Let each inch represent 1 hour. Color in the number of hours for each activity, using a different color for each activity. When finished, make the strip into a circle and place it on a blank piece of paper. Trace around the circle. Then make lines from the center of the circle to the end of each color. It will show of how 24 hours spent. Compare this with how other people in your family spend their time.
Thank you very much.
God bless.
Ms Mercy Sanabam
Today I send this message to all Television lovers, UNO and UNESCO as well. In 1996 the UN General Assembly proclaimed 21 November as World Television Day commemorating the date on which the first World Television Forum was held in 1996, which invited all Member States to observe the Day by encouraging global exchanges of television program focusing on the issues of peace, security, economic, development and cultural exchange.
Television is only one means of information but to which the world population majority has no access. They look at the Day as a rich man's day. In 1946, the UN considered the people of the world fully informed of its aims and activities. Communications have become today's central international issues for the world economy, social and cultural development. It is today's most powerful communications media, and it could play a role in presenting issues including peace to the world.
The UNESCO celebrates to encourage global exchanges of television programs focusing on peace, security, economic, development and cultural exchange. It has become a most influential form of media. It is the arena where images, forms, styles and ideas surrounding the human existence are mobilized. It offers to its audience worldwide, of all ages, nationalities and social status. It does not require literacy and extra skills for command. Most importantly in least-developed countries it plays an effective role in disseminating information and knowledge. It serves a powerful tool for reflecting and shaping human conditions and aspirations. It highly prioritized Intergovernmental Program for the Development of Communication (IPDC). It also promotes Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) as a unique service. It promotes to participate in public debates and struggle for political issues of common interest emphasizing the crucial role of television in promoting democracy.
Marshall McLuhan predicted that television would bring us together into a “global village”. Our world is more and more a single “information society.” It is a key part of that society. It can be a tremendous force for good. It can educate great numbers of people about the
world around them. It can show us how much we have in common with our neighbours, near and far. It can shed light on the dark corners, where ignorance and hatred fester. The television industry is also in a unique position to promote mutual understanding and tolerance. It tells the stories about the powerful, the powerless, and life in the world’s richest pockets and in the developing countries that are home to the majority of the world’s population.Freedom of the press is essential to our efforts to build an open, inclusive information society, peace and development. Press freedom and pluralism of content can develop together in the information society. Historically its technology was developed early this century. The Gulf War was the first war broadcast live. People were glued to their sets watching missiles hit Baghdad. The wedding and funeral of Princess Diana, and sporting finals, are television events which attracted audiences in their tens of millions.Television links the nations. It reflects the best of human values. Its transmissions wield political power. It affects government actions. It is a tool for democracy. The UN was convinced that information had a great democratizing power waiting to be harnessed to the global struggle for peace and development. Citizens were gaining greater access to information, and the spread of information was making accountability and transparency facts of life for any government.Children may learn Mathematics for Grades 2-5. Keep a clock or watch, newspaper, blank paper, and hand drawn graph paper. Together with your child, keep track of the time the child spends watching television as well as doing homework. Make a table listing the 7 days of a week. Keep two columns, one for television and another for homework. At the end of the week, see if together you can make a graph comparing the two different activity columns.
Make a chart showing how much time in every hour is used for commercials compared to how much time is used for the actual show. Do this for every half an hour of television you watch and make a chart showing the two amounts. Keep the minutes carefully. Children may keep time in 24 hour period: time spent sleeping, eating, playing, reading, and going to school. Measure a strip of paper of 24 inches long. Let each inch represent 1 hour. Color in the number of hours for each activity, using a different color for each activity. When finished, make the strip into a circle and place it on a blank piece of paper. Trace around the circle. Then make lines from the center of the circle to the end of each color. It will show of how 24 hours spent. Compare this with how other people in your family spend their time.
Thank you very much.
God bless.
Ms Mercy Sanabam
Finance Secretary, ifop
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