Media Pluralism

Media pluralism provides choice to the public. It is made possible by a mix of public, private, and community media, as well as a variety of platforms (print, radio, TV, and online) to avoid media concentration, which could limit the diversity of opinions and viewpoints in circulation. In this framework, UNESCO assists Member States in ensuring a diverse media landscape supporting, in particular, community media.

Media Pluralism
Community Media

Community media is non-profit, independent, and community-owned and operated media.

World Radio Day

Through World Radio Day (13 February), an international UN Day proclaimed by UNESCO in 2011 and endorsed by the UN General Assembly in 2012, UNESCO celebrates radio as the medium that still reaches in real time, the widest audience worldwide, in real time.

World Radio Day

Facts and Figures

375
community media outlets

more sustainable thanks to policy reforms, and technical and editorial support.

1,700
media professionals from community radios

trained with technical and editorial skills (2018-2021)

Documents

Quality indicators for public broadcasters: contemporary evaluation
Bucci, Eugênio
UNESCO Office in Brasilia
Chiaretti, Marco
Fiorini, Ana Maria
2012-2015
0000216616
Principios y buenas prácticas para los medios públicos en América Latina
Becerra, Martín
UNESCO Office Montevideo and Regional Bureau for Science in Latin America and the Caribbean
Waisbord, Silvio
2015
0000234746
Concentración de medios y libertad de expresión: normas globales y consecuencias para las Américas
Mendel, Toby
UNESCO Office Montevideo and Regional Bureau for Science in Latin America and the Caribbean
García Castillejo, Angel
Gómez, Gustavo
2017
0000248091