[ICTs-and-Society] Fwd: Fwd: Please sign the petition and disseminate!

[Pinelopi Troullinou]

Dear all,

I guess you will hear/already heard many things regarding ERT from
different sources and perspectives. However this is an issue with two
levels of analysis in my opinion. One is that of corruption and problematic
organizations and yes indeed it was a problematic organization. Too many
people were working in the organization, many of them were not hired
following transparent procedures etc. So yes the reconstruction of such
public organizations is necessary.
However the second level of analysis is of most importance for me. And this
has to do with the methods used in supposed Democratic times. The way that
the prime minister decided to shut down the public video and radio
broadcaster, they shut it down without following the democratic procedures
and the police was all around for protesters not to intervene, is a problem
as such. These strategies bring to mind memories from past times. What can
follow next in the name of transparency? This is the discourse that is used
by the government. We need to reconstruct the public sector. Yes we all
agree on that.. but using what means?
Sorry for the long email.. they are just some thoughts coming to my mind
watching the news (via the internet) and not living there any more so I
might not have the whole picture.

Best,

Pinelopi



On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Christian Fuchs <christian.fuchs at uti.at>wrote:

> Dear friends,
>
> The Greek Government has suddenly closed the public radio and television
> broadcaster ERT using a decree not voted by the Parliament.
> Freedom of the Press is essential for democracy.
>
> Please sign the petition to re-open the public television broadcaster
>
> avaaz: http://www.avaaz.org/en/**petition/Stop_the_shutdown_of_**
> Public_Television_in_Greece/<http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_the_shutdown_of_Public_Television_in_Greece/>
> or
> antiCor: http://www.anticor.gr/
>
> Please disseminate
> Kind regards
> Roy Panagiotopoulou
>
>
>
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Pinelopi Troullinou

PhD Researcher
The Open University Business School, MYB D
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