11 Amendments of Maria BADIA i CUTCHET related to 2007/2253(INI)
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas the primary concern of media businesses may be financial profit, media remains an cultural, ideological, and political tool of considerable influence, which should not be treated solely on economic terms,
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital K
Recital K
K. whereas media creators strive to produce the highest quality content possible under given conditions, the conditions are not uniformly satisfactory in all Member States; and whereas competition may lower the standard of content on account of attempts to cut costs,
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital L
Recital L
L. whereas an increasing proportion of journalists and other media professionals find themselves employed under precarious conditions, lacking social guarantees common on the normal job market, and whereas these conditions are more likely to occur in the new Member States,
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital M
Recital M
M. whereas commercial publications are increasingly utilising user-generated content, especially audiovisual content for a nominal fee, raising questions of unfair competition among media professionals,
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
N. whereas the increased use and reliance on user-generated content may adversely affect the privacy of citizens and public figures by creating conditions of permanent surveillance, and whereas, therefore, legal means need to be provided in order to protect those concerned and, where necessary, make good any damage,
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital O
Recital O
O. whereas weblogs are an increasingly common medium for self-expression by media professionals as well as private persons, the status of their authors and publishers, including their legal status, is neither determined nor made clear to the readers of the weblogs, causing uncertainties regarding impartiality, reliability, source protection, applicability of ethical codes andbut their spread implies a need to establish legal safeguards providing also for the assignment of liability in the event of lawsuits,
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital S a (new)
Recital S a (new)
Sa. whereas public service media need to have sufficient public funding to enable them to offer a high standard of cultural and news content, but whereas they are also competing in given areas, and as regards advertising, with commercial media,
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital T
Recital T
T. whereas new media channels have emerged over the last decade and whereas a rising share of advertising revenues going to Internet outlets is a source of concern for print and linear audiovisual media outlets,
Amendment 151 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Suggests in this respect the creation of independent media ombudsmen in those Member States which do not have independent regulators;
Amendment 168 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need for the EU and Member State authorities to ensure journalistic and editorial independence by appropriate and specific legal and social guarantees as well as for the media owners to follow the best practice in each market where they operate;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Recommends the inclusion ofat media literacy among the 9 basic competencesnd education be boosted, and supports the development of the European core curriculum for media literacy;