Media vs. Integration Conference in Vienna (Austria)

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What integration topics are most relevant to journalists? How can topics of integration be positively influenced by youth media? These and other hot issues were the topic of the Media vs. Integration Conference that took place in Vienna during the first week of July.

Through study-visits, debates and hands-on media creation 28 young media makers taking part through the Youth in Action Programme and 7 other journalists from all over Europe engaged in the discussion. Find their views and opinions here.

The articles

  • No courage to change the rules

    08.07.2009

    Journalists can help shape a more accurate perception of immigrants and any kind of minorities in their country by daring to challenge the rule that only bad news sells.[more]

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  • Rainbow parade under a rainy European sky

    08.07.2009

    Vienna already hosted its 14th gay-pride parade, but there is still a lot of work to do about the integration of homosexuals in Europe. And although the forecast for LGBT is clearing up, rain clouds still spot the sky.[more]

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  • The Polish plumber, Vienna style

    08.07.2009

    „The Polish people didn’t come today” a Romanian with a cheerful smile says. As morning traffic passes by on the busy Viennese Trieststrasse, the narrow pavement is filled with dark-skinned guys.[more]

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  • Born to hate

    08.07.2009

    In a modern world almost obsessed with politically correct actions, let’s try for a moment to step back and think about ourselves.[more]

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  • Vox pop on the streets of Vienna

    08.07.2009

    Exchanging experiences on the topic of integration is a great thing among young European citizens. But do the Viennese people themselves also care about integration?[more]

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  • The existence of gay clubs, an issue of segregation?

    08.07.2009

    People with different sexual orientations are still treated as “different” by mainstream society in most parts of the world. Sometimes, the extreme of this type of discrimination is the positive aspect of it.[more]

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  • Kebab shop in Schnitzelland

    08.07.2009

    The doors of the Friedrich-Schmidt Platz 4, the headquarters of the Austrian Freedom Party FPÖ, stay closed. Nobody comes out and there is no doorbell.[more]

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