The Promotion of Cultural Diversity via New Media Technologies

“Cultural diversity’ has become such a buzz word nowadays. It seems to be evoked in any situation ranging from local arts events to the current debate in France concerning the recognition of regional languages in the country’s Constitution. And yet there seem to be few real debates on what this concept actually entails, particularly in the light of the new media technologies available for conveying ‘culture’. The European Audiovisual Observatory has just released a new report which examines the concept of cultural identity, explains why it should be promoted and looks closely at the role of new media technologies in achieving this.