Recently my classmates and I attended Pinoy Media Congress at Miriam College which participated by different Colleges and Universities all over the Philippines. There were almost a thousand student and faculty representatives at the Congress. It's been a privilege in my part to be a part of this two-day event seminar (Nov 27-28) which promises a lively and productive dialogue among students and respected media practitioners on various aspects of media and relevant topics that would help youth, particularly Mass Communication student like me who will be future media practitioner.
The mission of the event I supposed is to give fruitful sharing of knowledge, information, critical thinking and instilled the awareness of the students but it turned out to be ABS-CBN propaganda event. From ABS-CBN executives to all the heads of the company focused more on image building rather sharing information that would help student in their future career.
Its good thing to gather students from many different Schools in the country but this event shouldn’t be used as another venue for PR. It should not be bound to just mere image building instead of sharing their views on various media platforms, techniques and skills. What matters most is that it should give the needs of the students and not just bragging their achievements and simply build up or boast the reputation of the company
I remember one student from UE who asked the panel regarding School discrimination.Then everybody roared in applause. I can’t help but think if this is true or just merely rumors. But of course when you mention prestigious schools such as UP, Ateneo, La Salle and UST you cannot deny the fact that they prioritize these schools compare to less known schools.
I was also surprised with one of the professor because of his sarcastic and straightforward question. I think he is not asking his debating… Like his question directed to Regina Lopez and Karen Davila with raising his voice regarding their issues in programming. He his asking for values in terms of ABS-CBN programs but he himself don’t act like one. But I admire Karen Davila who calmly and intelligently answered back. She answered like this “If you hate the program, why were you watching it?” I agree with her it’s because we have an option either to switch on or off the TV right?
I was also surprised with one of the professor because of his sarcastic and straightforward question. I think he is not asking his debating… Like his question directed to Regina Lopez and Karen Davila with raising his voice regarding their issues in programming. He his asking for values in terms of ABS-CBN programs but he himself don’t act like one. But I admire Karen Davila who calmly and intelligently answered back. She answered like this “If you hate the program, why were you watching it?” I agree with her it’s because we have an option either to switch on or off the TV right?
I hope the next Pinoy Media Congress will focus more in the needs of the students as the future media practitioners and potential leaders…
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