Project number: CA23105
Project manager/coordinator RTA: Sanita Martena
Project goal: PLURILINGMEDIA intends to advance collaboration and bring coherence to the field of European media from the perspective of language plurality, encouraging involvement of scholars in related disciplines and facilitating knowledge transfer between academics and practitioners.
Project annotation and main tasks: Protecting Europe’s linguistic plurality and increasing multilingualism is a clear aim of the European Union and the Council of Europe, balanced against the concern of increasing dominance of larger languages – most prominently English. The challenge is also present in the media which is facing increased global competition and changing consumption trends, threatening media spheres in official national languages and even more so for regional and minority languages. Spreading instances of good practice will be of particular relevance to smaller linguistic spheres and lesser-funded media outlets. Moreover, involving individual content creators with institutional actors will also bring further plurality to media spheres, aiming to determine the benefits of this convergence of actors on the same platforms and share methods of reaching younger audiences. Through all of this, PLURILINGMEDIA plans to demonstrate the plurality of a given regional or minority language sphere, empowering use of the language through media.
Project results: Handbook, four policy papers, special issue, three annual conferences, two workshops, three training schools, MC, WG meetings
Project partners: European Centre for Minority Issues, Flensburg, Germany (Lead partner)
25 partners https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23105/#tabs+Name:Management%20Committee
Project total budget: 600 000 EUR
Project funding source: COST receives EU funding under the various Research and Innovation Framework Programmes, such as Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.
RTA staff involved: Sanita Martena
Additional information: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23105/