Katutubo makilaban: a study on how the indigenous peoples assert their rights through the media focusing on their portrayal in Radyo Sagada

Abstract

The indigenous peoples continue to face different issues which include defending their ancestral land and resources, and struggling for self-determination through the preservation of their culture and tradition (Molintas, 2004). And as they continue to assert their rights, the media remains to be one of the avenues for the indigenous peoples to pursue their struggle (Sapkota, 2013). The media is expected to become receptive and responsive when it comes to the issues faced by the IPs. Contrary to this expectation, indigenous peoples continue to experience discrimination in the media through misrepresentation in media packaging, therefore, resulting to racism and stereotyping (Brown, Myers & Wilkes, 2010; & Plater, 1993); and the inaccessibility of the media itself (Roberts, 2006). In the Philippines, there is already an existing form of media that is owned and managed by indigenous peoples. Radyo Sagada made a breakthrough for the IPsThrough the Eyes of the Youth: Children in Conflict with the Law and the Juvenile Justice System Second Principle of Justice as Fairness as a gauge whether or not the free legal assistance offered by POEA is equally accessible to all illegal recruitment victims, while Constructivism was employed in order to understand IR victimss socioeconomic status, and; 3) IR victims victim indifferences Informal Waste Sector in Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Critical Evaluation