World Media Summit opens in Guangzhou: focus on trust and technology
The 5th World Media Summit opened on Sunday, December 3, in the Chinese province of Guangdong. More than 450 representatives from the media, think tanks, government agencies from 101 countries and regions, as well as UN agencies and international organizations gathered in Guangzhou.
The Turkmen delegation is participating in the global press forum, which includes representatives of the information and analytical department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, the state news agency TDH and the information agency “Media-Turkmen”.
The event is held under the motto “Strengthening trust in the world, promoting media development.” Participants will discuss the challenges and prospects for the development of the media space, and will also work on innovative approaches and strategies for shaping future global media trends.
The forum was organized by the Xinhua news agency, inviting colleagues from 197 media outlets from around the world to the discussions. The forum was opened by Director General of Xinhua Fu Hua, Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Hu Heping, Governor of Guangdong Province Wang Weizhong, and Mayor of Guangzhou Song Ziyang. Deputy Secretary General for Global Communications Melissa Fleming addressed the audience via video link.
The floor was also given to President of the Japanese news agency Kyodo News Toru Mizutani, head of the Reuters agency Sue Brooks, and the First Deputy Director General of TASS Mikhail Gusman. In addition, executives from People's Daily, Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and other speakers spoke.
The cross-cutting theme in all the speeches was the possibilities of new technologies in the media and artificial intelligence - the most important invention in the Internet era. The speakers expressed the opinion that, despite all its phenomenal abilities, AI in journalism does not replace humans, being only an assistant for mechanical work. The main face in journalism remains the person, his soul and talent.
It was also about the dominance of social networks, which are the main channels for disseminating information, but also the main sources of fakes, which can look very reliable if there are photo, video content or documents. Today, the fight against fakes should move to the right field.
In general, it is necessary to adapt the media to rapidly changing digital technologies, and the World Media Summit platform provides an opportunity to exchange views on this topic and find joint solutions.
The event will take place until December 8 in the cities of Guangzhou and Kunming, where participants will discuss strategies in various sessions and meetings.
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