The International Citizen Media Award 2014 intends to honor
tremendous international work in the field of citizen media and its
products in the categories “Video” and “Audio” that have been created by
private, non-commercial producers.
The award distinguishes the dedication of citizens of all countries
and their audiovisual products and their reporting concerning locally,
regionally, globally and socially relevant topics.
The current developments in the economic, technological and social area lead to an increasing importance of work-life-balance,
equally for companies, employees and the general society. The working
conditions have changed both in the private as well as in the public
sector by an ever changing economic situation and emerging global
markets. Nowadays fixed-term contracts and limited financial resources
increase the need for stability and security on the side of the
workforce and the demands of flexibility of their employees on the side
of the companies.
Reconciling work and family life is a challenge for every society and culture.
It is applicable on different levels of life. Technological innovations
in the field of information and communication technology have not only
triggered the restructuring of the work environment, but also have
broken out extensive changes in the everyday life of people. Through the
constant accessibility, the work and family life very often flows
together. This could be the perfect way for a good balance, but it can
also cause the opposite and let all life situations melt together and
break down into a burnout or any other mental and physical illness.
The submitted products can show positive and negative examples of
work – life – balance experiences and how to manage reconciling work and
family life. The different perspectives (companies, employees, the
general society) can be taken into consideration.
Hence the focus is on the issue, the quality of the media implementation, the authenticity, the relevance of the research and the originality
in the foreground. The peculiarities of the productions will be
considered by the jury in an appropriate manner. Besides the personal
interest, quality, medial implementation, activity, authenticity, extent
and relevance of research, design elements and innovativeness are
relevant. Special features of the products in the different categories
(genres) will be especially considered by the jury.
Moreinfo: http://www.icm-award.com/information
