Karliukevich: ‘The Ministry of Information Plans to Focus on the Internet and Social Media in 2018’

The Min­is­ter clar­i­fied that finan­cial streams will be re-ori­ent­ed cor­re­spond­ing­ly. The changes will also affect cre­ative approach­es and the sys­tem of edu­ca­tion. “We will look for the tra­di­tions, expe­ri­ence which should come from the print­ed media to the social media, the new mass media,” — the Infor­ma­tion Min­is­ter not­ed.

He believes that it is not exact­ly cor­rect to speak about “some sort of con­trol” with regard to social media. “Leg­isla­tive prac­tice, moral, eth­i­cal approach­es in the work of a jour­nal­ist must coin­cide with what is placed in social media,” — Ali­ak­san­dr Kar­liuke­vich added. Such approach­es will become the basis of the amend­ments in the media-relat­ed leg­is­la­tion of Belarus. Accord­ing to the Min­is­ter, quite a few ini­tia­tives are expect­ed in this field.