No. 12 Interpretation Media Services 2016 3. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: “Board” means the Journalists Accreditation Board established under section 11 of this Act; “content” includes information in print media or electronic media images, drawings, cartoons, and any other characters, whether moving or still; “Complaints Committee” means a committee established under section 27 of this Act; “Council” means the Independent Media Council established under section 24 of this Act; “editor” means a journalist who is in charge of production of content for radio, television, newspaper, journals and magazine, and includes online platforms for radio, television and newspaper; “electronic media” means a mode of communication of content to the public by television, radio, video, cinema, e-newspaper or by any other electronic means and devices including social media, applications and any other related means; “foreign citizen” means a person who is not a citizen of the United Republic; “foreign company” means a company incorporated outside the United Republic or where majority shareholders are foreigners; “freelancer” means a journalist working independently for media houses; “Fund” means the Media Training Fund established under section 22; “journalist” means a person accredited as journalist under this Act, who gathers, collects, edits, prepares or presents news, stories, materials and information for a mass media service, whether an employee of media house or as a freelancer; “mass media” includes any service, medium or media consisting in the transmission of voice, visual data or textual messages to the general public; 6

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