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Call for Discussants: ECREA Communications Law and Policy Section Virtual Pre-Conference Sessions

28.04.2022 08:49 | Anonymous member (Administrator)

Alongside great destruction and human suffering, the war in Ukraine has brought governments, regulators and platform services to combat disinformation and incitement or to control the message, depending on one’s perspective. The role of public interest media has been foregrounded, not just of the big public service broadcasters, but also of small independent media and journalists’ collectives. In response to ECREA’s invitation to sections to hold virtual pre-conference events around the 9th European Communications Conference, the Communications Law and Policy section is planning three two-hour long sessions on themes that are now more urgent than ever.

The format is designed to enable a dynamic exchange of ideas and recent research findings among scholars and stakeholders that address some of the most pressing issues in the field. After opening comments by invited speakers from both media and communication policymaking and policy research, 5 section members will present insights from their research or their cutting-edge ideas in 4-minute elevator pitches to kick off discussion. We welcome exploratory research findings, yet to be tested hypothesis, innovative policy ideas, calls to action in new research directions.

  • Tuesday, 11 October 14:00 – 16:00 CET Regulation of content: risks of harms from online content; freedom of expression and media diversity online

o Chair: Sally Broughton Micova

o Ofcom or European Commission (TBC)

o Facebook (TBC)

o Mark Cole, University of Luxembourg

  • Wednesday, 12 October 14:00 -16:00 CET The future of the public interest: prioritization and prominence; cultural and political aims, and public service media

o Chair: Manuel Puppis, University of Fribourg

o Florence Hartman EBU

o Netflix (TBC)

o Eleonora Mazzoli, LSE

  • Thursday, 13 October 14:00 -16:00 CET Standards vs Abusers: new developments in governance; the interaction between standardization and illiberalism; threats to media freedom

o Chair: Hilde van den Bulck, Drexel University

o Flutura Kusari, ECPMF

o Urska Umek (CoE)

o Marko Milosavljević, University of Ljubljana

Interested in delivering one of these short pitches? Please send your 300 words abstract to the section chair (s.broughton-micova@uea.ac.uk) by 29 April, 2022, indicating for which of the three online events your input is intended in the subject line. Two slots per session will be ringfenced for early career researchers, pending sufficient applications.

Participation will be free and open to all CLP members. So, mark your calendars now! More information will be shared closer to the events.

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