[kictanet] Applications Open for the Global Media Policy Summer Institute in Oxford

[Eleanor Marchant]

Hi Everyone!


Applications are currently open for the annual global media policy summer
institute that we run here in Oxford every year. We focus on new media and
technology and have participants from all around the world from academia,
law, journalism, tech, and human rights. We have some funding available to
help participants who couldn't afford to attend otherwise. Get in touch
with any questions! Details below:


Best,

Eleanor


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*OXFORD MEDIA POLICY SUMMER INSTITUTE*

August 3-14, 2020



*Deadline for Applications: April 20, 2020*

*Early Decision Deadline: March 20, 2020*



Apply here for the 2020 Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute
<https://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/oxford-media-policy-summer-institute/apply/>



For more than twenty years the Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute has
brought together top early career scholars, research students, media
lawyers and regulators, human rights activists, and policymakers from
around the world to discuss the effects of technology, media and policy
from a global and multidisciplinary perspective. Participants have the
opportunity to take part in an intensive two-week programme in Oxford that
blends expert instruction with participatory activity, group work and
discussion.



*JOIN AN ENGAGED AND VIBRANT ALUMNI COMMUNITY*

With around 30 participants from more than 20 countries, the Media Policy
Institute offers participants unrivalled exposure to global media and
technology challenges.  The Institute’s alumni are an exceptional and
vibrant group who stay engaged well past the end of the two weeks.  Many go
on to become leaders at top government agencies, non-profits, corporations
and universities around the world.



*THEMES*

The Internet and other new technologies are rapidly and irreversibly
changing global media environments presenting enormous challenges for
building policies that both understand the scope of new technologies such
as artificial intelligence, biometrics and social media, and can adequately
protect the rights of people using them.  Topics to be explored during the
institute include online censorship, social media content regulation, net
neutrality, the spread of disinformation online, and the relationship
between technology and democratic participation, amongst others.
Participants will leave with a thorough understanding of how these issues
influence, and are influenced by, laws and regulations governing the media
and communications technologies in diverse contexts and jurisdictions.



*HOW TO APPLY*

The Institute is co-organized by the University of Oxford’s Programme in
Comparative Media Law and Policy at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, the
Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and the
University of Johannesburg’s School of Communication.



*APPLY FOR THE 2020 OXFORD MEDIA POLICY SUMMER INSTITUTE*
https://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/oxford-media-policy-summer-institute/apply/



-- 
ELEANOR R MARCHANT PHD

*ConflictNET Postdoctoral Fellow | Programme in Comparative Media Law &
Policy, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford University*
*Tw: **@ermarchant <https://twitter.com/ermarchant> |
www.eleanormarchant.me <http://www.eleanormarchant.me>*
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