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[ecrea] policy conference

Mon Sep 14 21:22:40 GMT 2009



IS THE PUBLIC INTEREST UNDER THREAT?


MEDIA POLICY RESPONSES TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR RECESSION IN EUROPE





A Symposium jointly organised by the Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI) at the University of Westminster, and the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)





2 October 2009




University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London, W1B 2UW







KEYNOTE SPEAKERS


Matteo Maggiore (BBC Group Controller, European and International Policy)



Carole Tongue (Chair, UK Coalition for Cultural Diversity)







SESSIONS ON:


-         Threats to pluralism: ownership, content, and public service ethos

-         Policy developments within the EU

-         Individual country perspectives



Across Europe, the private media sector is suffering intense economic pressure from the cyclical downturn in advertising and the structural shift of advertising revenue to the web. As a result, corporations are pursuing every avenue to exploit new and existing means of generating revenue, and of maximising the potential of digitalisation. This is having a direct impact on the policy making process at both national and supranational levels as governments and regulatory agencies come under increasing pressure to restrict new initiatives in the public sector, to apply the strictest possible criteria to publicly funded media organizations, and to relax regulatory oversight of the private sector.



This symposium offers an opportunity for scholars, regulators and industry representatives to come together and discuss the nature of new policy initiatives being canvassed or implemented throughout Europe, and their repercussions for promoting (or foreclosing) the public interest.






Outline Timetable: 2 October 2009





9.00 ? 9.30                Registration



9.30 ? 11.00: Session 1. The threat to pluralism and public service



11.30 ? 1.00:             Session 2. Keynote speakers and plenary discussion



Lunch



2.00 ? 3.30:               EU policy developments



4.00 ? 5.30:               Perspectives from nation states



5.45 ? 7.30:               Reception



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