[ecrea] CFP for ECREA-CLP Section's 2015 Workshop Lubljana - Policy Challenges in the Austerity & Surveillance Environment

2015 Workshop of the ECREA’s “Communication Law and Policy” Section

Policy Challenges in the Austerity & Surveillance Environment
Call for Papers

The “Communication Law and Policy” Section of ECREA (ECREA-CLP) invites 
abstracts for theoretical and empirical papers on the topic of Policy 
Challenges in the Austerity & Surveillance Environment. The division’s 
2015 workshop takes place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on November 6-7, 2015. 
It is hosted and organized by the Department of Communication at the 
Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana.

Transformations of media and social environment in recent years have led 
to dilemmas how the economic crisis and austerity on one side and 
digital surveillance on the other affect communication policy and 
communication policy research. What insights can we gain from the media 
situation in different societies dealing with austerity measures and 
struggling in the difficult economic environment, especially as 
technological developments continue to disrupt old business models and 
patterns of audience behavior? What policy challenges are emerging from 
recent surveillance developments, from the revelations of government 
surveillance and increasing use of data by media corporations?

The workshop will focus on the following topics:

§ Regulation between Content and Network: The advent of new technologies 
bring with them dilemmas with the increasing overlap and blurring of 
lines between the provision of content and network services. The roles 
of new intermediaries are being questioned. Other issues for 
presentations might include (but are not limited to) findability of 
public service content, the protection of minors online, net neutrality, 
and the regulation of over the top services. Abstracts addressing this 
topic should either present possible developments of particular areas or 
highlight how specific areas affect other.

§ Policy for the Age of Data: The new digital environment has radically 
transformed notions of privacy and data. Presentations in this area 
might include (but are not limited to): national and EU data protection 
regulation; debates over and reaction to surveillance (by government and 
by industry); business models based on data, consumer knowledge and 
protection.

§ Policy for Media Sustainability: The economic crisis and austerity 
measures taken in many countries have led to increasing challenges in 
terms of keeping media sustainable. The economic threat is further 
enhanced by disruption and new entrants, leading to questions about what 
policy measures are appropriate in this media business environment, and 
how to best protect the public interest. Presentations may include (but 
are not limited to): media policy & austerity; media policy & 
disruption; the future of public service broadcasting; innovation and 
the EU’s Digital Agenda; media literacy and policy for inclusion and growth.

The workshop’s aim is to stimulate reflection and discussion regulation 
and policy in the current media environment. The sessions will thus be 
thematically focused and leave room for discussion and exchange.

Abstracts of no more than 400 words should be submitted in Word-format 
directly to the organizers of the conference by May 15, 2015 (Marko 
Milosavljevic, (marko.milosavljevic /at/ fdv.uni-lj.si)).

Each abstract should address one of the above topics in a sound 
theoretical and methodological manner, include a title as well as the 
name(s), institutional affiliation(s) and e-mail address(es) of the 
author(s). Colleagues will be notified of acceptance by June 30, 2015, 
and registration is required by September 1, 2015. Full papers are due 
no later than October 15, 2015.

More information will be available due time on the ECREA-CLP website: 
https://commlawpolicy.wordpress.com/







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