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

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

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 
onone’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 /at/ uea.ac.uk)* 
<mailto:(s.broughton-micova /at/ 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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