[Commlist] cfp: Monitoring Mediascapes for Democratic Communication in Europe: Meet the challenges of an election year

*Monitoring Mediascapes for Democratic Communication in Europe:*

*Meet the challenges of an election year***

*Hybrid event. Brussels 15 February 2024*

The EU-funded Mediadelcom project invites you in Brussels on 15 February 
to meet leading researchers, academics and media representatives to 
discuss the future of the media, the need for change, and the role of 
deliberative communication.

More than 60 major elections are scheduled worldwide in 2024, including 
within the European Union. Since there is some argument that democracy 
is at stake, now is an apt moment to focus on deliberative communication 
– a prerequisite of deliberative democracy.

This event marks the conclusion of the 3-year project Mediadelcom - the 
most comprehensive study of its kind done in Europe identifying the 
risks and opportunities for deliberative communication in today's 
polarized Europe.

*Keynote speakers and panelists*:

Zrinjka Peruško, Professor of Media Sociology, Director, Centre for 
Media and Communication Research (CIM), University of Zagreb. Leader of 
Croatian teamofMediadelcom

Marius Dragomir, Director of the Center for Media Data and Society

*Panelists*:

Eric Heinze, Professor of Law and Humanities at Queen Mary University 
and author of /‘//The Most Human Right: Why Free Speech is Everything’/.

Renate Schroeder, Director of the European Federation of Journalists.

Laura Becana Ball, Advocacy and Policy Manager at the Global Forum for 
Media Development (GFMD).

Ioana Avădani, President of the ICJ, Romania, Mediadelcom member

Other Mediadelcom experts tbc

*Location*:

Residence Palace
155, Rue de la Loi, 1040 Bruxelles

*Register to attend*:

In person, please register via this eventbrite page 
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-role-of-media-and-deliberation-tickets-806663581487?aff=oddtdtcreator>

Online/(no registration needed)/–watch onlinehere. 
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*Schedule overview:  09:30 – 17:00*

The event will include two morning panel discussions and an afternoon 
roundtable.

We invite you to attend some or all of the sessions.

Please find the draft schedule*here* 
<https://www.media-diversity.org/invitation-meet-the-challenges-of-an-election-year-the-role-of-the-media-and-deliberation/>


*For further information*: (tanya /at/ media-diversity.org) 
<mailto:(tanya /at/ media-diversity.org)>

*About Mediadelcom*

The project, financed by Horizon 2020 and coordinated by the University 
of Tartu, Estonia, has been examining various aspects of the media in 14 
European countries to determine the risks and opportunities for 
deliberative communication. Mediadelcom argues that European political 
and cultural spaces evolve best if specific policies enhance the 
conditions for deliberative communication. The project has developed a 
methodology to detect the risks and opportunities that determine the 
news media’s ability to provide necessary information, as well as 
influence the electorate’s engagement in deliberative communication. The 
findings highlight areas of concern for media practitioners, policy 
makers and the public. Mediadelcom provides valuable information in the 
context of implementing EU media-targeted regulations, including the 
European Media Freedom Act. The results also tackle some of the major 
challenges facing the media, such as accountability, access to 
information, literacy, polarization. Mediadelcom involves 17 teams 
representing 14 EU countries, from Western as well as Central and 
Eastern Europe.

More information://https://www.mediadelcom.eu <https://www.mediadelcom.eu/>

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