[ecrea] 2012 Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute: Call for Applications

*2012 Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute: Call for Applications*

The Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for
Communication, University of Pennsylvania and the Programme of
Communication Law and Policy at the University of Oxford (PCMLP) are
pleased to announce that we are currently accepting applications for the
14th annual Media Policy Summer School, to be held from June 18 - 29,
2012 at the University of Oxford.

The annual summer institute brings together young scholars and
regulators to discuss important recent trends in technology,
international politics and development and its influence on media
policy. Participants come from around the world; countries represented
at previous summer institutes include Thailand, Kenya, China, Brazil,
Egypt, Nigeria, Jordan, Italy and Bosnia, among others.

This year the summer institute seeks, as part of the cohort, researchers
and academics (PhD candidates and early career academics, for example),
who will come with a research project related to the general subject of
the seminar. Research generally related to the work of the Center for
Global Communication Studies and the Programme for Comparative Media Law
and Policy is especially welcome, and some participants will be asked to
present their research. Applications are also welcome from those working
as lawyers and those employed by NGOs, government bodies, and regulatory
agencies.

The seminars this year will focus on several key areas, including media
governance in India and China and strategic communication in conflict
and post-conflict and transitional environments, particularly in the
Middle East and Africa. At the same time, the successful curriculum that
has been the foundation of the program over the years will continue,
with sessions covering global media policy issues such as media and
economic/social development, freedom of information, internet regulation
and convergence. Part of the course will be devoted to new developments
in comparative approaches to regulation, looking at Ofcom in the UK and
other agencies, including examples from the Middle East, Africa and Asia.

The seminar brings together a wide range of participants from around the
globe and provides them with an environment in which significant policy
issues are seriously discussed. The richness of the experience comes
from exposure to a variety of speakers and from the discussions among
participants themselves.

This year, Internews Network will again be offering twelve Media Policy
Fellowships that cover tuition, housing, travel, and per diem for
exceptional applicants who are engaged in research on media advocacy,
reform, and implementation in post-conflict societies. For more
information about the Internews Fellowships, please contact CGCS at
(lsh /at/ asc.upenn.edu)  .

Applications for the 2012 program will be accepted via our online
application form on a rolling basis through *March 31, 2012*.  Please
feel free to forward this email to anyone who you think might be interested.

*For more information about the program, application instructions, and a
link to the online application* please see
http://global.asc.upenn.edu/cgi-bin/projects-partner.cgi?id=98

If you need any further information please do not hesitate to contact us
(atlsh /at/ asc.upenn.edu)  <mailto:(lsh /at/ asc.upenn.edu)>.

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Laura Schwartz-Henderson

Project Coordinator

Center for Global Communication Studies

Annenberg School for Communication

University of Pennsylvania

(lsh /at/ asc.upenn.edu)  <mailto:(lsh /at/ asc.upenn.edu)>

Tel: 215 898 9727

Fax: 215 573 2609


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