[ecrea] Media policy conference at UC Santa Barbara

The Carsey-Wolf Center's Media Industries Project is hosting 
a conference, /Dirty Sexy Policy/, featuring conversations about media 
policy in the digital age. This *free* and open-to-the-public event at 
the University of California, Santa Barbara will bring together 
scholars, journalists, attorneys, regulators, and activists to discuss 
the regulation of obscenity, indecency, and broadband infrastructure. 
The full schedule for the conference is below.

/Dirty Sexy Policy/ has been organized around a moderated 
question-and-answer format, and it will feature two incredible keynote 
speakers at the Pollock Theater on the UCSB campus: former FCC 
Commissioner Nicholas Johnson on *Thursday, 2/20 at 5 p.m.*, and Des 
Freedman of Goldsmiths in London on *Friday, 2/21 at 9:30 a.m.* More 
information about all conference participants and a link to register to 
attend the free conference may be found on our website: 
http://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/mip/article/dsp.

We hope you will be able to join us! Feel free to share with your 
students and anyone else who may be interested to attend.

Sincerely,

Constance Penley, Professor of Film and Media Studies and Co-Director of 
the Carsey-Wolf Center, UC Santa Barbara

Jennifer Holt, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies and 
Director of the Media Industries Project, UC Santa Barbara

Karen Petruska, Project Lead of the Connected Viewing Initiative, UC 
Santa Barbara


/*Schedule of Events:* /

_Thursday, February 20_

5:00pm-6:30pm -- Keynote Address by Nicholas Johnson, former FCC 
Commissioner


_Friday, February 21_

9:30am-11am -- Keynote Address by Des Freedman, author of /The Politics 
of Media Policy/ and /Misunderstanding the Internet/


11:15am-12:45pm -- Obscenity and Indecency

Panelists:
Peter Alilunas, University of Michigan
Paul J. Cambria, Jr., Partner, Lipsitz Green Scime Cambria LLP
Cynthia Chris, College of Staten Island, CUNY
Jeffrey J. Douglas, Board Chairman, Free Speech Coalition
Diane Duke, Executive Director, Free Speech Coalition


2:30pm-4:00pm -- The Politics of Infrastructure

Panelists:
Harold Feld, Public Knowledge
Zachary Katz, University of Southern California
Danny Kimball, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Becky Lentz, McGill University
Victor Pickard, University of Pennsylvania
Sharon Strover, University of Texas at Austin


4:15pm-5:45pm -- Content and Conduits

Panelists:
Bill Kirkpatrick, Denison University
Philip Napoli, Rutgers University
Jaclyn Selby, University of Southern California
Thomas Streeter, University of Vermont
Jacob Sullum, Journalist
Stephen Yagielowicz,/ XBiz World/



--
Karen Petruska, Ph.D.
Project Lead, Connected Viewing Initiative
Media Industries Project, Carsey-Wolf Center
4439 Social Sciences & Media Studies Bldg (SSMS)
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4020
Ph: 805-893-2631
(petruska /at/ carseywolf.ucsb.edu) <mailto:(petruska /at/ carseywolf.ucsb.edu)>
http://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu <http://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/>