[Commlist] Call for Applications: 2020 Global Media Policy Summer Institute in Oxford

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*Global Media Policy Summer Institute in Oxford (3-14 August 2020)*



*DEBATE, LEARN, DISCUSS* *TECH* *&* *MEDIA* *POLICY*

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The internet and other new technologies are rapidly and irreversibly 
changing global media environments presenting enormous challenges for 
building policies that both understand the scope of new technologies 
like artificial intelligence, biometrics, and social media, and can 
adequately protect the rights of the media and people using them. With 
the arrival of Europe’s new General Data Protection Regulation and 
social media giants like Facebook and Google being brought to testify 
before Congress in the Unites States, the last year has shown just how 
urgent it is to make sense of how our online media lives should and 
should not be governed. /Previous/ /themes/ /included/: internet 
shutdowns, algorithmic bias and inequality, innovative efforts to 
connect the unconnected, biometric technology, extreme speech online.


*THE* *PROGRAMME*


Celebrating 20 years, the Media Policy Summer Institute has brought 
together top early career scholars (including advanced PhD students, 
post-docs and lecturers), media lawyers and regulators, human rights 
activists, and policy makers from countries around the world to discuss 
the effects of technology, media, and policy from a global and 
multi-disciplinary perspective. Participants take part in an intensive 
and inter-disciplinary two-week program in Oxford that blends expert 
instruction with participatory activity, group work, and discussion. 
With 30 participants each year, hailing from more than 20 countries, the 
Media Policy Summer Institute has long offered participants unrivalled 
exposure to the diverse experiences of its global participants as well 
as a uniquely informed comparative view of their different media and 
digital environments. The Institute’s alumni are an exceptional and 
vibrant group who stay engaged and collaborate well past the end of the 
2-week Summer Institute through the active alumni network. Many go on to 
become leaders at top government agencies, corporations, non-profits, 
and academic institutions around the world.


*IN* *OXFORD: 3-14 August 2020*


Enjoy a full immersion in the academic environment of the oldest 
university in the English-speaking world, in the company of colleagues 
and experts from around the world!

This year, Summer Institute participants will be able to stay at the 
beautiful St. Catherine’s College 
<https://www.stcatz.ox.ac.uk/about-us/> Oxford, known for it’s beautiful 
water gardens, modern facilities, and quiet atmosphere. It’s also 
conveniently located just around the corner from Manor Road Building 
<https://www.manor-road.ox.ac.uk/> where classes will be held.


Just like last year, we are fortunate to be hosting this year’s Summer 
Institute in partnership with the Annenberg School for Communication 
<https://www.asc.upenn.edu/> at the University of Pennsylvania and the 
University of Johannesburg <https://www.uj.ac.za/Pages/default.aspx>, 
Department of Journalism, Film and Television Academic, brings 
world-class expertise in the role of the media in contemporary society, 
while UJ brings a crucial grounding in the implications of media and new 
technologies in an African contexts. Together with our expertise in law 
and policy at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies here in Oxford, this 
collaboration affords Summer Institute participants an unrivaled breadth 
and depth of expertise and training.


*APPLY!*

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*COMPLETE THE APPLICATION FORM FOR THE 2020 INSTITUTE HERE* 
<https://form.jotform.com/200133313119337>*. *

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Early decision deadline: 20 March, 2020

Regular decision deadline: 20 April, 2020


To help you in your application process, we have put together some of 
the most Frequently Asked Questions 
<https://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/oxford-media-policy-summer-institute/summer-institute-frequently-asked-questions/>about 
the application process. If you still have additional questions, feel 
free to contact us at: (pcmlp /at/ csls.ox.ac.uk) <mailto:(pcmlp /at/ csls.ox.ac.uk)>


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