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 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 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 at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Johannesburg, 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!
Complete the application form for the 2020 Institute here.
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
about the application process. If you still have additional questions, feel
free to contact us at: pcmlp@csls.ox.ac.uk
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