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The OpenNet Initiative is holding its first public conference to discuss the current state of play of Internet filtering worldwide. The conference will be hosted by the Oxford Internet Institute and held at St. Anne's College, University of Oxford on May 18, 2007. The conference is free of charge and open to the public.
'''Media Re:public Assessing the State of Participatory Media
March 27-28 2008
Annenberg School for Communication, USC
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Results from the first global study of Internet filtering carried out by the OpenNet Initiative will be on the table for a day of discussion involving ICT development experts, speech and human rights advocates, journalists and bloggers, international laywers and scholars, and others interested in state responses to online information flows. We hope you will join us in exploring interpretations and implications of our data and helping to shape the OpenNet Initiative’s evolving research agenda.


The day will conclude with a debate hosted by the Oxford Union - Resolved: the Internet is the greatest force for democracy around the world.
Berkman’s Media Re:public project, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, is undertaking an assessment of the state of the field of participatory media within the overall news and information environment. The research initiative will examine historical developments from a forward-looking perspective, with the goal of informing future research, policy-making and other interventions. Based on input from a diverse group of media practitioners, scholars and non-profit actors, Media Re:public will develop:
•    a typology of participatory media forms, from new entities large and small to the expanding range of projects within traditional news media entities;
•    case studies of representative projects, to explore the utility of the framework;
•    an “issues map” of cross-cutting questions aimed at informing future research; and
•    an initial assessment of methods to measure and visualize the impact(s) of participatory media.


 
The March 27-28 forum at the USC Annenberg School for Communication will bring together journalists and executives from both traditional and new media together with academic and other researchers to give feedback on the research in progress and discuss possible collaborative projects going forward. The forum opens on the evening of Thursday, March 27th with a talk and a reception for all participants and continues all day Friday, March 28th. Presentations and breakout groups on issues ranging from international context to diversity to defining success and measuring impact will be designed to stimulate active discussion and participation. Participants will be invited to propose themes for additional small group discussions.
Access the conference's question tool to submit questions (and vote on questions that have already been submitted) for discussion at the conference.




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The OpenNet Initiative is a partnership between the Citizen Lab at the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, the Advanced Network Research Group at the Cambridge Security Programme at Cambridge University, and the Oxford Internet Institute at the University of Oxford.

Revision as of 16:59, 11 February 2008

Media Re:public Assessing the State of Participatory Media March 27-28 2008 Annenberg School for Communication, USC


Berkman’s Media Re:public project, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, is undertaking an assessment of the state of the field of participatory media within the overall news and information environment. The research initiative will examine historical developments from a forward-looking perspective, with the goal of informing future research, policy-making and other interventions. Based on input from a diverse group of media practitioners, scholars and non-profit actors, Media Re:public will develop: • a typology of participatory media forms, from new entities large and small to the expanding range of projects within traditional news media entities; • case studies of representative projects, to explore the utility of the framework; • an “issues map” of cross-cutting questions aimed at informing future research; and • an initial assessment of methods to measure and visualize the impact(s) of participatory media.

The March 27-28 forum at the USC Annenberg School for Communication will bring together journalists and executives from both traditional and new media together with academic and other researchers to give feedback on the research in progress and discuss possible collaborative projects going forward. The forum opens on the evening of Thursday, March 27th with a talk and a reception for all participants and continues all day Friday, March 28th. Presentations and breakout groups on issues ranging from international context to diversity to defining success and measuring impact will be designed to stimulate active discussion and participation. Participants will be invited to propose themes for additional small group discussions.


Click the links below for more information on the conference and to register:

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