law program across

The Law and Policy Program

Following are all of the law and policy papers in the 2012 IAMCR conference, irrespective of their section or working group homes. Determination of relevance was based on titles. The material is organized chronologically so that you can see what is available for every time slot in the program. Sandra Braman (Chair, Law Section)

Monday, July 16

Monday, July 16, 11:00-12:30

Panel: Audience Studies and Online NewsSponsor: Audience Section Room: MTB C1

Marc Anthony Caldwell (University of Fort Hare, South Africa)"Talking about the Protection of Information Bill: The notion of

conversation in online news forums" Panel: The Mediation of ResistanceSponsor: Communication Policy & TechnologyRoom: SH 6

Susan J. Drucker (Hofstra University, USA)"The square transformed: Public space, contemporary protest and the

communication perspective"

Bart Cammaerts (London School of Economics, UK)"The Copyright Resistance Movement: Speaking for the Spivakean subaltern"

Adelina Mbinjama (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa)"Challenges to the Bill of Rights for cyber-ethics: Social media use within selected

South African NGOs"

Panel: The State of the LawSponsor: LawRoom: MTB 167

An annual panel that presents reports on breaking or important recent developments in communication law and policy from countries around the world.

Yik Chan Chin (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong) - ChinaMurej Mak'Ochieng (Multimedia University College, Kenya) - KenyaAmit Schejter (Pennsylvania State University, USA/Ben Gurion University,

Israel - IsraelDimitris Tsapagos (University of Vienna, Austria) - Austria

Monday, July 16, 11:00-12:30 continued

Panel: The "Arab Spring" and its InspirationsSponsor: Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & SocietyRoom: SH 7

Katie Brown & Diana Betz (University of Michigan, USA)"Anti-Arab humor and support for Arab and minority rights"

Panel: Social Networking, Social Movements & Social ChangeSponsor: Participatory Communications ResearchRoom: SH 14

Pradip Ninan Thomas (University of Queensland, Australia)"Participatory communication and communication rights: Learnings from

social movements"

Panel: Local and Global DynamicsSponsor: Political EconomyRoom: SH 3

Peichi Chung (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)"The regionalization narratives of two Asian cities: Hybrid cultural policy

and creative industry development in Hong Kong and Singapore"

Panel: South-North and East-West: Broadcasting, Democracy and the Public GoodToday and Tomorrow

Sponsor: Post-Socialist and Post-AuthoritarianRoom: MTB C4

Corinna Arndt (University of Oxford, UK)"The politicisation of newsrooms and consequences for organisational culture:

Lessons from the South African Broadcasting Corporation post-apartheid"

Floriana Fossata (University College of London, UK) & Anna Kachkaeva (Higher School of Economics, Russia)

"Public broadcasting in Russia: Utopia or real possibility?"

Lucas Sierra (University of Chile, Chile)"The development of law governing television broadcasting in Chile 1958-2000"

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 2

Monday, July 16, 14:00-15:30

Panel: Mapping the Globe, Mapping the Media: A South-North Conversation on Policy Challenges

Sponsors: Global Media Policy Working Group in cooperation with the Open Society Foundation

Room: ????

Global MediaPolicy.net (McGill)Open Society FoundationUNESCO Media Development Indicators projectInterNews and World Bank media maps

Popular Fictions in Africa and Audience ReceptionAudience Section, Room MTB-C1

Viola Candice Milton (University of South Africa, South Africa)"Twit for tat: Media citizenship, resistance politics and the politics of

representation on the SABC"

Panel: Current Challenges for Privacy, Freedom and Human Rights on Internet)Sponsors: Communication Policy & Technology, LawRoom: SH 6

Dimitris Tsapogas & Katharine Sarikakis (University of Vienna, Austria)"The modernization of the European Privacy and Data Protection policies: Social,

legal and technological challenges"

Adedayo Ladigbolu Abah (Washington and Lee University, USA)"Whose Internet is it anyway? Anonymity and personal privacy rights in online

media"

Vicky Breemen & Joris van Hoboken (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)"Freedom of expression implications of Europe's proposed right to be forgotten"

Joris van Hoboken (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)"Search engines and intermediary liability: A comparison of different approaches

and their implications for the right to freedom of expression"

Slavka Antonova (University of North Dakota, USA)"The Internet and the emerging global community of rights: Exploring the

multistakeholder human rights debate at IGF"



Panel: Social Issues in the Context of the Digital DivideSponsor: Digital DivideRoom: MTB C3

H. Leslie Steeves (University of Oregon, USA)"Technology, gender and education for development: A study of the One Laptop

per Child (OLPC) project in Ghana"

Panel: Competing and Emerging Practices in Multi-Level Media Policy:Challenges and Future Trends

Sponsor: Global Media PolicyRoom: MTB C7

Guillermo Mastrini, Martin Becerra, & Ana Bizberge (Universidade BuenosAires, Argentina)

"Digital terrestrial television in Argentina: Between regional geopolitics and stateinitiative"

Gerard Goggin, Fiona Martin, & Tim Dwyer (University of Sydney, Australia)"South of the West: Mobile Internet and new modes of governance"

Daeho Kim & In0Hee Kim (Inha University, South Korea)"Digital TV transition from the perspective of a public/private partnership"

Can Bilgili (Yeditepe University, Turkey) & Deniz Sezgin (Ankara University, Turkey)

"Does social media influence the authority of the global media industry over regional markets? North-South conversations around global media

policy --Normative standards, strategies and narratives"

Panel: Current Challenges for Privacy, Freedom and Human Rights on theInternet

Sponsors: Law, Communication Policy & TechnologyRoom: MTB 167

Dimitris Tsapogas & Katharine Sarikakis (University of Vienna, Austria)"The modernization of European privacy and data protection policies: Social,

legal, and technological challenges"

Adedayo Ladigbolu Abah (Washington and Lee University, USA)"Whose Internet is it anyway? Anonymity and personal privacy rights in

online media"



Vicky Breemen & Joris van Hoboken (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)"Freedom of expression implications of Europe's proposed right to be forgotten"

Joris van Hoboken (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)"Search engines and intermediary liability: A comparison of different approaches

and their implications for the right to freedom of expression"

Slavka Antonova (University of North Dakota, USA)"The Internet and the emerging community of rights: Exploring the

multistakeholder human rights debate at IGF"

Monday, July 16, 16:00-17:30

Panel: Measuring and Understanding Audiences in a Complex New Landscape: New Methods and Resources

Sponsor: AudienceRoom: MTB C1

Hayes Mabweazara (University College Falmouth, UK)"'Pirate' radio, convergence and reception in Zimbabwe"

Panel: Critical Perspectives on Digital Inclusion and Policy"Sponsor: Communication Policy & TechnologyRoom: SH 6

Thandi Marijke Smith (University of the Witwatrsrand, South Africa)"Universal access or corporate gains? Research the infrastructural implications of

the South African digital migration"

Ilse Martien (sp) & Leo Van Audenhove (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)"Towards a multi-shakeholders approach for digital inclusion: A case study of

Ghent's 'Digitaal.Talent' policy program"

Panel: Academic Production Assessment: Latin-American & European Cross-Fertilizations in Communication and Media Studies

Sponsor: ????Room: ????

Manuel Jose Damasio (Universidade Lusofona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal)

"Regulation, accreditation and academic assessment in Europe: Finding the balance"



Panel: Journalism and News ReportingSponsor: Political EconomyRoom: SH 3

Jacinta Mwende Maweu (University of Nairobi, Kenya/RhodesUniversity, South Africa)

"The freedom to be silent? A case of market censorship muzzling journalisticfreedom through silent policies in corporate media in Kenya"

Panel: Participation and Social MediaSponsor: Political EconomyRoom: SH 13

Michael Serazio (Fairfield University, USA)"Crowd-sourcing consumer governance: Social media marketing and the web 2.0"

Rob Heyman, Ralf De Wolf, & Jo Pierson (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)"Not all privacy settings are created equal: Evaluating social media privacy

settings for personal and advertising purposes"

Panel: The Reconstruction and Revision of Public Service MediaSponsor: Public Service Media PoliciesRoom: MTB C7

Wilson Ombeva Ugangu & Pieter Fourie"Linking normative theory to media policy making: The Kenyan case"

Lenin Rafael Martell"The construction of public radio service in Mexico within neoliberalism: The

problematization of a case study"

Rene Alicia Smith"Public media in developing countries: 'Revisioning' public service broadcasting in

South Africa"


Tuesday, July 17

Tuesday, July 17, 9:00 - 10:30

Panel: Online and Social Media Use: Trends and Adoption PatternsSponsor: ????Room: ????

Manual Jose Damasio, Ines Teixeira Botelho, & Sara Henriques (UHLT, Portugal)"Mobile Internet: Perspectives from the Internet"

Iolanda Figueira Verissimo & Sara Henriques (UHLT, Portugal)"Knowledge, attitudes and expectations of 30 Portuguese families in the context of

the switchover from analogue terrestrial television to digital terrestrial television"

Panel: Mobile Technologies, Practices and PolicySponsor: Communication Policy & TechnologyRoom: SH 6

Gerard Goggin (University of Sydney, Australia)"Mobile media and disability: Communications policy challenges and opportunities"

Panel: Media and Social ChangeSponsor: Gender and CommunicationRoom: SH 10

Slavka Antonova (University of North Dakota, USA)"Gender and multistakeholderism: Women's rights in the global Internet

governance debate"

Claudia Padovani & Elena Pavan (University of Padua, Italy)"The power of norms: The challenge of structuring social change through

supra-national gender-oriented communication governance"

Panel: South-North Conversations around Global Media Policy: NormativeStandards, Strategies and Narratives

Sponsor: Global Media PolicyRoom: MTB C7

Katharine Sarikakis & Sarah Anne Ganter (University of Vienna, Austria)"The policy transfer approach and its place in media governance studies"

Julie Reid (University of South Africa, South Africa)"The battle for freedom of speech and an ethical press goes beyond the question


of strengthening press regulation"Tuesday, July 17, 9:00 - 10:30 continued

Sibongile Sindane (University of South Africa, South Africa)"Renegotiating media freedom: A critical assessment of the ANC's media policy

towards the press in post-independent South Africa"

Panel: Challenges to Freedom of ExpressionSponsor: LawRoom: MBT 167

Anasa D. Sinegal (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA)"Stifling the diversity of voices: Are business privilege licenses and taxes undue

burdens on the homeless press and new media outlets?"

Yik Chan Chin (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)"Defenses of freedom of expression in Chinese right to reputation lawsuits"

Silvio Henrique Vieira Barbosa (Faculty of Casper Libero, Brazil)"Brazilian press and judicial censorship"

Panel: Media Education Policies in Evolution: Shaping the AgendaSponsor: Media Education ResearchRoom: SH 13

Hans Martens (University of Antwerpen, Belgium)"Media literacy in context: Policies, practices, and educational models in Taiwan"

Panel: Religious Dissent: The Media's RoleSponsor: Media, Religion & CultureRoom: MTB C8

Cherian George (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)"Hate spin: Taking offence as a political strategy"

Panel: Understanding Participatory Communication as ProcessSponsor: Participatory Communications ResearchRoom: SH 14

Lynette Fourie"Participatory governance: A participatory communication for social change

perspective"


Tuesday, July 17, 9:00 - 10:30 continued

Panel: Press and Political InfluenceSponsor: Political Communication ResearchRoom: Sh 4

Keval Joseph Kumar (Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad)"Electoral law and political communication in India: Confronting 'corrupt'

practices in the Indian news media"

Panel: Visions and (Di)visions: The Political Economy of Language and MemoriesSponsor: Political EconomyRoom: SH 13

Helena Sousa (University of Minho, Portugal)"Regulating for whom? An analysis of media regulatory entities in Lusophone

countries"

Tuesday, July 17, 11:00-12:30

Panel: Freedom of the Media Plenary PanelSponsors: Global Media Policy, Open Society FoundationRoom:

South African media professionals and legal experts.

Tuesday, July 17, 14:00-15:30

Panel: The Democratic Potential of Cellular TelephonySponsors: MTN Cellular International, convened & chaired by Ruth Teer-Tomaselli

Ayobami Ojebode (University of Ibadan, Nigeria)"Mobile telephony and the democratic process in Nigeria"

Wisdom J. Tetty (University of British Columbia, Canada)"Mobile Telephony and Democracy in Ghana: Interrogating the Changing Ecology of Citizen Engagement and political communication"

Panel: Pushing Back Responsibilization: Security and Privacy in Online SocialNetwork Services

Sponsor: Communication Policy & TechnologyRoom: SH 6

Seda Gurses (KU Leuven, Belgium) & Jo Pierson (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)"Requirements engineering meets social sciences: Re-wiring socio-technical

systems for tackling privacy and responsibilization"


Tuesday, July 17, 14:00-15:30 continued

Ralf De Wolf & Jo Pierson (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)"Privacy beyond the individual: Analyzing group based access control models on

social network sites from a user perspective"

Brendan Van Alsenjoy (KU Leuven, Belgium)"A hedge between keeps friendship green . . . Should data protection legislation

apply to private individuals online?"

Mathias Vermeulen (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium)"Mind the gap? European law vs. self-regulation efforts to protect privacy in

social networks"

Panel: Journalism & ICTsSponsor: Communication Policy & TechnologyRoom: SH 11

Loreto Corredoira Alfonso (University Complutense of Madrid, Spain)"Participatory journalism and copyright: Policies that regulate user-generated

content by news media companies"

Joan Ramon Rodriguez-Amat & Katherine Sarikakis (University of Vienna, Austria)"I am your father: Crossmedia authorship and intellectual property"

Panel: Critical Resources for Community and Citizen MediaSponsor: Crisis CommunicationRoom: SH 2

Amparo Cadavid"The use of EGov platforms in marginalized communities"

Panel: Research on Contemporary Global Media IssuesSponsor: International CommunicationRoom: SH 12

Inaki Zabaleta, Arantza Gutierrez, Carme Ferre Pavia, Nikolas Xamardo, Itxaso Fernandez, & Santi Urrutia (Basque Country University, Autonomous

University of Barcelona, Spain)"The funding systems of European minotiry language media: Differences and

commonalities crossed by permanent uncertainty and current crisis"

Karen Arriaza Ibarra (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)"The evolution of public broadcasters in Europe, from public service media

institutions to public value structure organizations: The analysis of


six European countries"Tuesday, July 17, 14:00-15:30 continued

Panel: The Political Economy of Media Law & PolicySponsor: LawRoom: MBT 167

Amit Schejter (Pennsylvania State University, USA; Ben Gurion University,Israel)

"'A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them': Media and telecommunications ownership trends in Israel 1984-2008"

Sara Bannerman (McMaster University, Canada)"WIPO and African countries in historical context"

Nikhil Moro (University of North Texas, USA) & Debashis "Deb" Aikat (Universityof Noerth Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA)

"Digital rights management and corporate hegemony: A legal analysis"

Panel: The Critique of Participatory Communications in AfricaSponsor: Participatory Communications ResearchRoom: SH 14

Ogu Sunday Enemaku"Application of participatory communication principles for promotion of

biosecurity and prevention of conflict by the FAO in Nigeria, 2009-2010"

Panel: Public Service Media: Principles of Access and Participation, from Discourseto Practice

Sponsor: Public Service Media PoliciesRoom: MTB C7

Inta Brikse & Ilva Brikse (Latvia)"A sense of national identity: Discourse analysis of national public service

regulation acts"

Bouziane Zaid (Morocco)"The principles of access and participation in Moroccan public service television"

Winston Mano (University of Westminster, UK)"Public service broadcast scheduling in Africa in the digital age: Continuity and

chang


Tuesday, July 17, 16:00-17:30

Panel: Critical Perspectives on Digital Inclusion and PracticesSponsor: Communication Policy & TechnologyRoom: SH 11

Seeta Pena (sp) Gangadharan (Yale University, USA)"Digital inclusion and online surveillance"

Panel: Digital divide: Experiences and parallelsSponsor: Digital DivideRoom: MTB C3

Niall McNulty (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)"Local users, local language and local content: The case of the

eThekwini Municpality's Ulwazi Programme"

Liangwen Kuo (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)"Encountering the digital divide: Consuming piracy -- Mobile phones in a

Miao ethnic village in China"

Panel: Nation State/Locality/Political CommunicationSponsor: Emerging Scholars NetworkRoom: MTB C2

Basil Nchimunya Hamusokwe (MISA, Zimbabwe)"Political advertising: A challenge to democracy"

Panel: Mapping Global Media Policy: Future ScenariosSponsor: Global Media PolicyRoom: MTB C7

Discussion of the Mapping Global Media Policy project by:Arne Hintz (McGill University, Canada)Claudia Padovani (University of Padua, Italy)Gerard Goggin (University of Sydney, Australia)Daeho Kim (Inha University, South Korea)

Panel: Media and the Stereotyping Image of MuslimsSponsor: Islam and MediaRoom: MTB C6

Ashiya Osman Abdool-Satar (University of South Africa, South Africa)"Challenging stereotypes: Sensitizing the media to fair depiction of Muslims"


Tuesday, July 17, 16:00-17:30 continued

Panel: Law-Society InteractionsSponsor: LawRoom: MTB 167

Peter Lunt (University of Leicester, UK) & Sonia Livingstone (London School of Economics, UK)

"Media regulators as institutions in the public sphere: The case of the UKregulator Ofcom"

Dan Arav & David Gurevitz (College of Management Studies, Israel)"Judicial procedure in 'State of Exception' TV"

Murej Mak'Ochieng (Multimedia University College, Kenya)"Media self-regulation in Kenya: Lessons from the work of the Complaints

Commission of the Media Council of Kenya"

Kaarle Nordenstreng (University of Tampere, Finland)"What has the information society done to the law?" (???? correction in email?)

Wednesday, July 18

Wednesday, July 18, 9:00 - 10:30

Panel: Dark Side of the Information SocietySponsor: Communication Policy & TechnologyRoom: SH 6

Meryem Marzouki (University of Paris/CNRS, France)"Migrants under control: Foreign bodies on the (smart) border"

Panel: Applied Crisis CommunicationSponsor: Crisis CommunicationRoom: MTB C5

Na Liu (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)"One crisis, three transcripts: Public, media and official discourses in Wenzhou

Train accident in China"


Wednesday, July 18, 9:00 - 10:30 continued

Panel: Professionalism Journalism: Freedom, Democracy & Harsh RealitySponsor: Journalism Research and EducationRoom: SH 17

Katrin Voltmer (Leeds University, UK)"Domesticating press freedom: Journalists' interpretations of press

freedoms in eight new democracies"

Eric Freedman (Michigan State University, USA) & Richard Shafer (Universityof North Dakota, USA)

"Challenges facing press freedom in the Baltics: Two decades after independence"

Panel: Legal HistorySponsor: LawRoom: MBT 167

Thomas Wiedemann (Ludwig-Maximilians University, Germany)"Catholic journalism in the Third Reich: The case of Walter Hagemann"

Fernando Oliveira Paulino & Pedro Henrique Ramalho Gomes (Universityof Brasilia, Brazil)

"Law and the right to communicate: The history of normative judicialstandards in Brazil"

Lyombe Eko (University of Iowa, USA)"The regulatory and cultural media history of the Arab Spring"

Panel: Changes in Media and SportSponsor: Media and SportRoom: MBT 200

Misun Bong, Eun-Kyong Han, Ha-Ni Lee & Si Joung Kwon (Sung Kyun Kwan University, Korea)

"A study on the paradigm shift of the sports broadcasting right: Focusing on the'commercialization' and 'the universal access right' for sports"

Panel: ICT, Social Networks and Impacts on Media Literacy and the LearningProcess

Sponsor: Media Education Research Room: SH 13

Sara Pereira & Ana Meiro (University of Minho, Portugal)"The (non)place of digital literacy in the technologies policies for primary school


in Portugal: The voices of public and private agents"Wednesday, July 18, 9:00 - 10:30 continued

Panel: Political Communication Confronting the Economic CrisisSponsor: Political Communication ResearchRoom: SH 4

Karen Arriaza Ibarra (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) & LarsNord (Mid-Sweden University, Sweden)

"Public service under pressure: Government media policies and the economiccrisis in Northern and Southern Europe"

Panel: Identifying and Exploring ModelsSponsor: Political EconomyRoom: SH 3

Henry James Silke & Paschal Preston (Dublin City University, Ireland)"Contradictions of neo-liberal discourse and policy practices in times of crisis:The case of NAMA"

Padmaja Shaw (Osmania University, India)"The moral economy of public broadcasting in post-liberalisation India"

Panel: Partnerships of Public, Commercial and Civil ActorsSponsor: Public Service Media PoliciesRoom: MTB C7

Esteve Olle Sanz & Maria Luengo"Public, commercial and civil television in the new media landscape"

Karen Arriaza Ibarra (Complutense University, Spain)"Defining the scope and intensity of partnerships as a means of fulfilling the public

service media (PSM) mission in Southern Europe: Have all the policies beenpositive?"

Wednesday, July 18, 14:00-15:30

Panel: Theorising Participatory CommunicationSponsor: Participatory Communications ResearchRoom: SH 14

Vipul Mudgal"Participatory policy and pre-legislative transparency as processes of

communication: A strong case for North-South dialogue for deepeningdemocracy"


Wednesday, July 18, 14:00-15:30 continued

Temba Sipho Msailela"Between anguished silences of pretence protest and conversations of principled

planning"

Wednesday, July 18, 16:00-17:30

Panel: Internet GovernanceSponsors: APA/SOASRoom: SH1

Invited panel

Panel: Current Challenges for Internet Policy and InfrastructureSponsors: Law, Communication Policy & TechnologyRoom: SH 6

Dong-Hee Shin (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea)"Network neutrality in Korea"

Fabio B. Josgrilberg (Universidade Metodista de Sao Paulo, Brazil), Leandro Carrera (LSE), Camila Franciscan (U. Metodista) & Jamile Bittar (U. Metodista)

"Communication, Internet and open government: A comparative analysis ofmunicipalities in Brazil"

Panel: Current Challenges for Media PolicySponsor: Communication Policy & TechnologyRoom: SH 6

Gwang James Han (Chung Buk National University, korea)"Media transformation in Korea and the US: Implications for public policy"

Mohammadu Careem Rasmin (Sri Lankan Development Journalist Forum, Sri Lanka)"How the media policy has become a matter in conflict and post-conflict periods:

The experience of Sri Lanka"

Kate Coyer (Central European University, Hungary)"Policy, politics and academic research: The contested environment for studying

Hungary's new media laws"

Chris Armstrong (University of the Witwatrsrand, South Africa)"Policy gaps confuse South Africa's community TV sector"


Wednesday, July 18, 16:00-17:30 continued

Panel: Community Media Policy: Innovations, Challenges and ActivismSponsor: Communication Policy & TechnologyRoom: SH 2

Francisco Juan Godienz Galay (Centro de Producciones Radiofonicas, Argentina)"Argentina Law of Communication Services and community media"

Gabriel Kaplun (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay)"Medios communitarios, legalizacion y participacion ciudadana: Avances y

debilidades de un proceso en marcha"

Lisa Jane Walter (University of Canberra, Australi)"Don't cut off our tongues: Yolngu voices in news media and policymaking"

Panel: Professional Journalism: Languages, Discourses & News CoverageSponsor: Journalism Research and EducationRoom: SH 5

Abiodun Salawu (Fort Hare University, South Africa)"Indigenous language media, language politics and democracy in Africa"

Panel: Current Challenges for Internet Policy and InfrastructureSponsors: Law, Communication Policy and TechnologyRoom: SH 6

Dong-Hee Shin (SUngkyunkwan University, South Korea)"Network neutrality in Korea"

Fabio B. Josgrilberg (Methodist University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Leandro Carrera (London School of Economics, UK), Camiliar Franciscon (Methodist

University) & Jamile Bittar (Methodist University)"Communications, Internet and open government: A comparatie analysis of

municipalities in Brazil"

Panel: Media Self-regulation and the StateSponsor: Political EconomyRoom: SH 3

Svetlana Kulikova (Georgia State University, USA)"State ownership vs. independent editorial policy in sovereign Russian

democracy: The case of Echo of Moscow Radio"

Tewodros W. Workneh (University of Oregon, USA) & Ridwan B. Raju (Semera


University, Ethiopia)Wednesday, July 18, 16:00-17:30 continued

"Teasing the IMF: State monopoly of telecommunications in Ethiopia and the liberalization creed"

Jane Duncan (Rhodes University, South Africa)"The political economy of press self-regulation: The case of South Africa"

Thursday, July 19

Thursday, July 19, 9:00-10:30

Panel: Gender, Human Rights and MediaSponsor: Gender and CommunicationRoom: SH 10

Carol Azungi Dralega (Western Norway Research Institute, Norway)"Communicating international law at the grassroots: Dividends and challenges

of a gendered media strategy in Uganda"

Panel: Strategic Planning SessionSponsors: Global Media Policy, Task Force on Communication Policy, Communication

Policy & Technology, LawRoom: MTB C7

Discussion of IAMCR and IAMCR member participation in international and globalpolicy-making processes and other matters of shared concern to those across theassociation interested in legal, regulatory, and policy matters of all kinds.

Panel: Generic Studies of Journalism: Policies, Journalistic Tools & MediaCriticism

Sponsor: Journalism Research and EducationRoom: SH 5

Halliki Harro-Loit (Tartu University, Estonia)"The complexity of media policy instruments governing the journalisticprofession: A case study of Estonia"

Annina Stoffel (Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland)"Media Criticism: A powerful self-regulation tool or just a journalistic side

product?"


Thursday, July 19, 9:00-10:30 continued

Panel: Communication Policies and the Public SphereSponsor: Political EconomyRoom: SH 3

Rodrigo Gomez (Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico)"Digital terrestrial television policies in Mexico: The telecomm wars"

Abdur Razzaque Khan (University of Chittagong, Bangladesh/University ofHong Kong, Hong Kong)

"The political economy of private television channel ownership in Bangladesh"

Jose Vicente Garcia Santamaria & Raul Magallon Rosa (Carlos III University, Spain)"The Spanish media walk to the duopoly informative"

Michael Tracey (University of Colorado-Boulder, USA) & Cinzia Padovani (SouthernIllinois University, USA)

"' . . . this strange disease of modern life . . . ': The concept of public value and the triumph of materialist modernity"

Slavko Alojzij Splichal (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)"The 'marketplace' metaphor and marketization of the public sphere"


Panel: Institutions and Agenda Setting in HIV/AIDS and Health Communication: From the Grassroots to International Levels

Sponsors: Communication & HIV, Health Communication & ChangeRoom: SH 16

Cecilia Karolina Strand (Uppsala University, Sweden)"Local agenda building effort on sexual minority health rights: A study of

international actors' agenda setting influence on domestic coverage in Uganda"

Panel: Journalism, Media, and Media PoliciesSponsor: Emerging Scholars NetworkRoom: MTB C2

Simon Thibault (Universite Laval/Universite Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III, France)"'Incendiary media' in Bosnia-Herzogovina and Kosovo: A new look at the

debate regarding the regulation of the press in fragile states"


Thursday, July 19, 11:00-12:30 continued

Isaack Themba Mngni (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)"The making of media policy in South Africa prior and post independence: A

critical analysos of the Informtion Bill"

Panel: Managing the Communication of Government PoliciesSponsor: Political Communication ResearchRoom: SH 4

Rofhiwa Felicia Mukhudwana (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)"The uniqueness of government communication: Investigating communication

management of government departments in the KwaZulu-Natal metropolitan area"

Kerry McCallum (University of Canberra, Australia)"The mediatization of indigenous policy-making in Australia"

Panel: Poster SessionSponsor: Political CommunicationRoom: ????

Alessandra Alde & Joao Guilherme Santos (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

"Public petitions and online battles in Brazil"

Panel: Media Policy and RegulationSponsor: Political EconomyRoom: SH 3

Edgard Reboucas (Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil)"The rhetorical strategy of media 'owners' as a shield against social debate on

sector regulation"

Matthias Niedenfuehr (University of Tuebingen, Germany/Peking University,China)

"The tug-of-war between regulatory interventions and market demands in theChinese television industry"

Guillermo Mastrini, Martin Becerra, & Santiago Marino (Universidad Nacional de Quimes, Argentina)

"Media law in Argentina: New democratic regulation ways for communication"

Sarah Helen Chiumbu (Universit of the Witswatersrand, South Africa)"Knowledge and ideas in a context of power: Rethinking media policy and reform


in southern Africa"Thursday, July 19, 11:00-12:30 continued

Victor Pickard (University of Pennsylvania, USA)"The postwar struggle for regulatory power and the triumph of market

libertarianism in US media policy"


Panel: Construction and Reception of Health NewsSponsors: Communication & HIV, Health Communication & ChangeRoom: SH 16

Kerry McCallum (University of Canberra, Australia)"Distant and intimate conversations: Media and indigenous health

policy in Australia"


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