Announcement: Sessions at the IAMCR Conference Istanbul

The Global Media Policy Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) is announcing its program for this year's IAMCR conference in Istanbul, 13-17 July:

 IAMCR 2011, Istanbul: "Cities, Creativity, Connectivity"
Global Media Policy Working Group Program

Session 1
"Glocal" Media Policy 3C: Creativity, Connectivity and Comparative approaches
July 14, 11.00-12.30, Room D.100
Chair: Claudia Padovani
 
Bilge Yesil
Turkey's Internet Regulatory Regime: Exploring the Tensions between Global Communications and State Control

S M Shameem Reza
From Rhetoric to Policy Actions: Challenges to a Comprehensive Broadcasting Policy in Bangladesh

Bonnie Peng
Media's Co-Regulation System in Taiwan

Daeho Kim
Consumer Electronics Firm's Role in the Global Digital TV Transition Policy

Seong Choul Hong
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Predictor Variables for Media Content Regulations

Session 2
Mapping Global Media Policy. Interactive session on data collection, maps elaboration, scenarios of use and future developments
July 14, 14.30-16.00, Room D.100
Chair: Marc Raboy

Arne Hintz
Mapping Global Media Policy: Achievements and Lessons learned

Claudia Padovani
GMP Platform as a tool for education: Mapping Gender and Communication Governance between national and global

Christian Potschka
GMP Platform as a resource for research: Financing Public Service Broadcasting (comparing Germany and UK)

Basyouni Hamada
Fostering scholarly cooperation: Towards a joint effort on Communication and Policy Change in North Africa and the Middle East 

Session 3
Business meeting: Discussion on future plans for the Working group
Date and time to be confirmed, Room D.100
Chair: Claudia Padovani