Dear all,

We have extended the deadline for papers for Regulating Digital Media in the Global South: What Are the Challenges?

This two-day international conference, organised by the University of Westminster’s Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI), brings together media academics, media regulators, policy makers and civil society groups to discuss and debate the key challenges facing countries of the global South in regulating digital media in the age of the Internet. The conference will focus on how media regulators, civil society groups, and other public stakeholders can come together to tackle the complexities of digitalization.

The conference will include keynotes by media regulators and academics, plenaries, round tables and workshops led by experts in media regulation.
 

Call For Papers - DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 21st FEBRUARY

The conference invites papers/ interventions that tackle the following key questions:

* What are the main challenges facing global South media regulators in the digital age?
* How can a broader alliance from countries of the global South lead to a stronger regulation of digital media content?
* What unique South-to-South perspectives and contributions to digital media regulation are there?
* What are the challenges for Data/AI governance from a Global South perspective?
* What measures have been taken by media regulators in the global South to tackle the problem of misinformation?
* What research methods are relied upon to examine digital media use in countries of the global South and what ethical issues are raised for researchers and media regulators?
* How does media activism in the global South tackle the question of media regulation?
* How can we regulate digital media content without stifling creativity and freedom of expression?
* What new platforms are emerging from the global South, and how might these challenge present forms of regulation in both the South and the North?
 

Deadline for abstracts

The deadline for abstracts is 21st of February 2024. Successful applicants will be notified early in March 2024. Abstracts should be 300 words. They must include the presenter’s name, affiliation, and email and postal addresses, together with the title of the paper and a 150-word biographical note on the presenter. Please send all these items together in a single Word file, not as pdf, and entitle the file and message with ‘CAMRI 2024’ followed by your surname. Send the file by email to Professor Tarik Sabry: [log in to unmask] and Dr Doug Specht: [log in to unmask]


MORE: https://camri.ac.uk/blog/event/regulating-digital-media-in-the-global-south-what-are-the-challenges/

Best wishes

Doug

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