Arne Hintz: Generating Media Change: From Advocacy to Policy Hacking
23 October 2013, 02:00pm
University of Westminster, Harrow Campus (tube station: Northwick Park)
Room A7.03
Registration at latest until Oct 20, per email to [log in to unmask]
Abstract:
Trends like media ownership concentration, privacy invasions and
internet surveillance have increasingly mobilised concerned citizens and
civil society groups. Efforts to reform the media and communications
environment have ranged from policy campaigns to the practical
development of technological alternatives. Moving beyond classic
advocacy, some groups have started to write new policy proposals and
engage in citizen-based law-making. From Iceland to Germany to
Argentina, they have developed and assembled new legal frameworks, and
through ‘policy hackathons’ they have analysed and improved policy. Arne
Hintz will discuss these forms of ‘policy hacking’ and will explore
their implications for media activism, policy change, and democratic
engagement.
Arne Hintz is Lecturer at the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural
Studies at Cardiff University, UK. He has previously worked at McGill
University in Montreal and Central European University in Budapest. His
research connects communication policy, media activism, citizen media,
and technological change. He is Chair of the Community Communication
Section, and Vice-Chair of the Global Media Policy Working Group, of the
International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR).
He has a practical background as journalist, media activist, and
communication rights advocate. His publications include the book ‘Civil
Society Media and Global Governance’ (Lit, 2009) and the co-edited
volume ‘Beyond WikiLeaks: Implications for the Future of Communications,
Journalism, and Society’ (Palgrave 2013).
-------------------------------------------------
MeCCSA Policy mailing list
W: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa-policy.html
Please visit this page to browse list's archives, or to join or leave the list.
|