The Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute is now accepting applications for the July 30-August 10 program.  Here is a link to the application form. 

 

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The Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and the Programme for Comparative Media Law and Policy at the University of Oxford are pleased to invite applications to the 20th annual Annenberg-Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute, to be held from Monday, July 30 to Friday, August 10, 2018 at the University of Oxford.

For twenty years, the Institute has brought together top early career communications scholars, media lawyers and regulators, human rights activists, and policymakers from countries around the world to discuss the effects of technology, media, and policy from a global and multidisciplinary perspective. The Summer Institute provides participants with an intensive two week curriculum that combines expert instruction from media policymakers and scholars with hands-on activities such as stakeholder mapping, policy analysis, group case studies, and participant presentations.

The 2018 Annenberg-Oxford Summer Institute seeks applicants whose research or work is broadly related to the the role of the media in society and politics. Past applicants have had specific interests in the relationship between international norms and national jurisdictions, online censorship and surveillance, media ownership, misinformation online, media activism and political change, the impact of social media on the public sphere, the role of corporations in media governance, strategic communications and propaganda, access to information, online extremism and hate speech, net neutrality, and internet governance- amongst other topics. Applications are encouraged from students studying communication, sociology, political science, international relations, information studies, and related disciplines. Practitioners working in media, law, policy, regulation, and technology are also encouraged to apply.

The Institute endeavors to broaden and expand the pool of talented young scholars engaged in media studies and to connect these individuals to elite scholars and practitioners from around the world. The main goals of the program are to facilitate interdisciplinary dialogue and build spaces for collaboration between scholars, policymakers, and practitioners. The Institute’s alumni are a vibrant group who continue to engage in the program, collaborate through network ties, and have become leaders at the top national and international nonprofits, advocacy organizations, government agencies, corporations, and academic institutions. Past institutes have included participants from India, Kenya, Brazil, the Philippines, Jordan, Turkey, Pakistan, China, Italy, Israel, Colombia, Iran, Myanmar, South Sudan, Nigeria, and many other countries. 

The application for the 2018 Summer Institute is now open and availablehere. The deadline for all applications is Monday April 16, 2018 at 5:00 PM EST. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis before the deadline, so please submit as soon as possible. Several partial scholarships are available to top applicants. 

To learn more and apply, please visit: http://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/global-network/annenberg-oxford-media-policy-summer-institute/