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CMDS Held its VOX-Pol Summer Course on Topics in Violent Online Political Extremism

August 3, 2016

This year, CMDS hosted the 2nd VOX-Pol summer course entitled „Topics in Violent Online Political Extremism”, which was held at CEU July 4-8, 2016 and was attended by 25 participants from 19 countries across the globe.

Job Opportunity for a Policy and Communication Analyst with the Ranking Digital Rights Project to be Based at CMDS

July 13, 2016

Ranking Digital Rights (RDR), a nonprofit human rights and corporate accountability project based at New America’s Open Technology Institute, seeks a fulltime Policy and Communications Analyst responsible for policy analysis, public promotion, and stakeholder engagement to maximize the policy impact and stakeholder adoption of RDR’s Corporate Accountability Index. The position will be based at Budapest, Hungary at the offices of RDR’s partner organization, the Center for Media, Data and Society at the School of Public Policy of Central European University.

Marius Dragomir Appointed Director of the Center for Media, Data and Society

July 1, 2016

The Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) at the School of Public Policy of Central European University is delighted to announce the appointment of Marius Dragomir as Center Director.

CMDS Media Specialists Train Representatives of Press Councils of Southeast Europe and Turkey on Online Media Ethics

June 21, 2016

Representatives of the press councils from Southeast Europe and Turkey gathered in Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 9-10, 2016 to explore the legal and ethical complexities of journalism and public-interest reporting in the digital age. The two-day training seminar was hosted by the Press Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as part of the UNESCO EU-funded Project “Building Trust in Media in South East Europe and Turkey”.

How Can Drones Help Civil Society?

June 15, 2016

CMDS and Atlatszo.hu co-organized a two-day conference on May 9-10, 2016 entitled “Open Skies, Open Societies: How Civil Society Can Use New Technology for Social Change”, hosted by CMDS and supported by the Visegrad Fund, with the aim to introduce drones to civil society organizations, independent media outlets, journalists and bloggers; to raise awareness to the various ethical, legal and practical implications of the technology; and to establish best pract