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31 October: "Media and Change" discussion on the 2012 U.S. Presidential Elections with Markos Kounalakis

October 29, 2012
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As part of the Center's informal Media and Change Discussion Series at CEU, this upcoming Wednesday Senior CMCS Fellow Markos Kounalakis will lead a discussion on the 2012 U.S. Presidential Elections. We will look at the increasingly important role of social media, its impact on traditional journalism, and what the world can expect to see on November 6th. Join us on Wednesday October 31 at 12:45pm in room N11 004!

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The Development of Functional Media Institutions in the Western Balkans

September 5, 2012
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Kristina Irion is the Scientific Advisor to a new collaborative research project which studies the development of independent and functional media institutions in the Western Balkan countries: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Serbia.

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2012 Summer university course on online free expression and communication policy advocacy comes to an end

July 3, 2012
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The CMCS hosted an intensive two-week summer course, Online Free Expression and Communication Policy Advocacy: a Toolkit for Media Development, which brought together over 30 students from 28 countries to address the most pressing challenges and debates around internet governance, freedom of expression, privacy and copyright in both their own countries and the global arena.

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21 June, public lecture by Henry Jenkins: How Content Gains Meaning and Value in the Era of Spreadable Media

June 19, 2012
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Central European University's Open Society Archives and Center for Media and Communication Studies, the Center for Media Research and Education at BME MOKK and the Open Society Institute invite you to a public lecture by

Henry Jenkins

How Content Gains Meaning and Value in the Era of Spreadable Media

Moderated by: Ellen Hume, Annenberg Fellow in Civic Media at CMCS

Date: Thursday, June 21 2012, 4 PM
Location: OSA Archivum 1051 Budapest, Arany Janos u. 32

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The Protection of Children Online: an OECD report and policy recommendation

May 30, 2012
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As ever more children across the world gain access to the Internet, the range of risks which they face online is increasingly becoming a priority for government policy makers and other stakeholders.

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