The Law and Policy Program Following are all of the law and policy papers in the 2012

IAMCR conference, irrespective of their section or working group homes. Determination of relevance was based on titles. The material is organized chronologically so that you can see what is available for every time slot in the program. Sandra Braman (Chair, Law Section) Monday, July 16 Monday, July 16, 11:00-12:30 Panel: Sponsor: Room: Audience Studies and Online News Audience Section MTB C1

Marc Anthony Caldwell (University of Fort Hare, South Africa) "Talking about the Protection of Information Bill: The notion of conversation in online news forums" Panel: The Mediation of Resistance Sponsor: Communication Policy & Technology Room: SH 6 Susan J. Drucker (Hofstra University, USA) "The square transformed: Public space, contemporary protest and the communication perspective" Bart Cammaerts (London School of Economics, UK) "The Copyright Resistance Movement: Speaking for the Spivakean subaltern" Adelina Mbinjama (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa) "Challenges to the Bill of Rights for cyber-ethics: Social media use within selected South African NGOs" Panel: Sponsor: Room: The State of the Law Law MTB 167

An annual panel that presents reports on breaking or important recent developments in communication law and policy from countries around the world. Yik Chan Chin (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong) - China Murej Mak'Ochieng (Multimedia University College, Kenya) - Kenya Amit Schejter (Pennsylvania State University, USA/Ben Gurion University, Israel - Israel Dimitris Tsapagos (University of Vienna, Austria) - Austria

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 2 Monday, July 16, 11:00-12:30 continued Panel: Sponsor: Room: The "Arab Spring" and its Inspirations Mediated Communication, Public Opinion & Society SH 7

Katie Brown & Diana Betz (University of Michigan, USA) "Anti-Arab humor and support for Arab and minority rights" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Social Networking, Social Movements & Social Change Participatory Communications Research SH 14

Pradip Ninan Thomas (University of Queensland, Australia) "Participatory communication and communication rights: Learnings from social movements" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Local and Global Dynamics Political Economy SH 3

Peichi Chung (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) "The regionalization narratives of two Asian cities: Hybrid cultural policy and creative industry development in Hong Kong and Singapore" Panel: Sponsor: Room: South-North and East-West: Broadcasting, Democracy and the Public Good Today and Tomorrow Post-Socialist and Post-Authoritarian MTB C4

Corinna Arndt (University of Oxford, UK) "The politicisation of newsrooms and consequences for organisational culture: Lessons from the South African Broadcasting Corporation post-apartheid" Floriana Fossata (University College of London, UK) & Anna Kachkaeva (Higher School of Economics, Russia) "Public broadcasting in Russia: Utopia or real possibility?" Lucas Sierra (University of Chile, Chile) "The development of law governing television broadcasting in Chile 1958-2000"

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 3 Monday, July 16, 14:00-15:30 Panel: Sponsors: Room: Mapping the Globe, Mapping the Media: A South-North Conversation on Policy Challenges Global Media Policy Working Group in cooperation with the Open Society Foundation ????

Global MediaPolicy.net (McGill) Open Society Foundation UNESCO Media Development Indicators project InterNews and World Bank media maps Popular Fictions in Africa and Audience Reception Audience Section, Room MTB-C1 Viola Candice Milton (University of South Africa, South Africa) "Twit for tat: Media citizenship, resistance politics and the politics of representation on the SABC" Panel: Current Challenges for Privacy, Freedom and Human Rights on Internet) Sponsors: Communication Policy & Technology, Law Room: SH 6 Dimitris Tsapogas & Katharine Sarikakis (University of Vienna, Austria) "The modernization of the European Privacy and Data Protection policies: Social, legal and technological challenges" Adedayo Ladigbolu Abah (Washington and Lee University, USA) "Whose Internet is it anyway? Anonymity and personal privacy rights in online media" Vicky Breemen & Joris van Hoboken (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) "Freedom of expression implications of Europe's proposed right to be forgotten" Joris van Hoboken (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) "Search engines and intermediary liability: A comparison of different approaches and their implications for the right to freedom of expression" Slavka Antonova (University of North Dakota, USA) "The Internet and the emerging global community of rights: Exploring the multistakeholder human rights debate at IGF"

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 4 Monday, July 16, 14:00-15:30 continued Panel: Sponsor: Room: Social Issues in the Context of the Digital Divide Digital Divide MTB C3

H. Leslie Steeves (University of Oregon, USA) "Technology, gender and education for development: A study of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project in Ghana" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Competing and Emerging Practices in Multi-Level Media Policy: Challenges and Future Trends Global Media Policy MTB C7

Guillermo Mastrini, Martin Becerra, & Ana Bizberge (Universidade Buenos Aires, Argentina) "Digital terrestrial television in Argentina: Between regional geopolitics and state initiative" Gerard Goggin, Fiona Martin, & Tim Dwyer (University of Sydney, Australia) "South of the West: Mobile Internet and new modes of governance" Daeho Kim & In0Hee Kim (Inha University, South Korea) "Digital TV transition from the perspective of a public/private partnership" Can Bilgili (Yeditepe University, Turkey) & Deniz Sezgin (Ankara University, Turkey) "Does social media influence the authority of the global media industry over regional markets? North-South conversations around global media policy -Normative standards, strategies and narratives" Panel: Sponsors: Room: Current Challenges for Privacy, Freedom and Human Rights on the Internet Law, Communication Policy & Technology MTB 167

Dimitris Tsapogas & Katharine Sarikakis (University of Vienna, Austria) "The modernization of European privacy and data protection policies: Social, legal, and technological challenges" Adedayo Ladigbolu Abah (Washington and Lee University, USA) "Whose Internet is it anyway? Anonymity and personal privacy rights in online media"

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 5 Monday, July 16, 14:00-15:30 continued Vicky Breemen & Joris van Hoboken (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) "Freedom of expression implications of Europe's proposed right to be forgotten" Joris van Hoboken (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) "Search engines and intermediary liability: A comparison of different approaches and their implications for the right to freedom of expression" Slavka Antonova (University of North Dakota, USA) "The Internet and the emerging community of rights: Exploring the multistakeholder human rights debate at IGF" Monday, July 16, 16:00-17:30 Panel: Sponsor: Room: Measuring and Understanding Audiences in a Complex New Landscape: New Methods and Resources Audience MTB C1

Hayes Mabweazara (University College Falmouth, UK) "'Pirate' radio, convergence and reception in Zimbabwe" Panel: Critical Perspectives on Digital Inclusion and Policy" Sponsor: Communication Policy & Technology Room: SH 6 Thandi Marijke Smith (University of the Witwatrsrand, South Africa) "Universal access or corporate gains? Research the infrastructural implications of the South African digital migration" Ilse Martien (sp) & Leo Van Audenhove (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) "Towards a multi-shakeholders approach for digital inclusion: A case study of Ghent's 'Digitaal.Talent' policy program" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Academic Production Assessment: Latin-American & European CrossFertilizations in Communication and Media Studies ???? ????

Manuel Jose Damasio (Universidade Lusofona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Portugal) "Regulation, accreditation and academic assessment in Europe: Finding the balance"

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 6 Monday, July 16, 16:00-17:30 continued Panel: Sponsor: Room: Journalism and News Reporting Political Economy SH 3

Jacinta Mwende Maweu (University of Nairobi, Kenya/Rhodes University, South Africa) "The freedom to be silent? A case of market censorship muzzling journalistic freedom through silent policies in corporate media in Kenya" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Participation and Social Media Political Economy SH 13

Michael Serazio (Fairfield University, USA) "Crowd-sourcing consumer governance: Social media marketing and the web 2.0" Rob Heyman, Ralf De Wolf, & Jo Pierson (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) "Not all privacy settings are created equal: Evaluating social media privacy settings for personal and advertising purposes" Panel: Sponsor: Room: The Reconstruction and Revision of Public Service Media Public Service Media Policies MTB C7

Wilson Ombeva Ugangu & Pieter Fourie "Linking normative theory to media policy making: The Kenyan case" Lenin Rafael Martell "The construction of public radio service in Mexico within neoliberalism: The problematization of a case study" Rene Alicia Smith "Public media in developing countries: 'Revisioning' public service broadcasting in South Africa"

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 7 Tuesday, July 17 Tuesday, July 17, 9:00 - 10:30 Panel: Sponsor: Room: Online and Social Media Use: Trends and Adoption Patterns ???? ????

Manual Jose Damasio, Ines Teixeira Botelho, & Sara Henriques (UHLT, Portugal) "Mobile Internet: Perspectives from the Internet" Iolanda Figueira Verissimo & Sara Henriques (UHLT, Portugal) "Knowledge, attitudes and expectations of 30 Portuguese families in the context of the switchover from analogue terrestrial television to digital terrestrial television" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Mobile Technologies, Practices and Policy Communication Policy & Technology SH 6

Gerard Goggin (University of Sydney, Australia) "Mobile media and disability: Communications policy challenges and opportunities" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Media and Social Change Gender and Communication SH 10

Slavka Antonova (University of North Dakota, USA) "Gender and multistakeholderism: Women's rights in the global Internet governance debate" Claudia Padovani & Elena Pavan (University of Padua, Italy) "The power of norms: The challenge of structuring social change through supra-national gender-oriented communication governance" Panel: Sponsor: Room: South-North Conversations around Global Media Policy: Normative Standards, Strategies and Narratives Global Media Policy MTB C7

Katharine Sarikakis & Sarah Anne Ganter (University of Vienna, Austria) "The policy transfer approach and its place in media governance studies" Julie Reid (University of South Africa, South Africa) "The battle for freedom of speech and an ethical press goes beyond the question of strengthening press regulation"

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 8 Tuesday, July 17, 9:00 - 10:30 continued Sibongile Sindane (University of South Africa, South Africa) "Renegotiating media freedom: A critical assessment of the ANC's media policy towards the press in post-independent South Africa" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Challenges to Freedom of Expression Law MBT 167

Anasa D. Sinegal (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA) "Stifling the diversity of voices: Are business privilege licenses and taxes undue burdens on the homeless press and new media outlets?" Yik Chan Chin (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong) "Defenses of freedom of expression in Chinese right to reputation lawsuits" Silvio Henrique Vieira Barbosa (Faculty of Casper Libero, Brazil) "Brazilian press and judicial censorship" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Media Education Policies in Evolution: Shaping the Agenda Media Education Research SH 13

Hans Martens (University of Antwerpen, Belgium) "Media literacy in context: Policies, practices, and educational models in Taiwan" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Religious Dissent: The Media's Role Media, Religion & Culture MTB C8

Cherian George (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) "Hate spin: Taking offence as a political strategy" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Understanding Participatory Communication as Process Participatory Communications Research SH 14

Lynette Fourie "Participatory governance: A participatory communication for social change perspective"

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 9 Tuesday, July 17, 9:00 - 10:30 continued Panel: Sponsor: Room: Press and Political Influence Political Communication Research Sh 4

Keval Joseph Kumar (Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad) "Electoral law and political communication in India: Confronting 'corrupt' practices in the Indian news media" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Visions and (Di)visions: The Political Economy of Language and Memories Political Economy SH 13

Helena Sousa (University of Minho, Portugal) "Regulating for whom? An analysis of media regulatory entities in Lusophone countries" Tuesday, July 17, 11:00-12:30 Panel: Sponsors: Room: Freedom of the Media Plenary Panel Global Media Policy, Open Society Foundation

South African media professionals and legal experts. Tuesday, July 17, 14:00-15:30 Panel: Sponsors: The Democratic Potential of Cellular Telephony MTN Cellular International, convened & chaired by Ruth Teer-Tomaselli

Ayobami Ojebode (University of Ibadan, Nigeria) "Mobile telephony and the democratic process in Nigeria" Wisdom J. Tetty (University of British Columbia, Canada) "Mobile Telephony and Democracy in Ghana: Interrogating the Changing Ecology of Citizen Engagement and political communication" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Pushing Back Responsibilization: Security and Privacy in Online Social Network Services Communication Policy & Technology SH 6

Seda Gurses (KU Leuven, Belgium) & Jo Pierson (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) "Requirements engineering meets social sciences: Re-wiring socio-technical systems for tackling privacy and responsibilization"

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 10 Tuesday, July 17, 14:00-15:30 continued Ralf De Wolf & Jo Pierson (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) "Privacy beyond the individual: Analyzing group based access control models on social network sites from a user perspective" Brendan Van Alsenjoy (KU Leuven, Belgium) "A hedge between keeps friendship green . . . Should data protection legislation apply to private individuals online?" Mathias Vermeulen (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) "Mind the gap? European law vs. self-regulation efforts to protect privacy in social networks" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Journalism & ICTs Communication Policy & Technology SH 11

Loreto Corredoira Alfonso (University Complutense of Madrid, Spain) "Participatory journalism and copyright: Policies that regulate user-generated content by news media companies" Joan Ramon Rodriguez-Amat & Katherine Sarikakis (University of Vienna, Austria) "I am your father: Crossmedia authorship and intellectual property" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Critical Resources for Community and Citizen Media Crisis Communication SH 2

Amparo Cadavid "The use of EGov platforms in marginalized communities" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Research on Contemporary Global Media Issues International Communication SH 12

Inaki Zabaleta, Arantza Gutierrez, Carme Ferre Pavia, Nikolas Xamardo, Itxaso Fernandez, & Santi Urrutia (Basque Country University, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain) "The funding systems of European minotiry language media: Differences and commonalities crossed by permanent uncertainty and current crisis" Karen Arriaza Ibarra (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) "The evolution of public broadcasters in Europe, from public service media institutions to public value structure organizations: The analysis of six European countries"

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 11 Tuesday, July 17, 14:00-15:30 continued Panel: Sponsor: Room: The Political Economy of Media Law & Policy Law MBT 167

Amit Schejter (Pennsylvania State University, USA; Ben Gurion University, Israel) "'A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them': Media and telecommunications ownership trends in Israel 1984-2008" Sara Bannerman (McMaster University, Canada) "WIPO and African countries in historical context" Nikhil Moro (University of North Texas, USA) & Debashis "Deb" Aikat (University of Noerth Carolina-Chapel Hill, USA) "Digital rights management and corporate hegemony: A legal analysis" Panel: Sponsor: Room: The Critique of Participatory Communications in Africa Participatory Communications Research SH 14

Ogu Sunday Enemaku "Application of participatory communication principles for promotion of biosecurity and prevention of conflict by the FAO in Nigeria, 2009-2010" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Public Service Media: Principles of Access and Participation, from Discourse to Practice Public Service Media Policies MTB C7

Inta Brikse & Ilva Brikse (Latvia) "A sense of national identity: Discourse analysis of national public service regulation acts" Bouziane Zaid (Morocco) "The principles of access and participation in Moroccan public service television" Winston Mano (University of Westminster, UK) "Public service broadcast scheduling in Africa in the digital age: Continuity and chang

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 12 Tuesday, July 17, 16:00-17:30 Panel: Sponsor: Room: Critical Perspectives on Digital Inclusion and Practices Communication Policy & Technology SH 11

Seeta Pena (sp) Gangadharan (Yale University, USA) "Digital inclusion and online surveillance" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Digital divide: Experiences and parallels Digital Divide MTB C3

Niall McNulty (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) "Local users, local language and local content: The case of the eThekwini Municpality's Ulwazi Programme" Liangwen Kuo (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan) "Encountering the digital divide: Consuming piracy -- Mobile phones in a Miao ethnic village in China" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Nation State/Locality/Political Communication Emerging Scholars Network MTB C2

Basil Nchimunya Hamusokwe (MISA, Zimbabwe) "Political advertising: A challenge to democracy" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Mapping Global Media Policy: Future Scenarios Global Media Policy MTB C7

Discussion of the Mapping Global Media Policy project by: Arne Hintz (McGill University, Canada) Claudia Padovani (University of Padua, Italy) Gerard Goggin (University of Sydney, Australia) Daeho Kim (Inha University, South Korea) Panel: Sponsor: Room: Media and the Stereotyping Image of Muslims Islam and Media MTB C6

Ashiya Osman Abdool-Satar (University of South Africa, South Africa) "Challenging stereotypes: Sensitizing the media to fair depiction of Muslims"

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 13 Tuesday, July 17, 16:00-17:30 continued Panel: Sponsor: Room: Law-Society Interactions Law MTB 167

Peter Lunt (University of Leicester, UK) & Sonia Livingstone (London School of Economics, UK) "Media regulators as institutions in the public sphere: The case of the UK regulator Ofcom" Dan Arav & David Gurevitz (College of Management Studies, Israel) "Judicial procedure in 'State of Exception' TV" Murej Mak'Ochieng (Multimedia University College, Kenya) "Media self-regulation in Kenya: Lessons from the work of the Complaints Commission of the Media Council of Kenya" Kaarle Nordenstreng (University of Tampere, Finland) "What has the information society done to the law?" (???? correction in email?) Wednesday, July 18 Wednesday, July 18, 9:00 - 10:30 Panel: Sponsor: Room: Dark Side of the Information Society Communication Policy & Technology SH 6

Meryem Marzouki (University of Paris/CNRS, France) "Migrants under control: Foreign bodies on the (smart) border" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Applied Crisis Communication Crisis Communication MTB C5

Na Liu (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) "One crisis, three transcripts: Public, media and official discourses in Wenzhou Train accident in China"

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 14 Wednesday, July 18, 9:00 - 10:30 continued Panel: Sponsor: Room: Professionalism Journalism: Freedom, Democracy & Harsh Reality Journalism Research and Education SH 17

Katrin Voltmer (Leeds University, UK) "Domesticating press freedom: Journalists' interpretations of press freedoms in eight new democracies" Eric Freedman (Michigan State University, USA) & Richard Shafer (University of North Dakota, USA) "Challenges facing press freedom in the Baltics: Two decades after independence" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Legal History Law MBT 167

Thomas Wiedemann (Ludwig-Maximilians University, Germany) "Catholic journalism in the Third Reich: The case of Walter Hagemann" Fernando Oliveira Paulino & Pedro Henrique Ramalho Gomes (University of Brasilia, Brazil) "Law and the right to communicate: The history of normative judicial standards in Brazil" Lyombe Eko (University of Iowa, USA) "The regulatory and cultural media history of the Arab Spring" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Changes in Media and Sport Media and Sport MBT 200

Misun Bong, Eun-Kyong Han, Ha-Ni Lee & Si Joung Kwon (Sung Kyun Kwan University, Korea) "A study on the paradigm shift of the sports broadcasting right: Focusing on the 'commercialization' and 'the universal access right' for sports" Panel: Sponsor: Room: ICT, Social Networks and Impacts on Media Literacy and the Learning Process Media Education Research SH 13

Sara Pereira & Ana Meiro (University of Minho, Portugal) "The (non)place of digital literacy in the technologies policies for primary school in Portugal: The voices of public and private agents"

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 15 Wednesday, July 18, 9:00 - 10:30 continued Panel: Sponsor: Room: Political Communication Confronting the Economic Crisis Political Communication Research SH 4

Karen Arriaza Ibarra (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain) & Lars Nord (Mid-Sweden University, Sweden) "Public service under pressure: Government media policies and the economic crisis in Northern and Southern Europe" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Identifying and Exploring Models Political Economy SH 3

Henry James Silke & Paschal Preston (Dublin City University, Ireland) "Contradictions of neo-liberal discourse and policy practices in times of crisis: The case of NAMA" Padmaja Shaw (Osmania University, India) "The moral economy of public broadcasting in post-liberalisation India" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Partnerships of Public, Commercial and Civil Actors Public Service Media Policies MTB C7

Esteve Olle Sanz & Maria Luengo "Public, commercial and civil television in the new media landscape" Karen Arriaza Ibarra (Complutense University, Spain) "Defining the scope and intensity of partnerships as a means of fulfilling the public service media (PSM) mission in Southern Europe: Have all the policies been positive?" Wednesday, July 18, 14:00-15:30 Panel: Sponsor: Room: Theorising Participatory Communication Participatory Communications Research SH 14

Vipul Mudgal "Participatory policy and pre-legislative transparency as processes of communication: A strong case for North-South dialogue for deepening democracy"

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 16 Wednesday, July 18, 14:00-15:30 continued Temba Sipho Msailela "Between anguished silences of pretence protest and conversations of principled planning" Wednesday, July 18, 16:00-17:30 Panel: Sponsors: Room: Internet Governance APA/SOAS SH1

Invited panel Panel: Sponsors: Room: Current Challenges for Internet Policy and Infrastructure Law, Communication Policy & Technology SH 6

Dong-Hee Shin (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea) "Network neutrality in Korea" Fabio B. Josgrilberg (Universidade Metodista de Sao Paulo, Brazil), Leandro Carrera (LSE), Camila Franciscan (U. Metodista) & Jamile Bittar (U. Metodista) "Communication, Internet and open government: A comparative analysis of municipalities in Brazil" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Current Challenges for Media Policy Communication Policy & Technology SH 6

Gwang James Han (Chung Buk National University, korea) "Media transformation in Korea and the US: Implications for public policy" Mohammadu Careem Rasmin (Sri Lankan Development Journalist Forum, Sri Lanka) "How the media policy has become a matter in conflict and post-conflict periods: The experience of Sri Lanka" Kate Coyer (Central European University, Hungary) "Policy, politics and academic research: The contested environment for studying Hungary's new media laws" Chris Armstrong (University of the Witwatrsrand, South Africa) "Policy gaps confuse South Africa's community TV sector"

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 17 Wednesday, July 18, 16:00-17:30 continued Panel: Sponsor: Room: Community Media Policy: Innovations, Challenges and Activism Communication Policy & Technology SH 2

Francisco Juan Godienz Galay (Centro de Producciones Radiofonicas, Argentina) "Argentina Law of Communication Services and community media" Gabriel Kaplun (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay) "Medios communitarios, legalizacion y participacion ciudadana: Avances y debilidades de un proceso en marcha" Lisa Jane Walter (University of Canberra, Australi) "Don't cut off our tongues: Yolngu voices in news media and policymaking" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Professional Journalism: Languages, Discourses & News Coverage Journalism Research and Education SH 5

Abiodun Salawu (Fort Hare University, South Africa) "Indigenous language media, language politics and democracy in Africa" Panel: Sponsors: Room: Current Challenges for Internet Policy and Infrastructure Law, Communication Policy and Technology SH 6

Dong-Hee Shin (SUngkyunkwan University, South Korea) "Network neutrality in Korea" Fabio B. Josgrilberg (Methodist University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), Leandro Carrera (London School of Economics, UK), Camiliar Franciscon (Methodist University) & Jamile Bittar (Methodist University) "Communications, Internet and open government: A comparatie analysis of municipalities in Brazil" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Media Self-regulation and the State Political Economy SH 3

Svetlana Kulikova (Georgia State University, USA) "State ownership vs. independent editorial policy in sovereign Russian democracy: The case of Echo of Moscow Radio" Tewodros W. Workneh (University of Oregon, USA) & Ridwan B. Raju (Semera University, Ethiopia)

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 18 Wednesday, July 18, 16:00-17:30 continued "Teasing the IMF: State monopoly of telecommunications in Ethiopia and the liberalization creed" Jane Duncan (Rhodes University, South Africa) "The political economy of press self-regulation: The case of South Africa" Thursday, July 19 Thursday, July 19, 9:00-10:30 Panel: Sponsor: Room: Gender, Human Rights and Media Gender and Communication SH 10

Carol Azungi Dralega (Western Norway Research Institute, Norway) "Communicating international law at the grassroots: Dividends and challenges of a gendered media strategy in Uganda" Panel: Sponsors: Room: Strategic Planning Session Global Media Policy, Task Force on Communication Policy, Communication Policy & Technology, Law MTB C7

Discussion of IAMCR and IAMCR member participation in international and global policy-making processes and other matters of shared concern to those across the association interested in legal, regulatory, and policy matters of all kinds. Panel: Sponsor: Room: Generic Studies of Journalism: Policies, Journalistic Tools & Media Criticism Journalism Research and Education SH 5

Halliki Harro-Loit (Tartu University, Estonia) "The complexity of media policy instruments governing the journalistic profession: A case study of Estonia" Annina Stoffel (Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland) "Media Criticism: A powerful self-regulation tool or just a journalistic side product?"

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 19 Thursday, July 19, 9:00-10:30 continued Panel: Sponsor: Room: Communication Policies and the Public Sphere Political Economy SH 3

Rodrigo Gomez (Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico) "Digital terrestrial television policies in Mexico: The telecomm wars" Abdur Razzaque Khan (University of Chittagong, Bangladesh/University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) "The political economy of private television channel ownership in Bangladesh" Jose Vicente Garcia Santamaria & Raul Magallon Rosa (Carlos III University, Spain) "The Spanish media walk to the duopoly informative" Michael Tracey (University of Colorado-Boulder, USA) & Cinzia Padovani (Southern Illinois University, USA) "' . . . this strange disease of modern life . . . ': The concept of public value and the triumph of materialist modernity" Slavko Alojzij Splichal (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) "The 'marketplace' metaphor and marketization of the public sphere" Thursday, July 19, 11:00-12:30 Panel: Sponsors: Room: Institutions and Agenda Setting in HIV/AIDS and Health Communication: From the Grassroots to International Levels Communication & HIV, Health Communication & Change SH 16

Cecilia Karolina Strand (Uppsala University, Sweden) "Local agenda building effort on sexual minority health rights: A study of international actors' agenda setting influence on domestic coverage in Uganda" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Journalism, Media, and Media Policies Emerging Scholars Network MTB C2

Simon Thibault (Universite Laval/Universite Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris III, France) "'Incendiary media' in Bosnia-Herzogovina and Kosovo: A new look at the debate regarding the regulation of the press in fragile states"

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 20 Thursday, July 19, 11:00-12:30 continued Isaack Themba Mngni (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) "The making of media policy in South Africa prior and post independence: A critical analysos of the Informtion Bill" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Managing the Communication of Government Policies Political Communication Research SH 4

Rofhiwa Felicia Mukhudwana (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) "The uniqueness of government communication: Investigating communication management of government departments in the KwaZulu-Natal metropolitan area" Kerry McCallum (University of Canberra, Australia) "The mediatization of indigenous policy-making in Australia" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Poster Session Political Communication ????

Alessandra Alde & Joao Guilherme Santos (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) "Public petitions and online battles in Brazil" Panel: Sponsor: Room: Media Policy and Regulation Political Economy SH 3

Edgard Reboucas (Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil) "The rhetorical strategy of media 'owners' as a shield against social debate on sector regulation" Matthias Niedenfuehr (University of Tuebingen, Germany/Peking University, China) "The tug-of-war between regulatory interventions and market demands in the Chinese television industry" Guillermo Mastrini, Martin Becerra, & Santiago Marino (Universidad Nacional de Quimes, Argentina) "Media law in Argentina: New democratic regulation ways for communication" Sarah Helen Chiumbu (Universit of the Witswatersrand, South Africa) "Knowledge and ideas in a context of power: Rethinking media policy and reform in southern Africa"

Law & Policy, IAMCR Programme 2012 - 21 Thursday, July 19, 11:00-12:30 continued Victor Pickard (University of Pennsylvania, USA) "The postwar struggle for regulatory power and the triumph of market libertarianism in US media policy" Thursday, July 19, 16:00-17:30 Panel: Sponsors: Room: Construction and Reception of Health News Communication & HIV, Health Communication & Change SH 16

Kerry McCallum (University of Canberra, Australia) "Distant and intimate conversations: Media and indigenous health policy in Australia"