Second Annual Symposium on Media and New Technology New Technologies, New Challenges: Indian Media Issues in Global Perspective

New-Delhi, __ December 2011 – Oxford University’s Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy, in cooperation with its academic partners – the National Law University-Delhi, the National University of Juridical Sciences-Kolkata, and the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania – will host the second annual symposium on ‘Media and New Technology – New Technologies, New Challenges: Indian Media Issues in Global Perspective’ on December 19^th and 20^th at the India International Centre, New Delhi. 

This two-day event is sponsored by Star TV and will continue last year’s tradition of exploring international and comparative perspectives on media regulation as it affects current debates and the future role of information in society. The symposium will bring together the diverse views of academics, bureaucrats, policymakers, industry leaders, civil society and legal experts to discuss such issues as law and responsibilities of self-regulation of media entities, regulation of the Internet, and emerging technologies in the context of freedom of information, privacy, and freedom of expression.

This Symposium will follow the 2011 Price Media Law Moot Court Competition – South Asia Rounds on December 15-18 at the National Law University – Delhi.

Key speakers expected to address this Symposium include: Uday Kumar Varma, Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Mark Stephens, Former Legal Advisor for Wikileaks, Osama Abu-Dehays, Head of Legal Affairs, Al Jazeera, Arvind Rajagopal, Professor of Media, Culture and Communication, NYU Blair Levin, Communications & Society Fellow, Aspen Institute, Siddharth Varadarajan, Editor at The Hindu, Siddharth Narrain, Alternative Law Forum- Bangalore, Manoj Mitta, Senior Editor at The Times of India, Sevanti Ninan, Founder of TheHoot.com, and Monroe Price, Director Center for Global Communication Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

The full agenda and further details can be found online: http://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/indiaworkshop2011/home

About the Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy

The Programme in Comparative Media Law & Policy (PCMLP) at the University of Oxford's Centre for Socio-Legal Studies is a research and policy programme that brings together scholars, policymakers and practitioners to study contemporary issues in global media law and policy. PCMLP has a particular interest in understanding media and governance in various environments through a comparative perspective emphasizing the importance of the culture and values of all the actors, both local and international.

PCMLP was founded in 1996 by Professor Monroe E. Price and Stefaan Verhulst with a grant from the Markle Foundation and the cooperation of the Howard M. Squadron Program in Law, Media, and Society at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York.