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Guy Berger

UNESCO
Director for Policies and Strategies in the field of Communication and Information
Paris
Websiteunesco.org/new/internetstudy
I am director for Policies and Strategies in the field of Communication and Information at UNESCO. I work with colleagues on UNESCO's report "World Trends on Freedom of Expression and Media Development", and taking forward UNESCO Member States' agreement to the concept of Internet Universality, including the Internet Universality Indicators underway or completed already in 21 countries.  My work also encompasses freedom of expression and access to information, online and offline.
Saturday, July 15
 

09:00 GMT-05

Reflections on Foreign Aid, Philanthropy and Change in Media Systems Salón Teleaula
 
Sunday, July 16
 

17:00 GMT-05

Opening Session: Celebrating 30 years or 'From media to mediations' Part I: Bastard mutations of communication. Getsemaní AuditoriumOmar Rincón Opening Session: Celebrating 30 years or 'From media to mediations' Part II: Notes on Martin-Barbero´s “From media to mediation” Getsemaní AuditoriumNick Couldry Amparo Marroquín Germán Rey
 
Monday, July 17
 

08:30 GMT-05

The caveats of studying trends in freedom of expression and media development in the Africa region: a snapshot of a misunderstood continent Sala 301Julie Reid The LAC media landscape in the era of convergence Sala 301Guilherme Canela de Godoi UNESCO and the political economy of preparing global reports Sala 301Monroe Price

10:30 GMT-05

Surveillance and freedom of expression: new nationalisms? Getzemaní AuditoriumGustavo Gómez Nick Couldry Julie Cohen Joana Varon Germán Rey

16:00 GMT-05

Daesh and the Power of Digital Media Barahona 2.1Jamileh Kadivar Features of ISIS coverage in the media Barahona 2.1Sergey Gennadyevich Davydov Online misogyny in the age of Neoliberalism: Women journalists and right-wing trolls in India Sala 303 ANithila Kanagasabai Media Development in Africa in the Digital Age: Towards More Democratic Voices Sala 301 BWinston Mano -Fake news--” -alternative facts--” and shutting up the media: How the rancorous battle between the new U.S. president and the U.S. media impacts democracy Sala 304 BKris Kodrich Class, Brexit and Trumpism Sala 304 BLisa Blackman Donald Trump and Affective Media Power Sala 304 BOlivier Jutel Media concentration, third media sector and democracy: the involution. Sala 304 AChiara Saez Baeza Questions of Success and Failure: The alt right and political economy of communication Sala 304 BMarcus Jonathan Breen The transformation of Colombian media landscape at the web of the armed conflict. Sala 304 AMaría Paula Martínez
 
Tuesday, July 18
 

10:30 GMT-05

UNESCO Getsemaní Auditorium

14:00 GMT-05

GAMAG Getsemaní Auditorium Communications regulation in the UK and the use of big data: assessing the impact on democratic citizenship Salón ArsenalJelena Dzakula From broadcast to mobile broadband policy: critical issues and interventions Salón ArsenalJosef Trappel

16:00 GMT-05

Governing the Advertising Supported Internet: Towards an Internet Universality Indicator for Investment in Global Social Media Content Creation Salón ArsenalJeremy Shtem Internet Universality and Datafication: Indicators for Digital Citizens in the Era of Mass Surveillance Salón ArsenalArne Hintz Media and internet indicators: social legitimacy and transformative capacity Salón ArsenalGabriel Kaplún The Influence of Internet Indicators Salón ArsenalRobin Mansell
 
Wednesday, July 19
 

08:30 GMT-05

Journalists’ autonomy around the globe: A comparative study of 41 mass media systems Sala 101Kerem Schamberger Michael Meyen Definitions and solutions for fake news: Who says what? C. DamasLinda Steiner Fake news, the lying press and German journalist´s responses to a stigma C. DamasMichael Koliska Karin Assmann The great reaction: Reasserting journalistic professionalism in the age of Trump C. DamasSilvio Waisbord The twitter trenches in South Africa´s propaganda war C. DamasHerman Wasserman

10:00 GMT-05

Protecting Journalism Sources in the Digital Age Terrace Cloister of the Animas

14:00 GMT-05

Challenges Facing Internet Governance Arrangements for More Inclusion Pegasos 2Carolina Ines Aguerre Learning from the Gendered Past of Internet Governance: Toward Feminist Legitimation of an Internet Social Forum Pegasos 2 Social Movement or Socially Conscious Hacktivism? The Viability of Intervening in the Internet’s Policy-making Process through a Social Justice Virtual Platform Pegasos 2Eduardo Enrique Villanueva-Mansilla Tackling the Challenges of Datafied Citizenship Pegasos 2Arne Hintz

16:00 GMT-05

-PANEL:- Social Media versus Mainstream Media: Analyses of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Sala 201 Accounting for the Unaccountable: Alternative Agenda and othe Peripheral Factors in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Campaign Sala 201Imafidon Olaye Traditional and Social Media Coverage of the U.S. 2016 Presidential Election Campaign in the Middle East Sala 201May Abdallah
 
Thursday, July 20
 

10:30 GMT-05

Journalism Education in a Global Perspective Sala 303 AKaarle Nordenstreng

14:00 GMT-05

Social Media and Dynamics of Change in Democracy: An Analysis of the Indian Elections Barahona 4.1Binod.C.Agrawal

16:00 GMT-05

Closing session: Celebrating IAMCR 60th anniversary and presentation of IAMCR 2018 conference. Getsemaní AuditoriumJanet Wasko Roque Faraone Kaarle Nordenstreng Cees Hamelink Robin Mansell Leah Komen Deqiang JI Helena Sousa Guy Berg