Fwd: Summer School - Advocacy, Activism and the Internet: Communication Policy for Social Change - Budapest, 6-12 July

[Arthit Suriyawongkul]

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From: "CMCS - Center for Media and Communications Studies" <cm...@ceu.hu>
Date: Mar 14, 2014 8:35 PM
Subject: Summer School - Advocacy, Activism and the Internet: Communication Policy for Social Change - Budapest, 6-12 July
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Reminder – Application Deadline: April 2nd, 2014

Summer School

Advocacy, Activism and the Internet: Communication Policy for Social Change

July 6-12 2014

Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

This intensive summer course brings together a broadly international group of researchers, policy advocates, technologists and human rights activists to gain new insights into the role which civil society can play in advocating for a free and open internet. Sessions will highlight the potential of technology and online tools for mobilizing and organizing constituencies in support of an open Internet and for enhancing the security and privacy of online communication. 

This 2014 Course will focus on:

-          Internet law and policy

-          Freedom of expression and open internet advocacy strategies

-          Tools for digital security and privacy

-          Human rights and communication policy

Past faculty have come from: Witness, Human Rights Watch, OSCE, Privacy International, Center for Democracy and Technology, OSF, Tactical Technology Collective, Global Voices Online, Center for Internet and Society, Hivos, International Center for Policy Advocacy, Internews, Creative Commons, Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, Transparency International, Open Technology Initiative, Tor Project, Berkman Center 

For more information: http://sun.ceu.hu/advocacy-2014

The Summer School is organized by the Center for Media and Communication Studies, School of Public Policy, Central European University and the Center for Global Communication Studies (CGCS), Annenberg School, University of Pennsylvania