Prof. Pier Luigi Parcu Director, CMPF CMPF Summer School 2013 for Journalists and Media Practitioners http://cmpf.eui.eu/training/summer-school-2013.aspx

1. Summer School for Journalists
and Media Practitioners 2013
Freedom and pluralism
of traditional and new media
Prof. Pier Luigi Parcu
Director, CMPF
Florence, 13 05 2013

2. Historical Archives of EU Institutions
PhD departments:
Law, Economics, Political Sciences, History
President: Marise Cremona Max Weber & Jean Monnet programs
(post-doctoral)
Robert Schuman Centre
for Advanced Studies:
applied interdisciplinary research
projects

3. Florence School of Regulation
Communications and Media
Scientific Committee Group of experts
Director: Stefano Bartolini
Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies
Director
Pier Luigi Parcu

4. Researchers
Elda Brogi
Andrea Calderaro
Alina Dobreva
Paula Gori
Giovanni Gangemi

5. Activities
Research
Debates
Training
Dissemination of results

6. Policy Report
European Union competencies in respect of media pluralism and media freedom
The report presents the phenomena of media freedom and pluralism, and in
particular:
 The importance of media freedom and pluralism for the democratic regime
 Perspective on the measuring and evaluating of media pluralism.
 Analyses major aspects of media economics and ownership of media
players
 Examines the development of the debate on legal instruments and
jurisprudence
 Aims to suggest how the legislation in force could be used
Research

7. Working papers
During the year, 4 calls for papers have been launched:
 New Media and Journalism: challenges and opportunities for Media Freedom
 'Freedom and Pluralism of the Media, Society and Markets‘
 Media Ownership Concentration and Transparency
 EU competences in respect of Media Pluralism and Media Freedom
Research

8. Regional Symposium
March 2012
(in partnership with DEMOS Institute, Guatemala, Open Society Foundations, UNESCO)
Media Pluralism and Diversity and Combating 'Hate Speech' in Europe
This regional symposium brought together approximately 50 participants from
throughout Europe discussing the challenges to and opportunities for
promoting media pluralism and diversity in Europe
Debates

9. Workshop
April 2012
A definition of pluralism in the media sector. Comparing the results of the European
projects with an interdisciplinary approach”.
The workshop has put face to face the most important recent or ongoing studies and
researches on the items of media pluralism and media freedom, seen under different
points of view: independence, democracy, transparency. It has been an occasion to
assess the latest outcomes and to discuss their practical applications. The workshop
has brought bring together approximately 30 participants.
Debates

10. Policy Conference
October 2012
EU Competencies in Respect of Media Pluralism and Media Freedom
The Policy Conference of CMPF was the occasion to present the CMPF Policy Study on
“European Union Competencies in Respect of Media Pluralism and Media Freedom”.
Within the framework of the multidisciplinary approach on media freedom and
pluralism employed by the CMPF, this conference linked scholars, regulators and policy
makers in order to discuss and explore the concept of media freedom and pluralism in
Europe. It singled out the instruments allowing us to understand the phenomena
across the socio-political, economic and legal diversity of European countries.
Debates

11. Summer School
October 2012
The Summer School program was structured around keynote presentations by
distinguished experts in each area and interactive small group and roundtable
discussions structured along the following key tracks:
 Legal Perspective of Freedom of Expression and the Media
 Plurality of Media Platforms and Business Models for the Media
 Investigative Journalism
 New Media: Challenges for Journalists
 Current Trends & Outlook of Media Pluralism
Training

12. Academic seminars
The role of Transparency in an information society
Dorothy Chou - Senior Policy Analyst at Google
SOPA, PIPA, ACTA: What can be learned from a series of dead regulatory projects?
Jeanette Hofmann - WZB / Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)
Media Ownership Concentration in Europe and the World, and the Digital Challenge
Eli Noam - Professor of Economics and Finance at the Columbia Business School
Regulating Remembering – On the Proposed EU Right to be Forgotten
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger - Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
Freedom of Expression and Human Rights: Why Online Speech Isn't Free, yet
Jillian York - Director for International Freedom of Expression Electronic Frontier Foundation
Definition of Relevant Markets in traditional and Online Media
Marco Delmastro - Head of the Media market analysis unit at Agcom
Chances, criticalities and limits in the theory and in the process of e.democracy: the Five Star
Movement case in Italy
Daniele Donati, University of Bologna
Training

13. Dissemination
New CMPF BlogSocial Networks
NewsletterWebsite

14. Aim of the Summer School
Identify and shape a common culture and
approach to freedom and pluralism of media
across Europe, based on theoretical principles
and best practices as well as the exchange of
ideas and points of view

15. Topics
Day 1: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, PLURALISM AND THE CHANGING
MEDIA: LEGAL PERSPECTIVE
Day 2: BUSINESS MODELS FOR THE MEDIA AND THEIR CONSUMERS
Day 3: INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM - RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Day 4: NEW MEDIA, NEW CHALLENGES FOR JOURNALISTS
Day 5: THE ETHICS AND CHALLENGES OF BEING A JOURNALIST

16. Participants
- Number of participants: 25 EU + 7 non-EU participants (17 EU countries and 6 non-EU)
- Professional profile: mostly practicing journalists. Some involved in media regulation,
journalist organisation, institutional communications department or research
organisation
- Type of media outlet:
- on-line media, print press, radio and TV;
- mainly reporters; also some freelancers, editors, presenters;
- local, national and international media outlets
- Interests: arts and gender studies; media law/regulation/systems/business models and
their impact on media functioning; human rights; democracy and media; EU and
globalisation; new/social/digital media; investigative journalism

17. Structure and procedures
Presentations
Small group discussions on 3 different topics (you need to sign
up for your preferred group on ‘first come-first served’ basis) –
discussing and concluding on set of predefined questions
Round table discussions: Q&A session for each presentation