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[[You are cordially invited to participate in a one-day symposium **'The
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Media Relations with the State'**, organised by
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and supported by the ]{lang="en-GB"}[[[Programme on Modern
Poland]{lang="en-GB"}]{lang="en-AU"}](http://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/research-centres/programme-modern-poland){target="_blank"}[,
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Civitas]{lang="en-GB"}]{lang="en-AU"}](http://www.civitas.edu.pl/en/){target="_blank"}[,
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[[**This symposium will take place in**
]{lang="en-GB"}]{style="color: #222222;"}[**Silverstone Room, LSE Tower
3**]{lang="en-GB"}[[ **on Friday 2 December 2016, from 10am to 6pm
(please see below for more details).**
]{lang="en-GB"}]{style="color: #222222;"}[The symposium will bring
together scholars, policy-makers and regulators to discuss issues of
political interference and economic pressures that continue to challenge
the development of democratic media cultures in Europe.]{lang="en-GB"}
[In European media tradition, public service media (PSM) has been
considered vital to European democracy. With its main duty to serve the
public interest, throughout the territory and for the whole of the
population of the country in which it is established, PSM has provided
balance and ensured that the needs of all minorities are met. Public
service television makes news more accessible for the population,
fosters higher news consumption and results in better knowledge of
public affairs in the population.]{lang="en-GB"}
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[R]{lang="en-GB"}[ecent years have brought about new challenges to media
landscapes across Europe. Pressures from the commercial broadcasting and
declining audiences have been compounded by political and financial
pressures that have come to question ]{lang="en-GB"}[the very existence,
role and purpose of public service broadcasting.
]{lang="en-GB"}[Numerous ]{lang="en-GB"}[violations of public service
media values, including the encroachment on ]{lang="en-GB"}[freedom of
expression, information, media freedom and pluralism,
]{lang="en-GB"}[have been reported ]{lang="en-GB"}[across
Europe]{lang="en-GB"}[. There is widespread involvement of governments
in the deterioration of conditions in which media, including public
service broadcasting, functions. ]{lang="en-GB"}
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[**[We will discuss the following
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- [How does PSM monitor and control the power holders on behalf the
  citizens?]{lang="en-GB"}
- [How is PSM guaranteed independence from the government and other
  political forces that determine the life of others?]{lang="en-GB"}
- [How does PSM provide space for critical and reasoned public debate?
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- [How does PSM give voice to the citizens]{lang="en-GB"}[**,**
  ]{lang="en-GB"}[create public opinion and guide the decision-makers
  and power holders to their actions?]{lang="en-GB"}

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[We look forward to you joining us at this important event. Please let
us know if you have any further questions. Since places are limited,
please **RSVP to Nikola Belakova
(**]{lang="en-GB"}**[[n.belakova@lse.ac.uk]{lang="en-GB"}]{style="color: blue;"}**[**)**,
who is coordinating the event.]{lang="en-GB"}

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[[Kind regards,]{lang="en-GB"}]{style="color: #222222;"}

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[[Eva ]{lang="en-GB"}]{style="color: #222222;"}[Polonska]{lang="en-GB"}

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[Nikola Belakova]{lang="en-GB"}

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[***Symposium Information***]{lang="en-GB"}
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[**Title:** ]{lang="en-GB"}[[The Future of Public Service Media in
Europe: Freedom, Independence and Media Relations with the
State]{lang="en-GB"}]{style="color: #222222;"}

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[**Date:** ]{lang="en-GB"}[Friday 2 December 2016]{lang="en-GB"}

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[**Time:** ]{lang="en-GB"}[10:00 -- 18:00]{lang="en-GB"}

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[**Venue:**
]{lang="en-GB"}[[[[TW3.7.01A]{lang="en-GB"}]{style="color: #1155cc;"}]{lang="en-AU"}](http://www.lse.ac.uk/mapsAndDirections/campusMap.pdf){target="_blank"}[[
[(]{.underline}]{lang="en-GB"}]{style="color: #1155cc;"}[Silverstone
Room) Department of Media and Communications, 7th Floor, LSE Tower 3
(entrance from Tower 2), Clement's Inn, Strand, London WC2A
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[[Programme]{.underline}]{lang="en-GB"}
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[**9:30-10:00 Coffee & Registration**]{lang="en-GB"}
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[**10:00-10:10 Welcome**]{lang="en-GB"}
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[**10:10-11:00 Paolo Mancini, University of Perugia, Italy**
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[*The Future of Public Service Media in Europe: an academic
perspective*]{lang="en-GB"}

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[**11:00-12:30 Public Service Media in Europe in a comparative
perspective** ]{lang="en-GB"}

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1.  [Damian Tambini, LSE, ]{lang="en-GB"}[*Public Service Media and
    Independence from the State in Comparative
    Perspective*]{lang="en-GB"}
2.  [Des Freedman & Vana Goblot, Goldsmiths University,
    ]{lang="en-GB"}[*The Future of Public Service Media in
    Britain*]{lang="en-GB"}[* * ]{lang="en-GB"}
3.  [Raymond Kuhn, Queen Mary University, ]{lang="en-GB"}[*The State and
    Public Service Media in France*]{lang="en-GB"}

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[Chair: Charlie Beckett, Polis, LSE]{lang="en-GB"}

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[**12:30 -13:15 Lunch**]{lang="en-GB"}

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[**13:15-14:45 The Rise of Illiberal Democracies in Europe
I**]{lang="en-GB"}

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1.  [Boguslawa Dobek-Ostrowska, Wroclaw University,
    ]{lang="en-GB"}[*Media & Democracy in CEE 30 Years After
    Communism*]{lang="en-GB"}
2.  [Peter Bajomi-Lazar, CEU, ]{lang="en-GB"}[*Market Imperfections and
    State Imperfections: The Case of Hungary*]{lang="en-GB"}
3.  [Stanislaw Mocek, Jacek Zakowski, Collegium Civitas & Eva Polonska,
    LSE, ]{lang="en-GB"}*Media-Politics Nexus in Poland: Implications
    for Public Service Broadcasting*

Chair: Monica Horten, LSE

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[**14:45 -15:15 Coffee break**]{lang="en-GB"}
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[**15:15 -16:45** ]{lang="en-GB"}**The Rise of Illiberal Democracies in
Europe II**

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1.  [Sally Broughton Micova, University of East Anglia,
    ]{lang="en-GB"}[*The Legislative Machinations on PSB under New
    Authoritarianism*]{lang="en-GB"}
2.  [Petros Iosifidis, City University, ]{lang="en-GB"}[*Greek ERT:
    State or Public Service Broadcaster?*]{lang="en-GB"}
3.  [Eva Polonska, LSE: ]{lang="en-GB"}*The EU and the Public Service
    Media in Europe*

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[Chair:]{lang="en-GB"} Corinne Schweizer, LSE

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[**16:45-17:00 Coffee break**]{lang="en-GB"}

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[**17:00-18:00 Ingrid Deltenre, Director General, European Broadcasting
Union** ]{lang="en-GB"}

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[*The Future of Public Service Media in Europe: A Practitioner's
Perspective*]{lang="en-GB"}

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You are cordially invited to participate in a one-day symposium
<b>
 ‘The Future of Public Service Media in Europe: Freedom, Independence and Media Relations with the State’
</b>
, organised by the LSE Department of Media and Communications and supported by the Programme on Modern Poland, Collegium Civitas, the LSE Media Policy Project and Polis.

‘The Future of Public Service Media in Europe: Freedom, Independence and Media Relations with the State’

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November 18th 2016  
Silverstone Room -- TW3.7.01.A  
London School of Economics and Political Science

One million migrants crossed the borders of Europe in 2015, in, what
came to be known as the "refugee crisis". This Symposium focuses on the
mediation of this "crisis" at a trans-European and local level, in order
to address the questions:

 \* How is "the refugee crisis" communicated in European media?

 \* How do refugees appear in "our" media?

 \* How do border agents use media in their reception of refugees?

Drawing on findings from the "Migration and Media" research project,
funded by the Department of Media and Communications at LSE, the
Symposium is organized as a series of conversations between LSE scholars
and leading migration and media researchers and practitioners.

The aim of the Symposium is to reflect on the urgent ethico-political
challenges of "the crisis", as these emerge at the intersection of human
mobility, security, care and media. But its aim is also to enable us to
engage with important moments in the mediation of "the crisis". These
moments are addressed through academic work but also through creative
work. The Symposium will close with the Oscar-nominated and Winner of
the Golden Bear at the Berlin film festival 2016 /Fuoccoamare/Fire at
Sea/, by Gianfranco Rosi.

\*Programme \*

09:00- 09:30 Welcome coffee and tea

09:30- 11:00

Welcome, Prof. Nick Couldry, Head of Media and Communications Dept,
LSE  
Keynote speech, Dr Vicki Squire, University of Warwick

11:00-11:15 Coffee break

11:15 -- 12:45

Panel One: Making or covering "a crisis"? Europe's media
representations  
Lilie Chouliaraki, Myria Georgiou and Rafal Zaborowski, LSE  
Kai Hafez, University of Erfurt

[12:45 -- 13:45 Lunch -- /with poster presentations from the Migration
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13.45-15:30

Panel Two: Refugee visibilities and invisibilities\* Lilie Chouliaraki,
LSE Myria Georgiou, LSE Frank Johansson, Director of Amnesty
International, Finland

15:30-15:45 Coffee break

15:45-17:15

Panel Three: Communication architectures of borders and routes  
Lilie Chouliaraki and Myria Georgiou, LSE Marie Gillespie, Open
University

18.00-20.00 Fuoccoamare/Fire on Sea, Oscar-nominated film  
Sheikh Zayed Lecture Theatre, NAB

Introduction and Chair: Pierluigi Musaro, University of Bologna Film
introduced by the Director, Gianfranco Rosi, via video-link

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