[bestbits] Extended Deadline: 2016 Annenberg-Oxford Summer Institute Applications

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Extended Deadline: 2016 Annenberg-Oxford Summer Institute Applications
The deadline has been extended for applications to the 18th annual Annenberg-
Oxford Media Policy Summer Institute, to be held from Monday June 27 to Friday
July 8, 2016 at the University of Oxford. Applications are now due by Monday
April 11, 2016 at 5:00PM EST. To apply, please visit:
https://upennasc.hobsonsradius.com/ssc/aform/M07026C7T86G0x67023M.ssc

For seventeen years, the Institute has brought together top early career
communications scholars, media lawyers and regulators, internet governance
experts, and freedom of expression and human rights activists from countries
around the world to discuss the effects of technology and policy from a global
and multidisciplinary perspective. The Summer Institute provides participants
with an intensive two week interdisciplinary curriculum that combines expert
instruction from media policymakers and scholars with hands-on activities such
as stakeholder mapping, policy analysis, group case studies, and participant
presentations.

The 2016 Annenberg-Oxford Summer Institute will explore themes such as
strategic narratives and propaganda, the role of the media in political change
and conflict, global internet governance processes, online censorship and
surveillance, and the relationship between international media laws and
national jurisdictions. Applications are welcomed from students studying
communications, sociology, political science, international relations, area
studies, anthropology, information studies, and related disciplines.
Practitioners working in media, law, policy, regulation, and technology are
also encouraged to apply.

This year, limited scholarships are available for Iranian and Southeast Asian
participants as well as applicants with a focus on internet policy.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis before the deadline, so
please submit as soon as possible. Several partial scholarships are available
to top applicants. For more information about the program and the application,
please visit our website (http://bit.ly/21USTpC) and FAQ page
(http://www.global.asc.upenn.edu/annenberg-oxford-faq/)