Sessions on the policy theme will address the effectiveness of current regulatory policies and instruments; the risks to normative expectations such as freedom of expression, media pluralism, equal communication rights; intellectual property rights; structural aspects of regulation (such as media ownership and concentration, media subsidy schemes, public service media); and aspects related to content (protection of minors, shielding of national and independent production, minority provision).

Conveners of this theme are Beata Klimkiewicz, coordinator of the COST A30 working group on Media Regulation and Policy, and Sharon Strover from the the Communication Law and Policy Division of the International Communication Association.