Frederic Dubois, Hans Hege, Martin Kretschmer, Klaus Unterberger  
  
Room: stage D  
  
Media law has traditionally focused on public broadcasting networks as a centrally organised and publicly funded ‘public service’. With growing competition from commercial broadcasters and the proliferation of a vast array of freely available public information platforms, this paradigm no longer holds. At the same time, mass digitisation of audio-visual archives may justify new public service mandates. Internet law is becoming a defining factor of the public service media of the future. This panel looks at the different content regulations and norms on public service media in Europe and delves into models for the future.
 
 Speakers
 
 Hans Hege, Director, Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg (mabb)
 Martin Kretschmer, Director, CREATe research consortium
 Klaus Unterberger, Head of Public-Value-Kompetenzzentrum, ORF
 
 
 Moderator
 
 Frédéric Dubois, Chief editor, Internet Policy Review


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Let The People Know: Communication as a tool for success

**motto**

During its nearly eight year history, re:publica has developed into Europe’s largest social media conference, with 5 000 participants in the last year, and has had the privilege of welcoming many of the digital society’s most important leading minds to its stages. Since its inception, the digital society has faced continuous changes – but never have these changes been so palpable as since whistle-blower Edward Snowden’s revelations during the summer of 2013.

re:publica 2014’s motto INTO THE WILD highlights various points of departure for solutions in the internet of the near future. When algorithms turn us transparent and controllable through predictability, perhaps we have to become more unpredictable; dissolving old structures, veering from the well-trodden path in favour of chaos and irrationality, heading INTO THE WILD. Yet this begs the questions: how will we navigate and find one another? How can one whisper into the global net and, in particular, with whom? Will those calling for a free and unrestricted internet not have to face being ever more vigilant and controlling of those who may partake and those who must stay out?

While the omni-surveilled net may have become draughty it will continue to protect its vital interests, learn to sidestep and manoeuvre and continue to develop. During the build-up to re:publica 2014, we will extend INTO THE WILD in search of unexpected technical solutions, surprising impulses stemming from business and politics and look forward to new, unbridled internet culture.

We are happy to announce the most exciting re:publica to date, happening from 6 – 8 May at STATION BERLIN.  

 Not despite, but distinctly because nothing is as it once seemed.


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