From: Anders Henten Extension of deadline for regsitration for PhD summer school 2014 on Internet and new media PhD summer school 2014 Internet and new media - institutions and innovation systems Organized by Center for Communication, Media and Information technologies (CMI), Aalborg University, Denmark Time: 19 -24 August 2014 Venue: Skagen, Denmark Lecturers: William Melody, Guest Professor, Aalborg University Benkt Åke Lundvall, Professor, Aalborg University Dwayne Winseck, Professor, Carleton University Knud Erik Skouby, Professor, Aalborg University Anders Henten, Professor, Aalborg University Reza Tadayoni, Associate Professor, Aalborg University New deadline for registration: 7 April 2014 Further information and registration: phdsummerschool.nordict.aau.dk/index.html The topic of the 2014 PhD summer school is concerned with Internet and new media. Focus is on the reconfigurations of the ICT field connected with the developments of convergence of the IT area, telecoms, and the mass media. At a technical level as well as at a business and market level, IT, telecoms, and media have increasingly been converging during the past decades based technologically on digitization, in a broad sense, and on Internet, more specifically. However, we are not witnessing a convergence on equal terms and in the last decade, it has become still clearer that IT is developing into being the dominant business area in this convergence. The discussions in the course will be related to technology developments and the development of institutions and markets from political, economic as well as social perspectives. Mobile application markets are presently dominated by IT companies, first and foremost Apple and Google, due to their competences in software and user interfaces as well as timely introduction of proper business models. One of the questions raised at the summer school is the extent to which traditional linear broadcast will be able to innovate and adapt to the changing environment. A central topic at the summer school will be the geo-political aspects of these ICT developments as a consequence of the dominance of the US in the IT field. National and regional innovation systems will be discussed in order to examine how technology and market developments can be influenced politically. The theoretical basis of the course will be taken from the literature on innovation theory, institutional theory, political economy, and theories on business strategies. Topics discussed at the summer school include: •Political economy of ICTs •Institutional analysis •Future Internet technologies •Future of broadcast •Mobile communications •The political economy of standardization •Hegemonic relations in converging media •Trends in regulations of converging media •New media business models Contact: Reza Tadayoni: [email protected] Anders Henten: [email protected]
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