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Alex Marciuc Informational Policy Institute, Republic of Moldova Alex Marciuc is in the process of obtaining a PhD degree in international law. He is a practicing attorney at law, licensed member of the Bar of the Republic of Moldova, and is engaged in various research and teaching activities. Alex is representing Moldova in the international project OpenNet Initiative and Eurasian Informational Policy Network. Several years ago, he co-founded the Informational Policy Institute, a non-governmental organization which supports such rights and freedoms as access to information; freedom of expression; training of specialists and dissemination of international experience in these areas; provision of legal assistance to media; and the establishment of legal and regulatory framework on informational policy in the Republic of Moldova. Alex has a large experience in lawsuits for protection of electronic and printed mass-media at the national level and also at the European Court of Human Rights. Over recent years, he has participated as a national expert in a number of Council of Europe projects. The most recent project deals with the development of “Human rights guidelines for Internet service-providers.” Alex is also the author of scientific and publicistic works on different aspects of human rights and on informational law and judicial practice in this field. Amanda Ting Zhou Associate Professor, Communication University of China, China Amanda Ting Zhou graduated with a Ph.D. degree from Journalism School of Fudan University in China, now she lives in Beijing and is working as an Associate Professor in National Center for Radio and Television Studies, Communication University of China. She gives lectures to both undergraduate and graduate students, on the history of mass communication and the research of media production. In her recent researches, she pays close attention to how the media policies, the economic structure, the organizational and cultural factors shape the production of media content. She has authored and coauthored four books and published many papers in Chinese .She has been a visiting scholar at Department of Media and Communication, City University of Hong Kong and a part time media adviser and analyst to China Central Television Station (CCTV) and some local televisions. Ammara Durrani Project Director and Strategic Communications Specialist, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Pakistan Ammara Durrani has served as Development Outreach & Communications Specialist at USAID Mission in Pakistan. Earlier, she worked as Senior Correspondent and Assistant Editor with The News International, Pakistan. Durrani was also a Daniel Pearl/Alfred Friendly Press Fellow and worked at the U.S. daily Los Angeles Times and the U.S. weeklyJewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles,in Los Angeles. Durrani was awarded the WISCOMP Scholar of Peace Fellowship by Women in Security, Conflict Management and Peace, India. She won the WASH Media Award for her reporting on Pakistan’s water crises by WSSCC, Switzerland. It was followed by publication of a collection of her articles, entitled Troubled Waters of Karachi.Durrani has written on socio-economic and political issues confronting Pakistan for various newspapers and magazines, and has to her credit several peer-reviewed and published research papers. She has also appeared on national and international broadcast media as a commentator. Durrani holds an M. Phil. in International Relations from University of Cambridge, U.K.; and M.A. and B.A. Honors degrees in General History from University of Karachi, Pakistan. Candice Haddad Ph.D. student, Communication Studies, University of Michigan, USA Candice Haddad is a Ph.D. student in Communication Studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She has a B.A. from Indiana University - Bloomington and a M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. Haddad's scholarly interests include researching the different intersections of identity in media and popular culture within a global context. She is particularly interested in examining potential sites of subversion and activism in the media from a critical race and feminist perspective. Her current project explores diasporic and national identity, particularly Palestinian, cultivation online. Davide Morisi London School of Economics Davide Morisi is a postgraduate student in Media, Communication and Development at the London School of Economics. His academic interests mainly cover two fields: the role of media, ICTs and communication projects in developing countries; current issues in media policy, such as the role of public service media, internet and intellectual property rights, net neutrality, online privacy. He is now carrying on a research on the relationship between media ownership and pluralism within the European framework. Before joining the LSE, Davide gained a BA and an MA in Political and Public Communication from University of Bologna, and worked as a journalist for two dailies in Bologna and as a communication manager for two election campaigns. He is a member of the National Association of the Italian Journalists and currently contributes to the LSE Media Policy Project andMedialaws.eu. Dmitry Chernobrov Researcher, University of Cambridge Dmitry Chernobrov is currently a visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge. In 2010-2011 he completed a Fulbright research grant in International Security at the University of Denver, devoted to the research of conflict resolution and information management. Previously he had earned the degree of MPhil in International Relations from the University of Cambridge, and was awarded BA in Regional Studies (hons) from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University, Russia). His research interests include international images and the formation of public perceptions of political events, political psychology, and identity construction. His current research is looking at stereotyping in media images of recent wars and its contribution to changes in conflict potential through an impact on the popular perceptions of conflict, identity association and the subsequent change in the ‘self’ – ‘other’ relations. Dmitry has a number of publications on stereotyping in war and identity processes in conflict. Ehsan Norouzi Techno-politics Journalist, Deutsche Welle Persian, Iran Norouzi studied computer engineering at University. He started his work as a journalist in 2006 when he passed the BBC World Service Trust’s one year online learning program in journalism (iLearn). Since then, he has had many different working experiences mostly as an online journalist, translator and researcher on Internet Freedom, Internet Governance and Media Policies and Development. Norouzi has lived in Germany for the past two years. He spent six months working for Reporters without Borders to establish a website for monitoring the situation of Press Freedom, journalism and journalists' situation in Iran. This past February, Norouzi joined Deutsche Welle Persian as a techno-politics journalist, and is working on a project that is focused on social media. He has also been managing the AzadCyber website which is covering Internet censorship and press restrictions and systematic violations of freedom of expression in Iran. He is the editor-in-chief for this project which is funded by Internews Europe and has more than 10 contributors from all over the world. Fazel Barin Legal Advisor, Afghanistan Since 2004 Fazel Barin has worked as a legal advisor and linguist in Afghanistan. While growing up in Afghanistan, Fazel’s interest in media, law and defending the rights of journalists was sparked as a result of the Taliban’s strict censorship of newspapers, restrictions placed on journalists and the general lack of respect for freedom of expression. Fazel is excited by the opportunity to participate and represent Afghanistan in the 2011 Annenberg-Oxford Summer Institute. After completing his degree from the Faculty of Law and Political Science at Kabul University, Fazel became a member of the Afghanistan Independent Bar Association. He has provided legal advice through Esalat Legal Service Office, and worked as a legal advisor and linguist with NATO’s International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) since 2004. Additionally, Fazel recently passed the necessary exams and plans on becoming a judge in 2012. During the past spring, Fazel participated in a three-week media law program in Kabul, Afghanistan organized by Internews and the Annenberg School for Communication. His passion to become a legal media advisor remains steadfast, and he plans to continue to advocate for a strong legal media environment in Afghanistan that is willing to defend the rights of journalists. Huanqing Yao Renmin University of China Associate Professor Huanqing Yao joins us from Renmin University of China, where he is the Vice Director of civil and commercial jurisprudence. Prior to this he has taught courses in IPR law, fundamental civil law, copyright law, debts & contracts and divisional contract law, and worked as Legal Counsel to the Xinhua News Agency. Dr. Yao’s research interests include the protection and restriction of freedom of speech in cyberspace, and will be working closely with PCMLP during his stay to promote this issue. Jaclyn Selby University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication, USA Jaclyn Selby is a doctoral student at USC and conducts research at the intersection of content industry economics, media and technology policy, and public diplomacy. Her

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