Global Perspectives
“New Media and Democracy: Global Perspectives” will bring together a diverse set of scholars to investigate how digital technologies have changed the discourses and practices of democratic politics in various regions around the globe. The conference will broadly address three interrelated questions: How do new media function as an instrument of democratic politics? What role can new media play in the formation of a public sphere? And, to what extent do digital technologies and practices create the conditions for new forms of participatory politics? By discussing these and other issues conference participants will explore the emerging relationship between new media and democracy in our increasingly interconnected world.
Organizers
Biswarup Sen, Assistant Professor, SOJC
Patrick Jones, Doctoral Student, SOJC
Laura Strait, Doctoral Student, SOJC
Sang Jo Jong
Professor and former Dean, Law School at Seoul National University, graduated from Seoul National University and received his PhD at the London School of Economics. Doctoral degree was awarded in 1991 for his thesis titled “The Legal Protection of Computer Programs with particular reference to U.K., U.S., Japan & Korea.” His researches and teachings mostly center around copyright, trademark, patent, and unfair competition laws. He also taught comparative intellectual property law at Georgetown University Law Center in 2007 and at Duke Law School in 2003.Read more about Sang Jo Jong
