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<body style="font: 10pt/normal Segoe UI; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><div class="GroupWiseMessageBody" id="GroupWiseSection_1538120107000_Svende.Eickhoff@fes.de_5BE69AC006CA00008DFD7CC34C91D7E1_"><div><div><strong><em>The Silent Takeover </em></strong></div><div><strong><em>Media Capture in the 21st Century</em></strong></div><div><strong><em>FoME Symposium 2018</em></strong></div><div><em>22-23 November 2018 / 9 am</em></div><div><em>Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Hiroshimastr. 17, 10785 Berlin</em></div><div><em><strong>RVSP</strong> via our </em><a href="https://www.fes.de/veranstaltungen/?Veranummer=222404"><em>registration mask</em></a><em> by 26th October.</em></div><div><em>Hosted by FES, MiCT & Reporters Without Borders</em> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Dear Sir or Madam, </div><div><br></div><div>The era of censorship is not over, but governments no longer need to openly exert their power over media in forms of censorship or force."The Silent Takeover" of the media in the 21st century comes through the backdoor. Supportive and subtle rather than repressive forms of political and business-related intervention in the media sector seem to become the method of choice.Our 2018 FoME Symposium puts the complex triangle of "Politics – Private Interests – Media" at the center of debate. </div><div><br></div><div>On November 22nd and 23rd, about 100 media experts from around the world will get together on the premises of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Berlin to assess the state of Media Capture in the 21st Century. We will discuss which factors foster what academic literature calls Media Capture, to what extent this expanding strategy influences democracy, pluralism and freedom of the press and how to prevent "The Silent Takeover" of the free media. This takeover can have many different faces: media can be founded, owned, financed, supported and/or operated by actors with political interests.</div><div><br>At FoME 2018 we will analyze the different shapes Media Capture can take and discuss solutions in a number of sessions ranging from panel discussions to hands-on workshops. The symposium is organized and hosted by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) in cooperation with Reporters Without Borders (RSF Germany) and Media in Cooperation and Transition (MiCT). </div><div><br>The Forum Media and Development (FoME) is an initiative of 20 organizations from German-speaking countries active in international media development, including Deutsche Welle Akademie, GIZ, Reporters Without Borders, MiCT, ECPMF, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung für die Freiheit, IDEM, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, n-ost, CAMECO and others.</div><div><br>Please note that the symposium will be held in <strong>English language</strong>.</div><div><br><strong>RVSP via our <a href="https://www.fes.de/veranstaltungen/?Veranummer=222404">registration mask</a> by 26th October.</strong></div><div><strong>NOTE</strong>: Please use the free field in the registration mask to indicate whether you would like to participate in the <a href="https://fome.info/events/symposium-2018/evening-reception">evening reception</a> on 22nd November.</div><div><br>All information on the symposium on the <a href="https://fome.info/"><strong>FoME website</strong></a>.</div><div><br>For inquiries please contact Christopher Forst (<a href="mailto:chrstopher.forst@fes.de">chrstopher.forst@fes.de</a>) or Svende Eickhoff (<a href="mailto:svende.eickhoff@fes.de">svende.eickhoff@fes.de</a>). </div><div><br>With kind regards </div><div><br>Anja Wollenberg (MiCT), Lisa Kretschmer (Reporter Ohne Grenzen), Christopher Forst (Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung)</div><div>Curators of the 2018 FoME Symposium</div></div><span style="margin-bottom: 5px; display: block;"><br></span><div><br></div></div><BR>
<font size="2" face="Arial">Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V., Vorsitzender: Ministerpräsident a.D. Kurt Beck. Geschäftsführendes Vorstandsmitglied: Dr. Roland Schmidt, Godesberger Allee 149, D-53175 Bonn, Tel. +49 (0)228/883-0, Berliner Anschrift: Hiroshimastr. 17, 10785 Berlin, info@fes.de</font>
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