The annual conference of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), took place at the University of Leicester, July 27-31 with more than 1,300 papers and panels to be presented. Acting executive director of the Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS), Eva Bognar presented new research on "Media representation of the refugee crisis in the Hungarian and Austrian media" in the panel entitled "Representations and refugees," while Kate Coyer, director of the Center's Civil Society and Technology project presented research as part of the Center's work on the VOX-Pol project in the session "Problematic uses of ICTs," where she presented research from her forthcoming report on social media and violent extremism online. Kate also participated in a UNESCO roundtable entitled "World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development," and presented her work on communication access for refugees in the session "Digital Cultures and New Platforms Speakers," where she was joined by non-resident CMDS fellow, Arne Hintz, who also presented work in the panel on "Regulating the Surveillance State: Policy Reform in the UK After Snowden."
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