Third CHMK National Forum for Media Reform
Thematic Working Groups Focused sections addressing specific policy domains
THEME I: Artificial Intelligence, Digital Paradigms, & Curriculum Reform
1. AI-Driven Cinematography: Impact on Visualization Techniques and Audience Trust
2. Integrating AI into Media Programs in Iraqi Kurdistan Region Universities
3. New Technologies and Their Impact on Media Reform: Reporters of Kurdistan Region as an Example
4. Navigating the Digital Shift: Strategic Approaches to Media Reform among Newsroom Managers in Sulaimani City
THEME II: Political Economy, Media Ownership, & Economic Independence
5. Re-Engineering Media Ownership for Pluralism: Economic Strategies and the Future of Public Broadcasting Services in the Kurdistan Region
6. Media Reform in the Kurdistan Region: The Impact of Economic Pressures on Media Independence
THEME III: Legal Frameworks, Policy Roadmaps, & Public Accountability
7. Assessing the Implementation Level of Media Regulatory Laws in the Kurdistan Region
8. Ethical Frameworks in Digital Media Discourse: An Analysis of Facebook’s Role in Iraq’s 2025 Government Formation
9. Voices in Exile: Freedom of Expression and the Human Rights Implications of Return Risks for Kurdish Asylum Seekers in the UK
10. Freedom of Expression and Media Accountability in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Challenges Facing Independent Journalism
11. Media Reform in a Stateless Society: Moving Beyond the Post-Conflict Stage in Post-Genocide Kurdistan
12. Media Reform and the Right to Private Life: Strengthening Ethical Principles in the Kurdistan Region
13. The Absence of Digital Media Law and Its Impacts on Media Chaos of the Kurdistan Region
14. The Legislative Gap in the Kurdistan Region and its Impacts on the Regulation of Digital Media and Social Networks
15. The Legislative Gap in the Kurdistan Region and its Impacts on the Regulation of Digital Media and Social Networks
16. The Impact of Social Media Disinformation on Societal Security: The Kurdistan Region as a Case Study
THEME IV: Language, Culture, Anthropology, & Public Interest Campaigns
17. Negotiating Language Policy: Analyzing Media Reform Discourses in Post-Conflict Kurdistan Region
18. Reforming Media Language: A Discursive Analysis of Hate Speech on Social Media Platforms
19. Reforming Kurdish Media Language through Code-Mixing and Diglossia
20. Models of Media Literacy and Learning from Specialised Media for Children: A Comparative Study between the Kurdistan Region and Norway
21. The Symbolic Power of Media: Anthropological Insights into Institutional Reform in the Kurdistan Region
22. Media Awareness and Social Responsibility: Combatting Drug Abuse as a Pillar of Media Reform in the Kurdistan Region
THE APEX SESSION: HIGH-LEVEL STRATEGIC POLICY ROUNDTABLE
23. Three Integrity Walls from the Global South: A Strategic Policy Roadmap for Media Reform in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
24. Media Power, Networks and Democratic Governance: Obstacles to and Opportunities for Media Reform
25. AI and the Digital Frontline: Technological Deployment of Automated Fact-Checking Networks
26. Kurdish Media Networks across Cross-Border Geopolitics: Institutional Pathways to Systemic Reform
27. Strategic Reform Initiatives and the Future of Independent Media: Is It Fading Away or Transforming?
