Activities
Organizer: CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL MEDIA ETHICS -CIME
Host in Georgia: Media Development Foundation -MDF
Partners: Ilia State University, UN Association Georgia
-UNAG
The Center for International Media Ethics (CIME) annually organizes
the International Media Ethics Day worldwide.
The fourth (IMED Cyber) will take place on September 19, 2014.
The aim of
the annual IMED is to mobilize media professionals, IT experts, bloggers,
students and interested citizens worldwide to discuss ethical dilemmas locally.
It is a first time when Georgia will be a part of this international
event organized locally be Media Development Foundation in partnership with the
Ilia State University, UN Association Georgia -UNAG.
The 2014
edition will have a special focus on digital media ethics and IT security.
Moot role play by students and award ceremony of journalists and media
outlets will be a part of the international event.
From the
first IMED in 2011 with only 300 participants from 11 countries, the event has
grown a popular worldwide initiative with more than 800 participants from 32
countries in 2013.