Stephan Dreyer
Stephan Dreyer studied Law at the University of Hamburg. He has been a member of staff at the Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research since February 2002. His research interest concerns the law applicable to new media services as well as new online and distribution platforms. One of his thematic priorities at the institute is the protection of minors against harmful media content. A further emphasis of research and a main interest beside data protection issues are legal and regulatory questions related to video games. In the context of his PhD thesis, he is investigating the difficulties as well as the determinants of legal decisions under uncertainty within current systems of youth media protection.
At the Institute, he is responsible for the development of the didactic concepts as well as the implementation and organisation of e-learning courses like "Global Classroom".
Stephan Dreyer is member of the Complaints Committee as well as the Expert Committee of the "Voluntary Self-Monitoring by Multimedia Providers" (FSM).
Latest publications
Schulz, W.; Dreyer, S.; Hagemeier, S. (2011): Machtverschiebung in der öffentlichen Kommunikation [Power Shift in Public Communication]. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Politische Akademie, Medienpolitik. Bonn. Electronic ed. (pdf, German)
Dreyer, S. (2011): Jugendmedienschutz zwischen Recht und Nationalgesellschaften [Protection of Minors in the Media between Law and National Societies]. In: Sächsische Landesanstalt für privaten Rundfunk und neue Medien (SLM, ed.): Jugendmedienschutz bei Onlinespielen. Zwischen kultureller Vielfalt und nationalen Besonderheiten [Protection of Minors in the Media in Online Games. Between Cultural Diversity and National Characteristics]. Berlin 2011, pp. 37-48.
Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research/Interdisciplinary Centre for Law & ICT (ICRI), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven/Center for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS), Central European University/Cullen Interna-tional/Perspective Associates (eds., 2011): INDIREG. Indicators for independence and efficient functioning of audiovisual media services regulatory bodies for the purpose of enforcing the rules in the AVMS Directive. Study conducted on behalf of the European Commission. Final Report. February 2011 (forthcoming).
Dreyer, S.; Hajok, D.; Wendland, C. W. (2010): Jugendschutzprogramme: Anforderungen an technische Mittel für den altersdifferenzierten Zugang zu Telemedien nach JMStV-E [Programmes for the Protection of Minors: Requirements of Technological Means for Age-Differentiating Access to Telemedia According to JMStV-E]. In: JMS-Report 6/2010, pp. 2-7.
Schulz, W.; Dreyer, S. (2010): Schriftliche Stellungnahme zum Entwurf des 14. Rundfunkänderungsstaatsvertrags - Novelle des Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrags [Written Statement on the Draft of the Amendment to the Interstate Broadcasting Treaty - Amendment to the Interstate Treaty on the Protection of Minors]. 5 May 2010. (pdf-file, German)
Schulz, W.; Dreyer, S. (2010): Stellungnahme zum Entwurf eines novellierten Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrags [Statement on the Draft Amendment to the Interstate Treaty on the Protection of Minors]. 20 January 2010. (pdf-file, German)
Latest lectures
“Evaluation und Perspektiven des deutschen Jugendmedienschutzes” [Evaluation and Perspectives of German Protection of Minors in the Media], lecture by S. Dreyer at the conference “Zukunftsfähigen Jugendmedienschutz gemeinsam gestalten” [Jointly Designing Sustainable Protection of Minors in the Media] of the parliamentary group Bündnis 90/Die Grünen at the Landtag NRW in Düsseldorf on 18 February 2011.
"Was macht das Kind, was wir nicht wollen? Mediennutzung, Strukturwandel und Jugendschutz" [What Does the Child Do that We Do Not Want? Media Use, Structural Change and Youth Protection], lecture by S. Dreyer and C. Lampert at the Universitäts-Gesellschaft Hamburg on 9 December 2010.
“Machinilaw – Rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen von Machinima-Produktionen” [Machinilaw – Legal Parameters of Machinima Productions], lecture by S. Dreyer at the “play10 Festival für kreatives Computerspielen” [play10 Festival for Creative Gaming” in Potsdam on 3 December 2010.
“Modular ICT Regulation in the EU – Probing a Hypothetical Regulative Framework”, lecture by S. Dreyer at the 3rd European Communications Conference (ECC/ECREA) in Hamburg on 14 October 2010.
“Oh no, that hurts! – Categorization of Sanctions Against Avatars”, lecture by S. Dreyer at the ECREA Pre-Conference “Avatars and Humans” in Hamburg on 12 October 2010.
“Youth Protection Overload. Dystopie eines falsch verstandenen Games-Jugendschutzes” [Youth Protection Overload. Dystopia of a Misunderstood Youth Protection in Games], lecture by S. Dreyer at the F.R.O.G. Conference “Future and Reality of Gaming (F.R.O.G.) 2010” in Vienna on 24 September 2010.
“Klassifizierungssysteme für die Anbieterkennzeichnung im JMStV 2011” [Classification Systems for Provider Identification in JMStV 2011], lecture by S. Dreyer at the event “Wie klassifiziert man Online-Spiele und andere Inhalte selbst?” [How Can Online Games and Other Contents be Classified?] at the Games Convention Online in Leipzig on 9 July 2010.
“Sex, Drugs & Violence? Content Classification Worldwide”, lecture by S. Dreyer at the 2nd GAM Task Force Roundtable at the medienforum.nrw in Cologne on 30 June 2010.
“Ratings, Trust & Common Descriptors. A new approach for a supranational online labeling system”, lecture by S. Dreyer at the European Film Classifiers Conference in Den Haag on 20 Mai 2010.
"Jugendmedienschutz zwischen Recht und Nationalgesellschaften: Über die Fülle der kulturellen Hintergründe und regulatorischen Entwicklungspfade in den EU-Staaten" [Media Protection of Minors between Law and National Societies: On the Abundance of Cultural Backgrounds and Regulatory Paths in EU Countries], lecture by S. Dreyer in the context of the event "Jugendmedienschutz bei Onlinespielen: Zwischen kultureller Vielfalt und nationalen Besonderheiten" at the Medientreffpunkt Mitteldeutschland on 4 May 2010.
"Unbequem, sperrig, unausweichlich - Über die verfassungsrechtliche Notwendigkeit eines spezifischen Jugenddatenschutzes und seine praktischen Konsequenzen" [Inconvenient, Unwieldy, Inevitable - On the Constitutional Necessity of Specific Youth Data Protections and Its Practical Consequences], lecture by S. Dreyer at the re:publica 2010 in Berlin on 15 April 2010.
"Power, Decisions and Knowledge: How labeling input/output will show to be the driving force in all supranational labeling", lecture by S. Dreyer at the 21st Transatlantic Dialogue of the State Media Authority in Düsseldorf on 11 March 2010.
"Ich klicke, also bin ich - Datenschutz und Datensicherheit in virtuellen Räumen" [I Click, therefore I Am - Data Protection and Data Security in Virtual Environments], lecture by S. Dreyer at the conference "In virtuellen Welten unterwegs. Kompetenzen und Risiken für Kinder und Jugendliche" of the AG Kinder- und Jugendschutz Hamburg e.V. on 24 February 2010.
"There‘s a Train A-coming: Challenges in Implementing a Global Rating System", lecture by S. Dreyer at the 19th Transatlantic Dialogue during the medienforum.nrw in Cologne on 23 June 2009.
"Haftung im Internet – Ordnungsrahmen des JMStV und aktuelle Fragestellungen bei Telemedien" [Liability on the Internet – Framework of the JMStV and Current Problems Regarding Telemedia], lecture by S. Dreyer at the conference of the FSM Complaints Committee in Berlin on 22 April 2009.
"Der informierte Verbraucher als Leitbild. Ziele, Prozeduren und Grenzen von Verbraucherinformationssystemen in Europa" [The Informed Consumer as a Model. Objectives, Procedures and Limits of Consumer Information Systems in Europe], lecture by S. Dreyer at the 18th Transatlantic Dialogue of the State Media Authorities (LfM) - "Kennzeichnung von Online-Inhalten" [Labelling of Online Content] in Düsseldorf on 3 March 2009.
"Spielerisch regeln – Virtuelle Regulierungsformen als Alternative zum Real-Life-Recht" [Regulating Playfully – Virtual Forms of Regulation as an Alternative to Real-Life-Law], lecture by S. Dreyer at the Computerspiele Camp(us) Cologne on 6 November 2008.
Contact
Stephan Dreyer
Hans-Bredow-Institut
Heimhuder Straße 21
D - 20148 Hamburg
Tel. +49 (0)40 45 02 17 - 33
Fax +49 (0)40 45 02 17 - 77