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).

Current Projects

Latest publications

  • Dreyer, S.; Hajok, D. (2012): Jugendschutzprogramme: Aktueller Forschungsstand zur Nutzung und Akzeptanz bei Eltern [Youth Protection Software: Current State of Research on Usage and Acceptance among Parents]. In: JMS-Report 1/2012, pp. 2-5. (Link to E-Paper)

  • Dreyer, S. (2012): GAM (Global Alliance Matrix): A cross-cultural interface for labels. The Role of the GAM as a solution to the universality of rating systems. Commenting paper on the Coalition's Working Group 3 Progress Report. Hamburg, 10. Juli 2012.

  • Dreyer, S. (2012): The Right to Informational Self-Determination: A Privacy Concept fit for the Future? In: EU-Nomia - European Law & Policy, June 2012 No. 1, p. 5-10 (pdf).

  • Dreyer, S.; Hajok, D. (2012): Lieber mit oder ohne? Die Sicht der Eltern auf Jugendschutzprogramme [Better with than without? Parents’ View on Youth Protection Software]. In: tv diskurs, 2/2012, pp. 54-59. (pdf, in German, via mediaculture-online.de)

  • Schröder, H. D.; Hasebrink, U.; Dreyer, S.; Loosen, W.; Schröter, F. (2011): Mapping Digital Media: Germany. A Report by the Open Society Foundations (PDF).

  • 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): Entwicklungspfade für ein netzwerkgerechtes Jugendmedienschutzrecht [Development Paths for Network-Appropriate Youth Media Protection]. Working papers of the Hans Bredow Institute No. 22 (pdf-Datei) 

  • Dreyer, S. (2011): Neue Technik, alte Rechtsfragen. Jugendschutz bei Hybrid-TV [New Technology, Old Legal Issue. Youth Protection with Hybrid TV]. In tv discurs 2/2012, pp. 48-54 (pdf-Datei).

  • Dreyer, S. (2011): Jugendmedienschutz zwischen Recht und Nationalgesellschaften [Youth Media Protection between Law and National Societies]. In: Sächsische Landesanstalt für privaten Rundfunk und neue Medien (SLM, eds.): Jugendmedienschutz bei Onlinespielen. Zwischen kultureller Vielfalt und nationalen Besonderheiten [Youth Media Protectionfor Online Games. Between Cultural Diversity and National Particularities]. 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)

List including older publications

Latest lectures

  • "GAM - Global Alliance Matrix. Taking online labels to the next level", lecture by S. Dreyer at the Working Group 3 of the "Coalition to make the Internet a better place for kids" in Brussels on 14 September 2012.

  • "GAM - Global Alliance Matrix. A new approach in international labelling", lecture by S. Dreyer at the Working Group 3 of the "Coalition to make the Internet a better place for kids" in Brussels on 11 May 2012. 

  • "Jugendschutzsoftware im Elternhaus – Stand der Forschung” [Youth Protection Software in the Parental Home – State of Research], lecture by S. Dreyer at the Committee Media and Net Policy of the Parliament Rhineland-Palatinate in Mainz on 1 March 2012.

  • „Spielspaß, Immersion & Sucht bei Games: Kann Transparenz die Jugend schützen?” [Games Fun, Immersion & Addiction in Games: Can Transparency Protect Youth?], short impulse and participation in panel by S. Dreyer in the course of the Mediatage Nord 2011 in Kiel on 14 November 2011.

  • "Same Same But Different: Zum Verhältnis von Jugendmedienschutz und Verbraucherschutz” [Same Same But Different: On the Relation of Youth Media Protection and Consumer Protection], lecture by S. Dreyer at the conference "Jugendschutz vs. Verbraucherschutz” of the SLM in Leipzig on 24 June 2011. (Presentation as pdf)

  • "Erkenntnisfortschritt = Regulierungsfortschritt? Fragen des gesetzlichen Jugendmedienschutzes an die Kommunikationswissenschaft” [Advances in Knowledge = Advances in Regulation? Questions of Legal Youth Media Protection to Communication Studies], lecture by S. Dreyer in the course of the DGPuK Annual Conference "Theoretisch praktisch?!” [Theoretically Practical?!] in Dortmund on 3 June 2011.

  • "Entwicklungspfade für ein netzwerkgerechtes Jugendmedienschutzrecht” [Development Paths for Network-Appropriate Youth Media Law], oral assessment by S. Dreyer at the public hearing on youth media protection at the main committee of the Hessian State Parliament in Wiesbaden on 4 May 2011.

  • “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 May 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 labelling input/output will show to be the driving force in all supranational labelling", lecture by S. Dreyer at the 21st Transatlantic Dialogue of the State Media Authority in Düsseldorf on 11 March 2010.

  • "The Global Alliance Matrix: Laying out the GAM machinery", Participation by S. Dreyer in a panel at the 21. Transatlantischen Dialogs [Transatlantic Dialogue] of the LfM 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.

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