Six researchers of the institute have been be at the Annual Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association ECREA2016, which took place from November 9 - 12 in Prague. Furthermore, they attended the Pre-Conference "Children, Youth and Media". The European Network EU Kids Online, which is co-ordinated by the Hans-Bredow-Institut, also met at the conference to discuss an upcoming comparative survey. Who was talking about which topic, giving keynotes and lectures, chairing panels and planning new projects: Tuesday, November 8, 2016 Keynote speech by Stephan Dreyer within the scope of the Children, Youth and Media Pre-Conference on the topic of "Knowledge-Based Policy-Making? Children’s Rights and Other Uncertainties in Modern ICT Regulation“. Wednesday, November 9, 2016 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Meeting of the EU Kids Online Network for planning a new comparitive study, including Claudia Lampert und Uwe Hasebrink from the Hans-Bredow-Institut Thursday, November 10, 2016 9:00 am -10.30 am Uwe Hasebrink & Andreas Hepp: "How to Research Cross-Media Use? Investigating Media Repertoires and Media Ensembles" in the panels "Media Repertoires as Pathways to Understanding Cross-Media Practices Among Users"   11:00 am -12:30 pm Markus Oermann, Wolfgang Schulz & Tobias Mast: "Doing Governance in Figurations: Proposal of an Analytical Framework"   11:00 am -12.30 pm Uwe Hasebrink, Ingrid Paus-Hasebrink und Jasmin Kulterer: "Fantasy and Reality: “Hobbit” Viewer Types and How They Connect the Movie with Their Everyday Lives" in the panel "Researching the Hobbit – Results and Methodological Implementations of an International Project" Friday, November 11, 2016 9:00 am -10.30 am Uwe Hasebrink as Chair of the panel “Children as Audiences 3: Coping in a Networked World” 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm  Julius Reimer: “The Journalist Turned Brand. How Reporters Build Their Profiles Through Personal Branding” Saturday, November 12, 2016 Stephan Dreyer “Alignments in Diversity: Factual Harmonisation in Protecting Minors from Harmful Media”, in the ECREA Section “Communication Policy and Law”