On October 17-18, 2019 the Faculty of Journalism, MSU will hold the 11th International Media Readings in Moscow ‘Mass Media and Communications-2019’. The topic of the conference is ‘Digitalizing Media: communication, audiences, policies’

22.04.2019

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On October 17-18, 2019 the Faculty of Journalism, MSU will hold the 11th International Media Readings in Moscow ‘Mass Media and Communications-2019’. The topic of the conference is ‘Digitalizing Media: communication, audiences, policies.’ 

Organizer: Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University
In partnership with: IAMCR Digital Divide Working Group, IAMCR PostSocialist and Post-Authoritarian Communication Working Group, UNESCO chair in communication, National Association of Mass Media Researchers
Venue: Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow,
Mokhovaya street, 9)
Local organizing and program committees are headed by Professor Elena Vartanova, Dean of the Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Education, President of the National Association of Mass Media Researchers.

Questions for discussion
  • Communication in the digital age: practices, tendencies, challenges;
  • Mobile media and communication;
  • News media as gatekeepers, critics and facilitators;
  • Mass media and audience: a shift from mass communication to more
  • fragmented and individualized forms of media;
  • Fake news / post-truth challenges;
  • Media literacy in the digital age;
  • Digital natives: media consumption and media production practices;
  • New players and actors in digital communication;
  • Digital inclusion / social inclusion: correlations and
  • interdependencies;
  • Digital inequalities in the societies across the globe;
  • Multicultural/multiethnic societies and digital engagement;
  • Policies against divides, distrust and discrimination;
  • Information security in the digital age;
  • Coverage of EU elections-2019 in the traditional and digital media

Special sections
  • ‘Digital, social and cultural divides: interrelations and interdependencies’ organized by IAMCR Digital Divide Working Group;
  • ‘Media and communication in post- and neo-authoritarian societies: global trends, local formats’ organized by IAMCR Post-Socialist and Post-Authoritarian Communication Working Group;
  • Fifteen years of ‘Comparing Media Systems’ book: theoretical legacy in the new digital world’ (in celebration of 15 years of ‘Comparing Media Systems: Three Models of Media and Politics’ book by Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini, first published in 2004)
Publishing opportunities
Best papers will be considered for publication in peer-reviewed Vestnik Moskovskogo universiteta. Seriya 10. Zhurnalistika, the leading journal in media and communication fields in Russia. The journal is included into the database of the best Russian journals RSCI (Russian Science Citation Index), basing on the Web of Science platform. Best papers will also be considered for publication in World of Media. Journal of Russian Media and Journalism Studies, international peer-reviewed journal published in Russia. Both issues should be out in 2020. Information on other publishing opportunities will be available shortly. 

Registration form and abstract should be sent by e-mail to moscow.readings@mail.ru before 15 August 2019.

Conference programme.

Contact details
Contact email: moscow.readings@mail.ru
Phone number : +7 (495) 629 52 76
Postal and visiting address: 125009 Mokhovaya street 9, Moscow, Russia
Contact person: Anna Gladkova, secretary of the Moscow Readings organizing committee