Journalism, MSU held the 12th International Media Readings in Moscow ‘Mass Media and Communications 2020’
27.11.2020
The topic of this year's conference was ‘De-Westernizing Media and Cultural Studies: New Discourse Practices in the Digital World’. The event was supported by the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation. The partners of the conference were the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR), IAMCR Digital Divide Working Group, IAMCR Communication in Post- and Neo-Authoritarian Societies Working Group, UNESCO chair for communication, National Association of Mass Media Researchers (NAMMI). Due to the current situation in the world, the event was organized in online format.
On the first day of the conference, the Dean of the Faculty of Journalism, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Education Professor Elena Vartanova and President of IAMCR Professor Nico Carpentier greeted the participants, drawing the audience's attention to the importance of maintaining international scholar relations despite the limitations of the pandemic. Under such conditions, the role of media is particularly important, and thus the importance and responsibility of media researchers are also growing.
The first plenary session was opened with a presentation by Oscar Westlund, Professor of Oslo Metropolitan University, Volda University College and University of Gothenburg. Professor Weslund, as Editor-in-Chief of the ‘Digital Journalism’ journal spoke about the publication principles of the journal and invited Russian colleagues to submit their articles to ‘Digital Journalism’.
The session continued with a presentation by Professor of Hong Kong Baptist University Daya K. Thussu. The speaker talked about the polycentric nature of the modern world and its effects on the global media space and journalistic practices around the world.
The plenary session of the first day was concluded by a presentation give by Shi-xu, Professor of Hangzhou Normal University, author of the concept of cultural and discourse studies and Editor-in-Chief of ‘Journal of Multicultural Discourses’.
The plenary session on November 20 also included speeches by leading media researchers. Professor Elena Vartanova shared the results of her work devoted to youth media consumption of content in social networks and the development of a new digital culture. Professor of the Westminster University Andrea Medrado presented the project of the intersection of art and science, dedicated to the problems of the Global South. The report of Professor of Nanyang Technological University Gerard Goggin described the specifics of digital platforms in the Asian region. Finally, Professor of Loughborough University Sabina Mihelj demonstrated an extensive empirical study on communication strategies of the Global South media during the pandemic.
In addition to plenary sessions, the conference featured 22 thematic sessions, including special panel sessions:
Digital, social, and cultural divides: interrelations and interdependencies (moderated by Professor Elena Vartanova and Dr. Anna Gladkova),
Digital safety of journalists in the Global South (moderated by Dr. Sadia Jamil),
Ethnic Journalism in the Global South (moderated by Dr. Anna Gladkova and Dr. Sadia Jamil),
Media and communication in post- and neo-authoritarian societies: global trends, local formats (moderated by Dr. Anastasia Grusha and Dr. Katja Lehtisaari),
Media communication between the state and youth in Russia (moderated by Dr. Anna Gureeva),
Digital Culture of Media Consumption: Theoretical Approaches and Practices of Young Russians (moderated by Dr. Denis Dunas).
More than 150 speakers took part in plenary and thematic sessions, and a total of more than two hundred people from 25 countries attended the online conference.
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On the first day of the conference, the Dean of the Faculty of Journalism, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Education Professor Elena Vartanova and President of IAMCR Professor Nico Carpentier greeted the participants, drawing the audience's attention to the importance of maintaining international scholar relations despite the limitations of the pandemic. Under such conditions, the role of media is particularly important, and thus the importance and responsibility of media researchers are also growing.
The first plenary session was opened with a presentation by Oscar Westlund, Professor of Oslo Metropolitan University, Volda University College and University of Gothenburg. Professor Weslund, as Editor-in-Chief of the ‘Digital Journalism’ journal spoke about the publication principles of the journal and invited Russian colleagues to submit their articles to ‘Digital Journalism’.
The session continued with a presentation by Professor of Hong Kong Baptist University Daya K. Thussu. The speaker talked about the polycentric nature of the modern world and its effects on the global media space and journalistic practices around the world.
The plenary session of the first day was concluded by a presentation give by Shi-xu, Professor of Hangzhou Normal University, author of the concept of cultural and discourse studies and Editor-in-Chief of ‘Journal of Multicultural Discourses’.
The plenary session on November 20 also included speeches by leading media researchers. Professor Elena Vartanova shared the results of her work devoted to youth media consumption of content in social networks and the development of a new digital culture. Professor of the Westminster University Andrea Medrado presented the project of the intersection of art and science, dedicated to the problems of the Global South. The report of Professor of Nanyang Technological University Gerard Goggin described the specifics of digital platforms in the Asian region. Finally, Professor of Loughborough University Sabina Mihelj demonstrated an extensive empirical study on communication strategies of the Global South media during the pandemic.
In addition to plenary sessions, the conference featured 22 thematic sessions, including special panel sessions:
Digital, social, and cultural divides: interrelations and interdependencies (moderated by Professor Elena Vartanova and Dr. Anna Gladkova),
Digital safety of journalists in the Global South (moderated by Dr. Sadia Jamil),
Ethnic Journalism in the Global South (moderated by Dr. Anna Gladkova and Dr. Sadia Jamil),
Media and communication in post- and neo-authoritarian societies: global trends, local formats (moderated by Dr. Anastasia Grusha and Dr. Katja Lehtisaari),
Media communication between the state and youth in Russia (moderated by Dr. Anna Gureeva),
Digital Culture of Media Consumption: Theoretical Approaches and Practices of Young Russians (moderated by Dr. Denis Dunas).
More than 150 speakers took part in plenary and thematic sessions, and a total of more than two hundred people from 25 countries attended the online conference.
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