The International
research and practice conference on Cultural-pragmatic aspects of media texts
as an object of linguistics will bring together leaders in the field of
journalism & mass-media for a
comprehensive overview of this rapidly expanding area of research and
development. The Conference will be held in Moscow from April 28-29, 2016 at
the faculty of Philology of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (PFUR).
The conference will bring together researchers, practitioners and educators from different areas - journalism and media, linguistics, psychology,
international relations, etc. - to exchange and share their experiences and
research results about all aspects of Journalism and Mass Communications. "This
year's conference is particularly important," said conference Convener
Victor Barabash, dean of the faculty of Philology, PFUR.
"For the last few years
due to an active information and communication technologies adoption there have
been considerable changes in the organization and nature of mass media
activity. Digitalization process - analog to digital conversion - marked the
beginning of a new era of mass media development. We are also seeing increased
interest from the business and venture capital sectors seeking to turn the
results of that research to real-world uses."
"The goal of the
conference is to identify and systematize the current changes in the field of
mass communication" said conference Co-Chair Natalia Poplavskaya, Head of
International relations, Faculty of Philology, PFUR. "We are trying to get
attention from our foreign colleagues so we will use English as a working
language for the conference."
The conference will cover
topics relevant to the trends of mass media: modern technologies in journalism,
internet media, using modern technologies, digital sources, national and global
media systems, Traditions and innovations. Structure and elements of modern
media system, production of media content: from gathering information to
publication, production of different types of multimedia content, data
journalism, investigative journalism, modern media studies: interdisciplinary
approach, media linguistics, media psychology, moderm media discourse, media
and communication analysis, and ethics of journalism etc.
More details about the
conference are available at the official website:
