MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION: TRANSFORMATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE DIGITAL AGE

The conference will be held on the 26th and 27th of October 2023 within the framework of the St. Kliment Ohridski Days on the video conference platform Teams. The event is a part of the celebrations of the 135th anniversary of the foundation of Sofia University.

We most politely invite the specialists in media and communications, students and alumni of the Faculty, as well as those who are involved with the problems of the media and communication environment and culture in their various dimensions and manifestations. We welcome the interdisciplinary approach to the contemporary challenges in the education and practice of journalism and to the communication activities as a whole.

Conference Topics

  • Research and education in the field of journalism
  • Press journalism and photography
  • Online journalism
  • Radio journalism
  • Television journalism
  • Social Journalism
  • Media Content Strategies
  • Communicative, social and cognitive aspects of the media
  • Communication and social change;
  • Theory and methodology of communication;
  • Media narratives and narratives in contemporary communication;
  • Intercultural communication;
  • History of mass communication;
  • Mass communication and society;
  • Media audiences;
  • Press and publishing industry;
  • Journalism and literature;
  • Sociology, philosophy, publicity
  • Researches in the field of media education;
  • Media literacy;
  • New technologies in education;
  • Communication educational programs in support of social diversity/DEI;
  • Academic communication and scholarly language/writing;
  • Online education due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Political communication and media;
  • Media influence and the change of political communication;
  • Media policies;
  • Media ethics;
  • Political discourse and medialization of politics;
  • Alternative and community media;
  • Non-government organizations and communication;
  • Freedom of speech;
  • Media, crisis and democracy
  • International communication;
  • Media and globalization;
  • Multiculturalism and media;
  • Mass communications, society and globalization;
  • Cultural competence and communication;
  • Media and cultural transformation;
  • Social inequalities because of the COVID-19 pandemic;
  • Foreign media;
  • Psychological Particularities of the Communicative Process
  • Social media usage;
  • Discrimination and equality problems in social media;
  • The future of social media;
  • Role of social media during and after COVID-19 restrictions;
  • Fake news and disinformation
  • Digital communication channels;
  • Advantages and disadvantages of digital communication;
  • Challenges to digital communication;
  • New media;
  • Digitalization of book publishing industry;
  • Communication management and communication technologies;
  • Digital communication policies;
  • Journalism/ PR and digital media
  • Communication politics and regulation;
  • Political communication;
  • Communication in times of crisis;
  • Media law and regulation;
  • Communication and multimedia companies
  • Management and media economy;
  • PR industry;
  • Business communication;
  • Integrated marketing communications;
  • Brand management;
  • Media ecology;
  • Media expertise;
  • Digital natives;
  • The society under surveillance;
  • Media and artificial intelligence;
  • Digital art and culture